( 617 ) 



sp.cmenfs wirli lat<M-al tufts. ;\Ieriim of niidcuxa pmduocd iMckwards into a sliarp 

 tooth ; npperside of mid- and bindtihia and underside of hiudtibia at apex with long 

 scaling ; shorter midtibial spur on innerside witli comb of more cr less heavy 

 spines ; midtarsal coml) present, but the spines not long ; spurs of hiudtibia very 

 unequal ; jiaronychium with two pairs of lobes, pulvillus present ; first segment of 

 liiudtarsus somewhat compressed, with additional spines on outer surface. Distal 

 edges of wings entire ; SC!- and R' of hindwiug from upper angle of cell, R- central, 

 R'' and M' rather close together but always separate. 



Larva tapering in front, head rather small, horn long in first stages, shorter 

 later on ; ground-colour green or brown, sometimes nearly black, pale dots more or 

 less obvious : a dark dorsal line, and two pale lateral lines, one subdorsal, the other 

 subventral, these lines ofteu disappearing, except the subdorsal ; liorn granulose. — 

 Food-plants : Rubiaceae ; (yulinm ; I'aedeiia ; y[orin(la ; etc. 



Pupa with compressed tongue-case,, which is carinate ventrally ; cremaster 

 variable, conical, slender, smooth, or flattened, broid, bifid, dentate at the edges 

 (very few pui>ae known) (PI. LXIV. f. 20. 21. 22). 

 ' Hah. Old World. 



59 species : 1 Pahuvarctic, 1 African, 5 Malagassic, r)2 Oriental. 



As tliese species are partly very difficult to distinguish we give three keys, and 

 liope that tliese, together with the descriptions and tlie plates, will enable the reader 

 to name the species. Macroglosstini is one of those genera of which the material 

 contained in collections is nowhere correctly separated into species. The literature 

 on these insects, excepting a few easily recognised forms, is of little value, as one 

 does not know with certainty which species the respective author meant to designate 

 by a certain name. This is unfortunate in respect to the larvae, for very few have 

 been figured, and we are not sure in every case to which species the larva belongs. 



I. Key to the species, referring to colour : — 

 <(. Hindwing below white at base like 

 breast ; or yellowish white, but 

 in this case there is no yellow 

 band on the upperside . . . . b. 



Hindwiug below reddish tawny, or 

 yellow at base, or with a yellow 

 patch before abdominal margin . . . e. 



Hindwing below mummy-brown, 



with a trace of yellow at the base 013. M. phorhnnii (PI. III. f, \). 



b. Abdomen without yellow side- 



patches c. 



Abdomen with yellow side-patches . . . d. 



c. Hindwing above in middle and 



abdomen glossy whitish blue . (J 10. .1/. Kplendcns. 

 Hindwing above yellow before 



abdominal margin ; abdomen 



with white lateral spots on 



segments 3 and 4 . . . 61."). .]r. micncea. 

 Hindwing above neither whitish 



blue in middle nor yellow before 



abdominal margin , . 014. M. buniensis (PI. IV. f. 4). 



