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CATALOGUE OF 
anticarum margo exterior incisuris quatuor; posticae apud marginem 
exteriorem vix excavatae. Fcem. — Antennae serratae. Alarum anti- 
carum margo exterior vix denticulatus, posticarum subinteger. 
Proboscis distinct, very short. Palpi short, stout. Antennae 
much longer than the thorax. Abdomen more than twice the 
length of the thorax. Legs stout, rather long ; hind tibiae with four 
moderately long spurs. Wings long, rather narrow. Fore wings 
straight along the costa, hardly acuminated at the tips, very oblique 
along the exterior border ; interior border somewhat concave to- 
wards the interior angle. Hind wings rounded and slightly trun- 
cated at the tips, not convex in front. Male . — Antennae slightly 
pectinated. Exterior border of the fore wings with four excavations 
which successively increase in size towards the interior angle. 
Hind wings very slightly excavated on the exterior border. 
Female. — Antennae serrated. Exterior border of the fore wings 
hardly denticulated, that of the hind wings almost entire. 
14. Smekinthus dentatus. 
Cinereus ; antennce albidce ; alee anticce litura discali, f asciis tribus 
nebulosis lineisque tribus obliquis fuscis , linea exteriore un- 
dulata ; posticce apud marginem exteriorem fuscescentes , linea 
apud angulum interiorem maculisque ciliaribus albis. 
Sphinx dentata, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 42, pi. 125, f. G. Fabr. Sp. 
Ins. ii. 43, 16; Mant. Ins. ii. 94, 18 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 1,361, 19. 
Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2376, 60. 
Polyptychus dentatus, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 141, 1514. 
a. Nepaul. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
«, b. North India. Presented by Gen. Hearsay, 
c, d. North India. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
e. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stain forth’s collection. 
15. Smerinthus Timesius. 
Fuscus ; abdomen fascia basali maculisque pallidioribus ; alee an - 
ticce apud marginem exteriorem obscuriores , fasciis quatuor 
nigris duabusque exterioribus pallidis ; posticce nigro-fuscee r 
lunulis marginalibus albidis , basi, plaga apud angulum inte- 
riorem vittaque discali pallide fuscis. 
Sphinx Timesius, Stoll. Cram . Pap. Exot. v. 172, pi. 40, f. 1. 
Sphinx dentatus, var. F 
Tranquebar. 
