616 ME. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPHINGIDyE. 



20. Diludia vates. (Plate XCI. figs. 18, 19.) 



Diludia vates, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 13. no. 28. 



Macroglia dicistriga (part.), Walker, Lep. Het. viii. pp. 209, 210 (1856). 



Anceryx pinastri {g), Walker, I. c. p. 223 (1856). 



Ceylon (Temjrfeton) ; Madras, Moulmein (Clerck); Silhet (Sowerby); North India 

 (Stevens). Type, B.M. 



The larva is pale green, with darker oblique green lines and reddish-edged spiracles ; 

 front segments and horn tuberculated. It feeds on Gmelina arborea according to W. 

 Elliot, on privet, Poloionia, Sec. according to Mr. George Lewis. 



21. Diludia natalensis. (Plate XCIV. fig. 5.) 

 Diludia natalensis, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 13. no. 29. 



Natal (Gueinzius). Type, B.M. 



Genus 16. Hyloicus, Hubner. 

 Hyloicus, Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 138 (1816). 



1. Hyloicus pinastri. 



Sphinx pinastri, Linnjeus, Syst. Nat. i. ii. p. 802. no. 22 (1766). 

 Hyloicus pinastri, Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 139. no. 1483 (1816). 



England [Brit. Coll.] ; Europe (Becker). B.M. 



2. Hyloicus sequoia. 



Sphinx sequoia, Boisduval, Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xii. p. 66. no. 70 (1868). 

 Hyloicus sequoia, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 27 (1873). 

 Anceryx coniferarum d , Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 224. no. 2 (1856). 



United States (Doubleday). B.M. 



The Anceryx coniferarum of Walker has been placed as a synonym of Ellema harrisii ; 

 his female, however, appears tome to be Abbot's species, whilst the male is undoubtedly 

 generically distinct. 



3. Hyloicus asiaticus. 



Hyloicus asiaticus, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 260. no. 58. 



Scindel (Warwick). Type, B.M. 



4. Hyloicus uniforms. 



Hyloicus uniformis, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 261. no. 59. 



North-west Himalayas. Type, coll. F. Moore. 



The smallest species in the genus. 



