584 ME. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPHINGLD^. 



Polyptychic dentatus, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Sckrnett. p. 141. no. 1514 (1816). 

 Smerinthus dentatus, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 252. no. 14 (1856) . 



? , Bengal and Darjeeling, coll. Moore; <J ? , North India (Hearsay, Stevens). B.M. 

 The larva is bluish green at the sides, with oblique purple stripes, with a broad dorsal 

 longitudinal golden-green band bordered by subtriangular purple spots, one above each 

 oblique stripe. 



2. POLYPTTCHUS TIMESIUS. 



Sphinx timesius, Stoll, Suppl. Cramer, p. 172, pi. 40. fig. 1 (1791) . 

 Smerinthus timesius, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 252. no. 15 (1856). 



' : Tranquebar " (Stoll) ; $ , Nepal (Saunders) ; ? , Silhet (Stainsforth) B.M. ; ? , Mas- 

 suri (Hutton), coll. F. Moore. 



Nearly allied to the preceding species. I feel pretty sure about the identification ; 

 but Stoll's figure is not very good. 



3. POLYPTTCHUS NUMOSJE. 



Smerinthus numosm, Wallengren, Wien. ent. Monatsckr. iv. p. 42. no. 40 (1860). 

 Smerinthus mimosa, WalleDgren, Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 1863, p. 20. no. 1. 



Caffraria. 



4. POLYPTTCHUS GRAYII. 



Smerinthus gray it, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 249. no. 11 (1856). 



Port Natal (Gueinzius). Type, B.M. 



Apparently nearly allied to the preceding species. 



5. POLYPTYCHUS ANDOSUS. 



Panacra andosa, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 159. no. 7 (1856). 



Sierra Leone (Morgan). Type, B.M. 



6. POLYPTYCHUS 1 BASALIS. 



Smerinthus basalis, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. p. 1158 (1866). 

 Zambesi river. 



7. POLYPTYCHUS? SUBJECTUS. 



Smerinthus subjectm, Walker, Characters of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Congo, p. 4. no. 1 (1869) . 

 Congo. 



