Contents: Prefatory note, Author's preface, Glossary of terms, Systematic index, General introduction, Morphology (Egg), Morphology (Larva), Morphology (Pupa),Morphology (Imago), Habits, Distribution, Systematic, Bibliography, Appendix A- The Kanara district of South India: its topography and flora in relation to the distribution of the sphingidae, Appendix B- Food-plants of the Indian Hawk-Moths, Alphabetical index.