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."I'.i'.i. Macroglossum vidua siicc. nov. (I'l. 111. i'. 15, ?). 



?. Coldiir of Ixidy above not well iircserved, apjjarently no dark middle stripe 

 on head and tlionix, mesothora(-ic tcgnla darker brown behind, without a sharply 

 defined triangular patch ; abdomen with three small yellow side-jiatches, second 

 the largest, tail dark, a black mesial i)atch at base : underside of paljjns and 

 middle of breast dirty grey, tlie white scaling being much mixed with drab-brown 

 scales, sides rather darker, abdomen also grey (much rnbhed). 



AVings, tipperside. Forewing : antemedian band filled in with black, Ijroad, 



deejier bla(-k at outer edge, dilated basad liehind ; median iutersjiace greyish : 

 discal Hues indistinct, situated in an ill-defined broad siiadowy baud ; area between 

 this aud distal edge of wing faintly greyish, excepting costal part, whicli is brown ; 



uo distinct snbaj)ical spots, no grey postdiscal costal patch. Hindwiug : yellow 



band interrupted, reduced, ill-defined. 



Underside of botli wings dark walnut-brown, dull, somewhat olivaceous distally, 

 without distinct brown border, bases faintly greyish, yellow abdominal area of 

 hindwiug restricted, sharply defined. 



Length of forewing : ^ ,'2.2 mm. 



Hub. Waigeu I. 



One ? in coll. < 'harles Oberthiir, received from Messrs. Staudiuger &. 

 Bang-Haas. 



Resembling glaitcoptera and small specimens of M. eortjthus luteata aud 

 M. sylria ; recognisable by the dirty grey colour of the pal})! below, the greyish, 

 not distinctly yellow, bases of the wings below, the broad antemediau baud of 

 the forewing, etc. 



60U. Macroglossum joannisi spec. nov. (I'l 111. f. 2, ? ). 



? . Head and thorax olive-grey, the scales with i)ale tips ; without dark mesial 

 strii)e ; mesothoracic tegula somewhat deeper brown behind, like metauotum ; 

 abdomen shaded with grey mesially, four yellow side-patches, transverse diameter 

 of second nearly as long as the diameter of the dorsal interspace ; sixth tergite 

 blackish brown at sides aud base, seventh black in middle, yellowish bufl:' at base, 

 chestnut at sides, tail tawny at end. Underside of pa]i»us white, middle of breast 

 clayish grey, sides vinaceous clay-colour, abdomen cinuamou-rufous, paler iu middle, 

 tail the same colour, side-tufts yellow, that of seventh segment black at base, then 

 yellow, and white at the tip. 



Wings, upperside. Forewing : subbasal aud median iutersi)aces obviously 



o-rey, disc also shaded with grey ; antemediau band curved, black ; discal lines 

 very slightly curved, not distinctly angulated at R', interspace not quite filled in 

 with black ; postdiscal line complete, the interspace between second discal aud 

 postdiscal line grey, this colour extended distad between R' and SM-, uot reaching 

 margin, uo sejiarate costal jwstdiscal jiatch ; dark subajjical spots SC — R' of other 



species here vestigial, barely deeper iu tint than the brown marginal border. 



Hindwiug : yellow baud interrupted, much sufl'used with black, uot sharply marked, 

 except iu cell. 



Underside of forewing dark waluut-browu, yellow at base ; no distinct distal 



border. Hindwiug bright cinuamou-rufous, brighter than the abdomen, base aud 



abdominal area yellow, the latter not sharply limited distally, extreme edge of wing 

 and fringe deeper brown. 



