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greyish white ; abdomen olive brown 



above fringilla. 



b 1 -. Forewing as in heliophila, but the 1st post- 

 medial line as strong as 2nd line divergens. 



c 1 -, Forewing with the antemedial band not 

 filled in with black. 

 a vi . Forewing and abdomen on underside 

 bright tawny, or the latter black with tawny 



spots. 

 a 14 . Size small.; $ with the harpe not divided, insipida.- 

 b 14 . Size small ; $ with the harpe divided ... troglodytus. 

 c 1+ . Size large ; medial area of forewing wide. 



$ with the harpe divided pyrrhosticta. 



b. :A Forewing and abdomen on underside 



less tawny and more cinnamon sitiene. 



183. Macroglossum stellatarum. 



Sphinx stellatarum, Linn, Syst. Nat., X. p. 803 (1758). 



,, flavida, Retz., Gen Ins., p. 33 (1783). 

 Macroglossa nigra, Cosm., Le Nat., XIV., p. 280 (1892). 



Habitat. — Europe ; N. Africa ; W. & C. Asia ; Japan ; China ; Sind ; 

 Punjab ; Cochin China. 

 191. Macroglossum bombylans. 

 Macroglossa bombylans, Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lep. Het., I, p. 334 (1875). 



walkeri, Butl., P. Z. S., 1876, p. 4. 

 Habitat. — Japan ; China ; Punjab ; Sikkim ; Bhutan ; Assam. 

 179. Macroglossum regulus. 

 Macroglossa regulus, Boisd,, Spec. Gen. Lep, Het., I., p. 335 (1875). 



„ fervens, Butl., P. Z. S., 1875, p. 4, pi. 1, f. 3. 



Habitat. — Bombay ; Canara ; Nilgiris , Ceylon. 



181. Macroglossum gyrans. 

 Macroglossa gyrans, Wlk., VIII., 91 (1856). 



zena, Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lep. Het. I. p. 337 (1875). 

 bombus, Mab., Ann., Soc. Ent. Fr. 1880, p. 347. 

 „ burmanica, Roths., Nov. Zool., I., p. 58, pi. 5, f. 3 (1894). 



Habitat.— Punjab ; Bombay ; Madras ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Borneo ; 

 Java ; Flores ; Sumba ; Letti ; Kisser 



182. Macroglossum affictitia. 



Macroglossa affictitia, Butl., P. Z. S., 1875, p. 240, pi. 36, f. 7. 



vialis, Butl., P. Z. S., 1875, p. 240, pi. 36, f. 5. 

 Habitat. — Madras ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. 

 182a. Macroglossum particolor, 



Macroglossum particolor, Roths., Nov. Zool., IX., Suppl., p. 636, pi. iv, f. 13 

 1 903). 

 Habitat. — Mahe ; Madras. 



