r r.32 ) 



c? ?. The ]iiiriilisli liordcrof the luaryiiial baml of tlio liiiidn-iiiir, nliovo, vatlior 

 broad as a rule. 



TIab. Sonth and East Africn., from ( 'ape ( 'olon y to Abyssinia : Comoro 

 Islands. 



In the Trin.s; Mnscnm 5 larvae, 'J pnpae, l:3u-oild specimens from : (!ape Colony; 

 Natal ; Delagoa Bay ; Transvaal ; Barotse conntry ; Nyassaland ; German and 

 British East Africa ; Uganda ; Grande Comore. 



L M. trocliiliis tfochiloides. 



*Mucmglos.ia li-urhiJnhJm Butler, Pro<\ Zonl. fine. Lend. p. 5. n. fl (1875) (Sierra L. ; — Mus. Brit.) ; 



id., Tnais. Ziml. Soc. Lioid. ix. p. 525. n. 14 (1877) ; Ploetz, Sidl. Knl. /Ceil. xli. p. VCi. n. 28(1 



(1880) (MuDgo) ; HoU., rniim. Aiiier. Eiit. Sor. xfi. p. 5lj. n. I (1S89) (Ogowe, Beiiifcv) : 



Kirby, Cat. L,p. IIH. i. p. 619. n. 2 (18112) (Sierra L.). 

 Macroyloxsa trorhiln.'', Dewitz, M'ltlh. Miiiirh. Enl. Ver. iii. p. 'J.j (1870) (Chinchoxo) ; Druce, in 



Jameson, Slorn Rem- Cut. p. 446 (1887) (Aruwimi, iv.). 



(J ? . The differences between this and the preceding race are very slight. The 

 median band of the hinJwing is paler yellow, and the marginal band more extended 

 black, less brown-purple. 



Ilab. Sierra Leone to Angola and the Upper Congo. 



In the Tring Musenm 10 cJc?, 10 ?? from: Sierra Leone, vi. vii. ((lapt. 

 Stevens): Ogrngu, Niger; Yelwa, Borgn, Niger ; Calweha R., Angola, v. (Penriee). 



565. Macroglossum bombylans. 



MttcrngloKsa giliii, Walker [nmi Herrich-Scb., 18.04), f-i"! Lr/,. ///.-•. B. M. viii. p. '.1,'?. n. 15 (IS.Oli) 

 (partim). 



*.'\/ii,;o,/li,ssn b'lDihi/idiis Boisduval, Sjifr. Gen. Lep. Ilil. i. p. .")34. n. 2 (1875) (Centr. Asia ; -coll. 

 Charles Obertl ilr) ; Butl., Trans. ZmA. Sor. Land. ix. p. 525. n. 10 (1877) (N. India ; Dcbra 

 Dun ; Hongkong) ; Saalm., Lep. M(t(l. p. 118. n. 272 (1884) ("Mad." loc. err.) ; Leech, I'm: 

 Zool. Sor. Lrind. p. 582. n. 6 (1888) (Satsuma, v. ; Xikko, ix. ; Oi«.ake, .\. ; Kiukiang) ; id., 

 Trans. Ent. Sue. Loud. p. 120. n. 105 (1889) (Kiukiang); Swinh., Cut. Lep. HH. Mii«. Ox. i. 

 p. .3. n. 12 (1892) (InJia) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 630. n. 14 (18<,I2) ; Alph., in Rom., Mem. 

 Lep. ix. p. nil (1897) (Sze-tchuen, viii.) ; Leech, }.e. p. 2112. n. 78 (18118) (Japan ; China). 



* ila, ruijlossa mtUcevi Butler, Prne. Zoo}. Soe. Land. p. 4 sub n. 3 (1875) (= (jdia Walk. ;— Mus. 

 Brit.); Hamps., in Blanf., Fanna Brit. Jnd., Moths i. p. 116. n. 191 (1892); Dudg., Jci/iti. 

 Bvmbaij N. H. Soc. xi. p. 418. d. 191 (1898) (Sikhim, 3000-7010 ft., rainy seas.). 



cJ?. The base of the si.xth abdominal tergite and tiie side-tuft of the third 

 segment are pure white ; the breast has no yellow tint, the first two or three 

 abdominal sternites have a white mesial patch. The hiudwing of the ? has a 

 more or less complete yellow median band, while the band of the S is reduced 

 to an abdominal and a costal patch. 



c?. The sexual armature is as in ariciila, but the dentate process of the 

 penis-sheath (PI. LVI. f. 41) is decidedly shorter and the hariie (PI. L. f. 'i^) » 

 little more obtuse. 



Early stages not known. 



JIab. Japan ; t'hina ; North India. 



This and aticnla are most likely only geographical forms of one species. 

 There is no material in collections from Burma, Malacca, Sumatra, and Borneo, 

 whore either urioiln or bombylans must be expected to occur. 



In the Tring Mnscnm 6ti-o(ld sjieciniens from : Asamayama, viii. : Satsuma, v. ; 

 Kiushiu : Nanchuen, Setchueu : Ta-tsien-ln ; Hongkong; Bnxa, Bhutan; Kliasia 

 Hills. 



