.")('((;. Macroglossnin avicula. 



Maa-oglosm fiilla. Walker {no,, Hemch-Scb;iffer, is;>4). /.ist L,p. /„s. H. .1/. viii. p. '.<?,. n. l/i (IK.'.G) 

 (partim ; Java). 



*i[uerogloss(i aviciihi Boisduval, S/w. dm. Lejt. Hit.x. p. 334. n. ."> (1875) ("lude centrale" err. 

 loc. : JaA-a :— coll. Charles Oberthur) : But!., Prm-. Zonl. Sot: Loml. p. 240 (1875) (Java) ; id., 

 Tram. Znol. Soc. Luiiil. p. 525. n !• (1><77) (Java) ; Swinh., Cat. Lei,. Hct. .!/».<. <j.r. i. p. 3. 

 D. 13 (1892) (Java); Hamps., in Wa.nL, Fauna Brit. I,i,l., Muths. i. p. llfi. n. l'.)2 (18'.)2) 

 (Java): Kirby, Co/. Lep. Net. i. p. (i30. n. 12. (1892) (Java ; «<'»" India ") : Pagenstecher, 

 Jahrb. .V'/.«. IVr. Xal. xlvii. p. 30 (18!I4) (Palawan) : Huwe, «.;•/. E,it. Zeltsrhr. xl. p. 357. 

 n. 3 (1H95) (Java) : Piep., Tijihrhr. E„t. xl. p. 102. t. 4. f. 8 (larva) (18'.17) (Java). 



MiKTiiiilosm ittiscuripenni.i Butler, /.<•. p. i'i33 (1877) (= afiriilii !). 



cJ?. The long scales at the base of the si.\th tergite yellow: lireast, bases 

 of wings below and side tufts of abdomen with a yellow tint, not pure white. 

 The yellow median baud of the hindwing of other Macroglossxm is indicated at tlie 

 abdominal margin in the S, while in the ? there is also some yellow scaling 

 behind and before the cell. Antenna strongly clubbed. 



cT. Tenth tergite narrow, pointed; sternite siu'iate at end in an apical view. 

 Clasper without friction-scales ; harpe as in bon'jj/lans, a little more pointed. 

 Penis-sheath (PI. LVI. f. 42) with two obtuse internal rods : apical ilentate 

 process short, but longer and slenderer than in hflmh</hm$. 



Larva lignred by Piepers, I.e. 



H'lb. Malayan Subregion : Java ; Palawan. 



In the Tring Museum 4 cJc?, 4 ? ? from Java. 



507. Macrog-lossum regulus (PI. IV. f. 11, S). 



.\hirr(i<jl(i-is(i fiifrafix Walker, I.e. (partim : Canara). 



*Macroglogsa regiihis Boisduval, Sjnc. Geit. Lep. ILet. i. p. 335. n. 5 (1875) (Coromandel ;— coll. 



Charles Oberthiir) : Kirby, Cat. Lep. Hct. i. p. (",.30. n. 9 (1892). 

 *Mti,-ri,glossii feri-p,u Butler, Pyw. Zoo/. Sm: Loml p. 4. n. 3. t. 1. f. 3 (1.S75) (Canara i—IVliis. 



Tring) : id., Trnns. Z„„l. S„r. Loml. ix. p. 525. n. 8 (1877): Kirby, /..■. n. 11 (l«',t2); Hamp-.. 



in Blanf., I-\tii„a Biit. I,i(L, }[,>tlis i. p. 112. n. 179 (1892) (= regulus ; Canara ; Xilgiris). 



S ?. Antenna stout and long. Upperside of head, thora.v, and first three 

 abdominal segments greenish : orange side-spots on segments 2 to 7 large and 

 confluent: rest of tergites deep brownish black, base of seventh pure white, this belt 

 not iuterrnjjted, tips of long scales of anal brush tawny ; side-tuft of third segment 

 white, of filth black with buff tip. Underside of palpus nearly pure white, breast 

 and legs (j)osterior tarsus excluded), the greater part of the first sternite and 

 a mesial spot on the second and third creamy ; extreme base of wings maize-colour. 



Wings, >ijj]>efsi(h\ Forewing : two autemedian lines curved basad behind, 



interspace black ; no stigma ; first discal line thin, second widened, angulate behiml 

 H', tlie dark scaling extended along hinderside of R' to subapical double sjuit. 



a subqnadrate grey patch at proximal side of tliese spots. Hindwing chesrnut- 



red, not darker at base, Imt distal margin slightly blackisii, tiiis colour not forming 

 a well-defined border. 



Underside of wings like upj)erside of hindwing. 



(J. Tentli tergite pointed, slender at end ; sternite subtruncate, black at end. 

 Clasper without friction-scales ; harpe (PI. L. f. 30) slender, simple, straight, 

 shorter than in c/i/rans (PI. L. f. 35), but similar in shape. Penis-sheath 

 (PI. LVI. f. 17) with slmrt process, which is denticulate at the distal edge; 

 two obtuse internal rods. 



J/al/. South India and Ceylon. 



In the Tring Museum 5 cJcJ, 2 ? ? from : Nilgiris ; Ceylou. 



