( 1546 ) 



(liillei , darker brown ; bases shaded with yellowish buff, yellow abdominal area 

 sharply defined, about 1 J. mm. short of tip of SM^ 



(J. Tenth tergite rather broad, ronnded-truncate, flattened at end ; sternite 

 spatnlate, upperside elevated in mesial line, apical margin acnminate. Clasper with 

 friction-scales ; harpe (PI. LI. f. 4) incrassate distally, obtuse ; often with a 

 snbapical lateral tubercnlated hump, as in f. 3. Penis-sheath almost exactly as in 

 melas (PI. LVI. f. 31), but the teeth near the base of the process larger. 



Ilab. South India to the Loo Choo Islands, eastwards to the Moluccas. 



In the Tring Museum 13 tJc?, 14 ? ? from : Nilgiris ; Tonkin : Hongkong: 

 Loo Choo Is. ; Formosa; Java; Sarawak; Philippines; Batjan. 



It is possible that there are at least two subspecies ; but the material in 

 collections, especially from the Moluccas, is not yet large enough to allow ns to form 

 a definite opinion. 



The white underside of the palpi and of the middle of the breast distinguishes 

 hi'Uophila at a glance from sitione and varirqatinn, while the less Vdack colour of 

 the body and wings separates it from melas. 



585. Macroglossum melas spec. uov. (PI. III. f. 19, ?). 



S ? . Similar to M. hcliophilK, but body and wings much deeper in tint, almost 

 black above and below ; yellow spots of abdomen small, fourth and fifth tergite 

 with a pair of black basal spots above ; underside of palpus, middle of breast and 

 mesial patches of abdomen wliitc, side-tufts of abdomen tipped with white. A thin 

 white line above eye. Pattern of forewiug as in heliophila, individually somewhat 

 variable, pale median interspace less prominent and less vinaceous. Black border 

 of hindwing broader than in hc/io/j/n/a, angulate between W and M", the yellow 

 band here constricted or interrupted. A\' ings bcloic grey at extreme base ; yellow 

 area of hindwing restricted, about 3 mm. short of tip of SM". 



(?. Sexual armature not essentially different from that of heliophila, harpe 

 slenderer (PI. LI. f. 3. 5), dentition at the base of the penis-sheatli not quite so 

 heavy (PI. LVI. f. 31). 



Ilah. Key Islands : N. Guinea ; AVoodlark I. ; Queensland. 



In the Tring Museum 'A 3 i , ? ? from : Little Key (Jti/pc, H. Kiihn), Dec. 

 and Jan. ; Milne Bay, Brit. N. Gninea, Jan. and Feb. (A. S. Meek) ; Woodlark 

 (A. S. Meek) ; Queensland (Weiske). 



This may be the Pajtuan representative of heliophila. Further material is 

 necessary to decide the question. 



586. Macroglossum divergens. 



*Macrnglossa dirfri/rns Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 94. n. 17 (185G) (Ceylon ;— Mus. Brit.) 

 Bntl., Trans. Zml. Sac. Lnml. ix. p. 528. n. 31 (1877) ("Canara" alia spec); Moore, icy. 

 Ciiilun ii. p. 'JT. t. 02. f. 2 (1882) ; Kiiby, Cat. Up. /let. i. p. ti30. n. 18 (1892) ; Hamps., in 

 Blanf., Famw Brit. Ind., Moths i. p. 117. n. 196 (1892) (Ceylon'. 



? . Only one specimen known. It may be an extreme variety of heliophila. 



Forewing, above : first discal line vestigial, second heavy and dilated distad between 

 R' and R" ; a distinrt black line outside the grey postdiscal line as broad as the 

 second discal one. 



I[ab. Ceylon. 



In the British Museum 1 ? (','//"')• 



