(' fifi") ) 



iiHMliaii interspace more or less rnssef, palest at anteiuediaii band, first tliscal line 

 thin, more or less vestigial, second heavier, l)oth curved costad in front, with the 

 njiper part of the interspace filled in with brown, often a vestige of auotlier line 

 between the two, second line joined beliind H' to snbapical sjwt SO'^ — R' and apical 



lialfmnon, a broadish black clond from R' towards outer margin near angle. 



Yellow band of hindwing concave distally, the Idack lionlcr of wing almost evenly 

 convex. 



Undersifle of wings cimiaraon-rnfous, abdominal area of hindwing more or 

 less yellow. 



c?. Tenth tergite convex at end, obtuse ; steruite round at end. Clasper ivitli 

 IVietion-scales ; harpe (PI. LI. f lU) slender, gradually and slightly curving 

 n])wards, obtuse, feebly denticulate at the extremity. Process of penis-sheath 

 relatively short, obtuse, multidentate at end, teeth at base long (PI. LVI. f. :.'9). 



Ilnb. South Japan to Ceylon ; not observed in the Malayan countries. 



Two subspecies : 



a. M. passaJiis pussnbis. 



Sjili//i:r j)iis.yihin Drury, I.e. 



Rphinx pandnvd Fabrioius, F.iil.Siisl. ill. 1. p. 380. n. (1 (17'.I3) (Ind. dr. \= pamohis). 



Mrirroijlnsna jmssaliis, Westwood, in Drury, /.c. ed. ii. t. 2',l (1887) ; Walk., Lixl Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. 



p. 92. n. 12 (185G) (partim) ; Boisd., Sj,er. (leii. Up. Hit. i. p. .'Uil. n. 27 (187.'')) : Butl., Trawi. 



Zoiil. Soi: Loud. ix. p. .")27. n. 22 (1877) (Shanghai ; Hongkong) : Kirby, Col. Lip. Hit. i, 



p. 6.32. n. 49 (181)2). 

 MwriKjIoxsta ntuvHrn Boisduval, I.e. p. 34il. n. 28 (1875) (Cochinchina ; type not preserved). 



S ? . The brighter coloured northern form. Median area of forewing and 

 underside more rufous, first discal line of forewing above vestigial, base of hindwing 

 below yellowish, yellow abdominal area extended, yellow baud of upperside often 

 as broad at R'' as the marginal border. 



I lab. Loo Choo Islands ; Formosa ; ( 'hina ; Cochinchina (this form ?). 



In the Tring Museum 9 c?c?, H> ?? from: Okinawa, viii. "'.H (Dr. Fritze) : 

 Tai]ieh, Formosa, vi. '96. 



h. M. j/as.-inlus recti/ascia. 



*n/iiiii,jilin:<i-/i;s„„i nHifuscia Felder, Reisc Xovara Lrp. t. 75. f. 7 (1874) (Ceylon :— Mus. Tring). 

 .]f,iir(iiilus.-ii mli/ii^cia, Butler, Trii)i.i. Znn!. .S'w. Lnnii. ix. p. ,528. n. 34 (1877) ; Moore, Lip. Cpi/lni; 



ii. p. 27. t. ub. f. 2. (1882) ; Hamps., Ilhixtr. Tijp. ^pecim. Lfp. /7c/. viii. p. 1. n. 14 (1891) 



(Nilgiris, OOOO ft., iv.— viii.). ; Kirby, Vul. Lep. Net. i. p. 032. n. 54 (1892) ; Hamps., in Blanf,. 



Finiii.i liril. Iml., Molha i. p. 118. n. 198 (18112) ; id. ///"s/r. Tup. Sperhii. Lep. Ifil. /.'. .lA ix. 



p. 4. n. (17 (1893) (Colombo, Ceylon). 



c? ? . Yellow band of hindwing on the whole narrower, first discal line of 

 forewing more distinct, median interspace and under surface less bright in tint, and 

 yellow colour of hindwing below generally more restricted than in tiie preceding 

 subspecies. 



Ila/j. Ceylon and South India. 



Will doubtless be discovered in N. India. 



In the Tring Museum 7 cJ<?, 1 ? from : Ceylon : South India. 



nio. Macroglossum faro (PI. IV. f. 14, c?). 



Sphinx, faru Cramer, Pup. E.rot. iii. p. h\', t. 285 f. c (1780) (Coromandel). 



.Uncrocjlossa iMsnaUnt'f, Walker, LUl Lep. Im. B. .\f. viii. p. 92. n. 12 (1856) (partim). 



.MucrogloKsa faro, Moore, in Horsf. c« Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. ^fus. E. I. C. i. p. 26:5 n. 606 (1857) 



