( 1)4 (i ) 



(iullrr, (liirkcr lirowu ; liases sliailed with yellowish bull', yellow ahiloniinal area 

 slinriily defined, ahont \h mm. short of tip oi'SM-. 



cJ. Tenth tergite rather broad, rounded-truncate, flattened at end ; sternite 

 spatulate, npjierside elevated in mesial line, ajiical margin acuminate. Clasper wH/i, 

 frietion-scales ; harpe (PI. LI. f. 4) incrassate distally, obtuse ; often with a 

 snbapical lateral tuberculatcd hump, as in f. 3. Penis-sheath almost exactly as in 

 melas (PI. LVI. f. 31), but the teeth near tbe base of the process larger. 



JIaf). South India to the Loo Choo Islands, eastwards to the Moluccas. 



In the Triiig Museum 13 cf cJ, 1-4 ? ? from : Nilgiris ; Tonkin ; Hongkong : 

 Loo Choo Is. ; Formosa; Java; Sarawak; Philippines; Batjan. 



It is possible that there are at least two subsjiecies ; but the material in 

 collections, especially from the Moluccas, is not yet large enough to allow us to form 

 a definite opinion. 



The white underside of the palpi and of the middle of the breast distinguishes 

 hi'Uophila at a glance from sit/rnf and variegatum, while the less black colour of 

 the body and wings separates it from melas. 



585. Macroglossum melas s])ec. uov. (PI. TII. f. 19, ?). 



S ? . Similar to M. heliophiUi, but body and wings much deeper in tint, almost 

 black above and below ; yellow spots of abdomen small, fourth and fifth tergite 

 with a pair of black basal spots above ; underside of palpus, middle of breast and 

 mesial patches of abdomen white, side-tufts of abdomen tipped with white. A thin 

 white line above eye. Pattern of forewing as in heliopliila, individually somewhat 

 variable, pale median interspace less jiromineut and less vinaceous. Black border 

 of hindwing broader than in hi'liopliila, angulate between W and M-, the yellow 

 band here constricted or interrupted. "Wings below grey at extreme base ; yellow 

 area of hindwing restricted, about 3 mm. short of tip of SM-. 



c?. Sexual armature not essentially difi'erent from that of heliophibi, harpe 

 slenderer (PI. LI. f. 3. .""i), dentition at the base of the penis-sheath not quite so 

 heavy (PI. LVI. f. 31). 



Hah. Key Islands ; N. (xuinea ; AVoodlark I. ; Queensland. 



In the Tring Museum 3 c?cJ, G ? ? from : Little Key {t;ipe, H. Kiihn), Dec. 

 and Jan. ; Milne Bay, Brit. N. Guinea, Jan. and Feb. (A. S. Meek) : AVoodlark 

 (A. S. Meek) ; Queensland (Weiske). 



This may be the Papuan representative of lieliophila. Further material is 

 necessary to decide the question. 



586. Macroglossum divergens. 



*.yficrng!osKa diren/ms Walker, List Lep. his. IS. .1/. viii. p. 04. n. 17 (IKoli) (Ceylon :— Mus. Brit.) 

 Biitl., Trans. Zotil. Sor. Loud. ix. p. 528. n. 31 (1877) ("Canara" alia spec.) ; Moore, L( p. 

 Ceyhm ii. p. 27. t. 92. f. 2 (1882) ; Kiiby, Cut. Lep. Hel. i. p. 030. n. 18 (1892) ; Hamps., in 

 Blanf., Fauna Brit, hid., Moths i. p. 117. n. 196 (1892) (Ceylon'. 



? . Only one specimen known. It may be an extreme variety of heliophila. 



Forewing, above : first discal line vestigial, second heavy and dilated distad between 

 R' and R- ; a distinct black line outside the grey postdiscal line as broad as the 

 second discal one. 



Hub. Ceylon. 



In the British Jluseuni 1 ? (('/;;<')• 



