584 ME. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPH1NGHLE. 



Polyptychus dentatus, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 141. no. 1514 (1816). 

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



? , Bengal and Darjeeling, coll. Moore; ^ ? , 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. Polyptychus timksius. 



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. Polyptychus numos^e. 



Smerinthus numosce, Wallengren, Wien. ent. Monatschr. iv. p. 42. no. 40 (1860). 

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



Caffraria. 



4. Polyptychus grayii. 



Smerinthus grayii, 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 aiidosa, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 159. no. 7 (1856). 



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



6. Polyptychus] basalis. 



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

 Zambesi liver. 



7. Polyptychus? subjectus. 



Smerinthus subjectus, Walker, Characters of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Congo, p. 4. no. 1 (1 869) . 

 Congo. 



