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CATALOGUE OF 
Male. Body hardly stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi short, 
stout. Antennae minutely pectinated, longer than the thorax. 
Abdomen oblanceolate, about twice the length of the thorax. Legs 
short, stout ; hind tibiae with two very short apical spurs. Wings 
rather long, moderately broad, rounded at the tips. Fore wings 
straight in front, distinctly denticulated, and very oblique along the 
exterior border. Hind wings with the exterior border slightly ex- 
cavated towards the interior angle. 
17. Smerinthus Indicus. 
Alas. Testaceus ; palpi subtus et coxa antica cervina ; ala antica 
lineis sex variis transversis obscure testaceis , plagaque apud 
marginem exteriorem cervina ; posticce striga apud angulum 
interior em cervina. 
Smerinthus Indicus, Boisd. MSS. 
Male. Testaceous. Palpi beneath and fore coxae fawn-colour. 
Fore wings with six various transverse darker testaceous lines, and 
with a fawn-coloured patch on the exterior border. Hind wings 
with a fawn-coloured streak by the interior angle. Length of the 
body 9 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 
a. North India. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
Group 6. 
Structure of S. ocellatus. 
18. Smerinthus planus. 
Alas. Cervinus ; ala antica fascia interrupta latissima pallide 
fusca linea transversa obscuriore , gutta discali albida , lineis 
duabus exterioribus transversis undulatis obscure fuscis striga- 
que apud marginem exteriorem dilatata fusca ; postica antice 
rosea , ocello magno cyaneo-atro , 
Male. Fawn-colour. Fore wings with a very broad pale 
brown interrupted band, which contains a whitish discal dot, and is 
divided by a darker brown line ; two exterior undulating dark 
brown transverse lines, and an irregular dilated brown streak along 
part of the exterior border. Hind wings rosy in front of the large 
black ocellus, which is bordered with blue, and has a deep black 
outer ring. Length of the body 16 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 
a. North China. From Mr. Cuming’s collection. 
