122 sphingidjE. 



In the form uniformis the last two segments of the abdomen are 

 entirely or almost black. 



Hob. Nepal ; Sikhim ; Bhutan ; Assam ; Burma ; Coimbatore. 

 Exp. 66 milliin. 



Fig. 70.— Sataspes inj 'emails, J. \. 



207. Sataspes ventralis, Butt. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 3 ; C.&S. no. 3. 

 Sataspes tagalica, Boisd. Sphing. p. 278, pi. 10, figs. 3, 4. 



Differs from infernalis in the last four or five segments of the 

 abdomen being yellow below. Fore wing with a steely green gloss. 

 Bab. Sikhim ; Sylhet ; Burma ; Hongkong. Exp. QQ millim. 



Genus RHODOSOMA. 

 Rhodosoma, Butl Trans. Z. S. ix, p. 534 (1876). 



Type, R. triopus, Westw. 



Range. Sikhim ; Assam. 



Antenna gradually decreasing to the hook, which is long. Palpi 

 with the apex quadrately scaled. Abdomen truncate at apex ; the 

 anal and lateral tufts very short. Fore wing much produced and 

 broad. Hind wing also broad. 



208. Rhodosoma triopus, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. p. 14, pi. 6, fig. 4 ; 

 C. # S. no. 36. 



Head and thorax olive-green or fulvous with two yellow stripes ; 

 abdomen black, with lateral crimson bands on segments 2 to 5, 

 that on the 4th being the most extensive ; fulvous dorsal and 

 lateral spots on segments 5 to 8 ; anal tuft black, the lateral 

 tufts fulvous. Fore wing brownish black, crossed by three ante- 

 medial outwardly oblique black bands ; a large white quadrate 

 spot beyond the discocellulars ; postmedial, submarginal, and 

 marginal black bands. Hind wing black, with a large white patch 

 on the costa before the apex ; some fulvous postmedial specks 

 on the nervules ; anal angle with a crimson and white patch. 

 Underside : thorax fulvous ; abdomen red, with four pairs of black 



