r 631 ) 



tijis of longest scales of anal brush c.reara-colonr or Imff ; undprside of iialpns, 

 middle of breast, and first and second jiair of legs cream-colonr, mesial jiatehes on 

 first three sternites of abdomen nearly the same colour, rather more tawny. 



Wings, above. Forewing deeper in colour than in aesalon, the markings 



less prominent ; second discal line heavier, interspace between first and second 



nearly filled np with blackish scaling ; no stigma. Orange band of hindwing 



narrower. 



Uiulersidi; : yellow colour of hindwing less extended distad than in acsaloii, 

 more sharply defined, discal lines less distinct or absent. 



(S. Tenth tergite (PI. XLV. f. T) narrower at end than in nesalon ; the sternite, 

 however, broader. Harpe (PI. L. f. 26) broader, apex curved basad and densely 

 spinose. Dentate process of penis-sheath (PI. LVI. f. 10) long, acute ; only one 

 internal rod, three-edged. 



? . Not known. 



Ilab. Madagascar. 



In coll. Charles Oberthiir from Tamatave {tijjje) and Fianarantsoa ; also in coll. 

 Mabille. 



In the Tring Museum 2 cJJ from : Madagascar. 



504. Macroglossum trochilus. 



Psitlnjrns trnchihis Hiibner, Samml. E.r. Srhin. ii. t. 151-1 (IH'24). 



(J?. Antenna long, reaching in c? to the fork 8C'-'', or beyond. Orange-bnff 

 side-patches of segments 2 to 4 of abdomen large, merged together ; underside of 

 abdomen and wings ferruginous ; breast, extreme base of wings, and side-tufts of 

 abdomen pale maize-yellow, ])alpus purer white ; distal margin of wings below with 

 a rnsset-brown border. The brownish black distal marginal band of the hindwing 

 above proximally bordered with chestnut-purple ; median area orange-buff, rather 

 sharply defined. 



S. Tenth tergite pointed ; sternite rounded at tip. Clasper without frict'ou- 

 scales : harpe short, curved upwards, obtuse, the broader apical part hollowed out 

 at the proximal side, the convex side densely beset with teeth (PI. L. f. 2")). Penis- 

 sheath (PI. LVI. f. 54) with a longer shari)ly j)ointed and a shorter aj)ically 

 founded internal rod ; apical process horizontal, long, its j)roximal edge denticulate. 



Cremaster of pupa flattened, triangular, dentate laterally, ending in a point 

 (PI. LXIV. f. 20). 



H"l). Africa ; ( lomoro Islands. 



Two subspecies : 



'(. M. troi'hihin trnrliiliix. 



P^illitjrnx tri)rhilii>f Hiibner, /.'■. 



MiicroiiliiHxii Imrhilim, Hoiflduval, in Deleg,, I'"//. A/r. Aiisli: p. .O'.U. n. 97 (1H4T) (Xiital) ; WiUlcer, 

 IJhI Lep. IiiK. H. M. viii. p. 1)0. n. S (18.')li) (Cape ; Natal) ; Mrn., /■.'««/». Cnrp. Aniiii. J'elm/j., 

 LijK p. ;i,0. n. 1.'.84 (18.-,7) (Natal) ; Boisd., %>c. h'm. Uji. Hit. i. p. I. p. :i:i,'') (IST.'i) (Natal ; 

 Zululand) ; Bull., Tmii». Z„„l. Hoc. Loml. \\. p. l>->^>. n. i:! (1877) ; Obortli , Aiui. Mug. Ch: 

 Qnmxa xviii. p. TM,. n. 85 (188.S) (Shoa, x.) ; Kirby, f'»^ l.cp. Iht. i. p. fyl'.l n. 1 (1882) (S. 

 Afr.) ; Dint., S'ul. Tmmmal p. 230 (189J) (Pretoria, ii.). 



MiiiriiijldHm Hilii'tw Walker, /.<■. p. ICi. u. \'A (18,5(1) (partini ; Natal ; haec spec, 'f err. loci?). 



lll'iiinjiliom-liiHmaftMc'Kdnm Walleiigren, Offi\ i'el. .I/.-, /fundi, xv. p. 13'J (1858). 



UlniM/jlitjHi-liixiiia tmi'h'diiH, id., KoikjI. Sv. ]',I. AL: lliimU. v. 4. p. 17 (18G5) (Caffr. or. ; Natal). 



Miiri-iiijhiKm lyt'illioiix Boinduviil, I.e. 



Ma/TwjImKa trnrlii/t,:,/,„ Butler, I'rui: Zuol. Sor. l.niid. p. 843. ii. Vl'l (181IC) (NjasBaland, 741)0 ft. i 

 perfectly typical I). 



