( 634 ) 

 r>(i8. Macroglossum gyraus (I'l. IV. f. 0, rfj. 



*.I/i/.Tm//(«M( ,'/,v/-o«s Walker, /.<•. %'iii. p. 111. n. II (IS;']!:) (partitn ; Madras; Ceylon; N. ludia ; 



Hiiidoslan ;— Mus. Brit.) ; Moore, in Horsf. ^- Moore, Cal. Lep. Ins. Mim. E. 1. C. i. p. 202. 



n. iIOl (ISuT) (N. India) : Boisd., Spa: (Ji;i. Up. Uil. i. p. HSO. n. 6 (1875) ; Bull., TmnK.Zuul. 



Soc. Lnml. ix. p. 524. n. 5 (1877) ; Snell., Tijihchr. Ent. xx. p. 1. n. 1 (1877) (Java) ; Moore, 



Lep. Ce.i/km ii. p. .30. t. 93. f. 1 (1882) ; id., Jniirii. As. Soc. Bengal liii. 2. p. 234. n. 4 (1884) 



(Cachar) ; Swinb, Pmr. Zoot. Soc. Loiul. p. 287. n. 2 (ISS.")) (Poona, v. ; Bombay) ; iJ., Jnurn. 



U,„„/,„,/ X //. So,: iii. p. 117. n. 2 (1888) (Karachi, vii.) ; id., Pn,,: Zool. So,: Uml. p. 434. 



n. 2 omV) (Mhow. vii. ix. xi.) ; id., Oil. L,-p. Ihl. Mux. Or. i. p. 7. n. 29 (1892) ; Kirby, C„t. 



I.,IK Ilel. i. p. 6:iO. n. 8 (1892) ; Hamps., in Blanf., Fmimi Brit. Lid., Mollis i. p. 113. n. 181 



(1892) ; Huwe, l!,rl. Eiil. Z,ii.vli,: xl. p. 357. d. 2 (1895) (Java) : Dudg., Jonrn. H„mh„ij .Y. //. 



So,: xi. p. 417. n. 181 (1898) (" not seen "). 

 *.U„i-r,u/hi>:sa ■-:,■„„ Boisduval, Sp,'c. Gin. Lrp. Ilel. i. p. 337. n. 9 (1875) (Simla ;-coll .Charles 



Oberthiir). 

 *Macroglosm hombiis Mabille, A?in. So,: Enl. Frnni-e p. 347 (1880) (" Madagascar " iti: loci) ; Saalm., 



Lep. Mad. p. 118. n. 271 (1884). 

 *Maci;,r/!osS(( htirmaiiici Rothschild, Nov. ZnoL. i. p. 08. t. 5. f. 8 (1894) (Burma). 

 Macrogh.fsa fenviis ?, Pagenstacher, Jahrh. Saxs. Ver. Not. xlix. p. 155. n. 113 (1896) (Sumba). 



c? ? . End-segment of antenna sliorter than the three preceding segments 

 together. Upjierside of head, thorax, and basal half of abdomen of the same 

 grey colour as the forewing ; posterior abdominal tei'gites not much darker, except 

 a basal spot on each side, which spots are sometimes enlarged ; three orange 

 side-patches on segments 2 to 4, large, confluent ; first tergite and metanotum 

 also tawny at side ; base of seventh white, the belt interrupted in middle by a 

 black spot ; loxh^r.^ide of palpus and breast almost pure white, legs included, 

 excejit last tarsus ; sides of breast and legs shaded or speckled with brown scales ; 

 abdomen drab, side-tuft of third scgmonr white, of sixth brownish black wiili 

 buff tip. 



'Winga, vjipfirxii/e. Forewing varying in length from 10 to 23 mm.; two 



antemedian and two discal lines distinct, with the interspaces not tilled np with 

 black, the two discal lines strongly curved costad at R-, concave between 11^ and 



hinder margin.^ Hindwing 7wt darker at base than in middle, tawny-ferruginous, 



gradually becoming brown distally, the brown border not being sharply defined. 



Viiderside dull ochraceous tawny, shaded with drab, bases more ferruginous, 

 abdominal area of hindwing pale yellow at base, ochraceous rnfons distally ; lines 

 not prominent. 



S. Tenth tergite slightly dilated before the end, which is jminted ; sternite 

 flattened, thin, sides oblique before end. Harpe elongate, straight, simple (PI. Ij. 

 f. ;?5) ; clas]ior without friction-scales. Penis-sheath (PI. LYI. f. 18) : dentate 

 process pointed, long, oblique in position, its base projecting distad, no spines 

 at or near base ; internal rod obtuse, dentate at one edge. 



Ilrili. Ceylon, Js'.W. India, eastwards to Letti and Kisser. 



In the Tring Mnseum 15 SS, 15 ?? from: Nilgiris ; Madras, xi. xii. ; 

 Bombay ; Ajmerc, vii. ; Burma ; .Sarawak ; Java ; S. Flores, xi. 18'.»6 (Everett) ; 

 Sumba, ii. 1890 (Doherty) ; Letti, vii. 1892 (Dolierty) ; Kisser, vi. 1901 (Kiihn). 



The individual described as homhita by Mons. Mabille was said to be from 

 Madag.ascar. It is certainly an Indian specimen picked uj) iu India by a captain 

 or a doctor, and brought to Madagascar, where it became mixed uj) with true 

 Madagascar insects. The same happened, doubtless, with the individuals of llippo- 

 tioH hoerhnriae recorded from Madagascar by Mons. Maliille. The type of homlnts 

 does not differ from gyram. 



