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South Iiuliaii and (Vjlouese specimens have the yellow baud of the hiiulwing deep 

 in tint, Chinese ones h<ave it pale, and the former possess rather heavier antennae. 



(?. Tenth tergite sulfate beneath, convex above, truncate-ronnded ; sternite 

 rather flat, apex rouuded, feebly acuminate in middle, transversely carinate above. 

 Clasper without friction-scales ; harpe forked like that of pi/rr/ios//cta, but upper 

 lobe flat, rounded in dorsal view (Pi. L. f. 15), dentate at edges, lower lobe clubbed, 

 tuberculose. Process of penis-sheath (PI. LVI. f. 37) obtuse, dentate at apex, basal 

 dentition extending on to the sheath, the most proximal tooth enlarged; internal 

 rods broad, rounded at end, sharp side-edge denticulate. 



The larva figured by Hampson may belong to this species. 



Ifab. Ceylon to China, eastwards to Java ; probably all over the Indo-Malayan 

 Subregion. 



In the Tring Museum 44 specimens from : Ceylon ; South and North India ; 

 China ; Java. 



579. Macroglossum insipida (PI. IK. f. 9. 10. 17, S S). 



' Marroijloxsu iiisipiclii Huiler, Proc. Zruil. Sur. Loml. p. 2-12. u. 12 (1875) (Ceylon; — Mus. Brit.); 

 id., Tmiis. Zool. Soc. Lnml. ix. p. 527. n. 25 (1877). 



cJ ? . Very close to troglodi/tus, with which it agrees in size. Antemediau band 

 of forewing above rather suddenly narrowed in anterior half and curved costad, 

 being less obliqne than in troylodi/tiis. 



cJ. Harpe quite diflerent from that of troylodijtiis and pyrrhosticta, resembling 

 that ai faro ; cylindrical, a little curved upwards at end, tip denticulate (PI. LI. 

 f. 16). Process of penis-sheath (PI. LVI. f. 38) obtuse, Identate at end and at 

 proximal edge, dentition extending on to the sheath in one row, proximal tooth 

 enlarged, triangular, except poecilam. 



Larva (adult) brown, with a dark dorsal line throughout, and thin side-bands, 

 a subdorsal reddish line, interrupted excej)t on thorax ; this line yellow in green 

 form of larva, and white in young larva. 



Hub. Ceylon to the Loo Choo Islands, eastwards to Australia. 



Three subspecies, perhaps four : 



a. M. insipida insipida (PI. III. f. 10, cJ). 



* Uacroijhism hisipUla Butler, I.e. ; Moore, Lep. Ceylon ii. p. 30. t. 92. f. 3. 3a. 3b (/., p., /.) (1882) ; 



Swinh., Cal. Leji. Ilrt. .^fus. 0.r. i. p. 4. n. 14 (1892) (Ceylon) ; Kirby, Gil. Lep. Hel. i. p. (131. 



D. 35 (1892); Hamps., in Blanf., Fumm Brit. Ind., Moths i.. p. 117. n, 194 (1892) (partiin) ; 



Dudg., Jiiiim. Biinihiiij .V. //. Sur. xi. p. 418. n. 194 (1898) (larva & pupa descr.). 

 *Mui-roghmii Uimita Swinhoe, I.e. p. 4. n. 15. t. 1. f. 1 {^) (1892) (Java). 



S ? . Distal margin of forewing more convex and ajjex less acute than in 

 troylodijtus. Penis-sheath with very few teeth proximally of base of process, hut 

 the most proximal one large, triangular (PI. LVI. i. 38). 



llah. Ceylon to North India, eastwards to Borneo and Java. 



In the Tring Museum 4()-odd specimens from : Ceylon ; South and North 

 India ; Andamans ; Penang ; Borneo ; Java. 



The specimens from the various places present some slight differences which 

 may prove local, the Malayan individuals forming perhaps a separate subspecies. 



b. M. insipida papuanum subsp. nov. (PI. III. f. 9, S). 

 S ? . Darker than western examples ; the two yellow patches of the abdomen 

 obviously larger. 



