r fi34 ) 

 r)i'>s. Macroglossum gyrans (PI. IV. f. C), c?). 



*M,icri:;/l(iKS(i i/i/raiis Walker, I.,-, viii. |>. itl. n. II (185('i) (partim ; Madras; Ceylon; N. ludia ; 



Hiiidoslaii ;- Mus. Brit.) ; JNIoore, in Ilorsf. X- Moore, Cut. Leji. Ins. Mux. E. I. C. i. p. 2G2. 



n. i;01 (lf<J7) (X. India) ; Boisd., Sp,r. Uni. Up. lUf. i. p. :^;}G. n. C (1875) ; Bull., T,;iw<.Z,m}. 



S(,r. L,„i(l. ix. p. .',24. n. h (1877) ; .Snell., Tijihrhr. Eiit. xx. p. 1. n. 1 (1S77) (.Java) ; Moore, 



Leji. Ceijlm ii. p. 30. t. <t3. f. 1 (1H82) ; id., Jmini. .Is. S,,r. Ji,,H/fil liii. >. p. 2U. n. 4 (1884) 



(Cacbar) ; Swinh, Pmr. Zonl. Sue. Loml. p. 287. n. 2 (188.5) (Poona, v. ; Bombay) ; il, Jouni. 



Uuinhiui A'. II. So,: iii. p. 117. n. 2 (1888) (Karachi, vii.) ; id., ;'/■.„■, ZoW. Soc Lcml. p. 434. 



n. 2 (188t;) (Mhow, vii. ix. xi.) ; id., Cut. Lcp. Het. Mux. <h: i. p. 7. n. 29 (1892) ; Kirby, Cut. 



Ir,,. Jfet. i. p. GliO. n. « (1892) ; Hamps., in Blanf., Fiiwia Brit. In,/., Molhx i. p. 113. n. 181 



(1892) ; Huwe, IWl. Enl. Znturhr. xl. p. 3.'')7. n. 2 (189.0) (Java) ; Dudg., Jonrn. I!n,„h,nj .V. //. 



Sor. xi. p. 417. n. 181 (1898) (" not seen "). 

 *.U„rnif/loxsn -nni Boisduval, Spec. Ghi. Up. llil. i. p. 337. n. 9 (187ri) (Simla ;— coll .Charles 



Oberthiir). 

 *M(in-ii;iloiii<ii liiimhua Mabille, Ann. Soc. Enl. France p. 347 (1880) (" Mad.agascar " err. loci) : Sa,alm., 



Lcp: Mad. p. 118. n. 271 (1884). 

 *Macro(lloi<si,i hirmanicii Rothschild, Niiv. Zool. i. p. 68. t. 5. f. 3 (1894) (Burma). 

 Macroyloxsd/ermis?, Pagenstacher, .lalirh. An.s.v. Ver. Nut. xlix. p. I.'i5. n. 113 (1896) (Sumba). 



c? ? . End-segment of antenna sliorter than the three preceding segments 

 together. Uppcrside of bead, thorax, and basal half of abdomen of the same 

 grey colour as the forewing ; posterior abdominal tergites not much darker, except 

 a basal spot on each side, which spots are sometimes enlarged ; three orange 

 side-jiatclies on segments 2 to 4, large, confluent ; first tergite and metauotum 

 also tawny at side ; base of seventh white, the belt interrnpted in middle by a 

 black spot ; underside of palpus and breast almost jiure white, legs included, 

 except last tarsus ; sides of breast and legs shaded or speckled with brown scales ; 

 abdomen drab, side-tuft of tliird scgni,enr white, of sixth brownish black wiili 

 buff tip. 



AVings, uppet-aide. Forewing varying in length from 10 to 23 mm. ; two 



antemedian and two discal lines distinct, with the interspaces not filled up with 

 black, the two discal lines strongly curved costad at E^, concave between 11^ and 



hinder margin. Hindwing not darker at base than in middle, tawny-ferruginous, 



gradually becoming brown distally, the brown border not being sharply defined. 



Vtiderside dull ochraceous tawny, shaded with drab, bases more ferruginous, 

 abdominal area of hindwing pale yellow at base, ochraceous rufous distally ; lines 

 not prominent. 



$. Tenth tergite slightly dilated before the end, wliich is pointed; sternite 

 flattened, thin, sides oblique before end. Harpe elongate, straight, simple (PI. L. 

 f. 35) ; clasper without friction-scales. Penis-sheath (PI. LVI. f. 18) : dentate 

 process pointed, long, oblique in position, its base projecting distad, no spines 

 at or near base ; internal rod obtuse, dentate at one edge. 



lUtJ}. Ceylon, N.AV. India, eastwards to Letti and Kisser. 



In the Tring Museum 15 c?c?, 15 ?? from: Nilgiris ; Madras, xi. xii. ; 

 Bombay ; Ajmerc, vii. ; Burma ; Sarawak ; Java ; S. Flores, xi. 1896 (Everett) ; 

 Snmba, ii. ISOfi (Doherty) ; Letti, vii. 1892 (Doherty) ; Kisser, vi. 1901 (Kiihn). 



The individual described as homhiiK by Mons. Mabille was said to be from 

 Madagascar. It is certainly an Indian specimen picked up in ludia by a captain 

 or a doctor, and brought to Madagascar, where it became mixed up witli true 

 Madagascar insects. The same happened, doubtless, witli tiie individuals of llippo- 

 tion l)oerhavi<ie recorded from Madagascar by Mons. MabiUe. The type of Jmmhu^ 

 does not difi'er from gyrann. 



