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Sdiitli Indian junl Ci vlonose specimens have tlie yellow l);uiil of tlic iiimlwiiij^ deep 

 in tint, Chinese ones have it pale, and the former ))ossess rather heavier antennae. 



c?. Tenth tergite sulcate heiu'atli, convex above, trnncate-ronuded ; sternite 

 rather flat, apex ronnded, feebly a(Miininate in middle, trausverselj' carinate above. 

 Clasper without friction-scales ; har{)e forked like that of pijrrhotiticta, but upper 

 lobe flat, rounded in dorsal view (PL L. f. 15), dentate at edges, lower lobe clubbed, 

 tubcrculose. Process of penis-sheath (PI. LVI. f. 37) obtuse, dentate at ajjex, basal 

 dentition extending on to the sheath, the most proximal tooth enlarged; internal 

 rods broad, rounded at end, sharp side-edge denticulate. 



The larva figured by Hampson may belong to this species. 



Ilab. Ceylon to China, eastwards to Java ; probably all over tlie Indo-Malayaii 

 Snbregion. 



In the Tring Mnscnm 44 specimens from : Ceylon ; South and North India ; 

 China ; Java. 



579. Macroglossum insipida (PI. IK. f. 9. 10. 17, S S). 



' MarriiijloKSii insipidn Butler, Froc. Zool. Sue. Lonil. p. 242. n. 12 (1875) (Ceylon ; — Mus. Brit.) ; 

 id., Trans. Zool. Soc. Loml. ix. p. 527. n. 25 (1877). 



c? ? . Very close to troglodytiis, with which it agrees in size. Antemedian band 

 of fore wing above rather suddenly narrowed in anterior half and carved costad, 

 being less oblique than in troglodi/tus. 



S. Harpe (piite different from that of troglodi/tus and pj/rr/iostirta, resembling 

 that oi faro ; cylindrical, a little curved upwards at end, tip denticulate (PI. LI. 

 f. 16). Process of penis-sheath (PI. LVI. f. 38) obtuse, ;dentate at end and at 

 proximal edge, dentition extending on to the sheath in one row, proximal tooth 

 enlarged, triangular, except poecilum. 



Larva (adult) brown, with a dark dorsal line throughout, and thin side-bands, 

 a subdorsal reddish line, interrupted except on thorax ; this line yellow in green 

 form of larva, and white in young larva. 



Hah. Ceylon to the Loo Choo Islands, eastwards to Australia. 



Three subspecies, perhajjs four : 



a. M. insipida insipida (PI. III. f. 10, <?). 



* i[acroijl<if^,i, hisijn:la Butler, I.e. ; Moore, Lep. Ceylmi ii. p. 30. t. 92. f. 3. 3a. 3b (/., p., i.) (1882) ; 



Swinh., Git. Lep. Iht. Mus. O.i: i. p. 4. n. 14 (1892) (Ceylon) ; Kirby, C',(t. L(p. Ilel. i. p. 631. 



n. 35 (1892); Hamps., in Blanf., Fauna Brit. Iml, Moths i. p. 117. n. 194 (1892) (partim) ; 



Dudg., Joiirn. Bombay X. H. Sor. xi. p. 418. n. 194 (1898) (larva & pupa descr.). 

 *.\Iarroglossa liimtia Swinhoe, I.e. p. 4. n. 15. t. 1. f. 1 ((J) (1892) (Java). 



cj ? . Distal margin of forewing more convex and apex less acute than in 

 tro(/lodi/tus. Penis-sheath with very few teeth proximally of base of process, but 

 tlie most proximal one large, triangular (PI. LVI. f 38). 



Jlab. Ceylon to North India, eastwards to Borneo and Java. 



In the Tring Museum 40-odd specimens from : Ceylon ; South and North 

 India ; Andamans ; Penang ; Borneo ; Java. 



The specimens from the varions jilaces present some slight differences which 

 may prove local, the Malayan individuals forming perhaps a separate subspecies. 



[/. M. insipida paptintvim sul)S[). nov. (PI. III. f. 9, $'). 

 S ? . Darker than western examples ; the two yellow patches of the abdomen 

 obviously larger. 



