( 048 ) 



the yellow side-pateli of segment 4 as large as that on 3 ; seventh sternite with 

 . white mesial line, the other sternites witli more or less distinct white mesial dots. 

 Length of forewing : 25 mm. 

 Ilah. Florida Island. 

 In the Tring Musenm 1 ?, 2. i. 1901 (A. S. Meek). 



589. Macroglossum dohertyi. 



*irucrmjl„/ss„ (hlirrhi! Rothschild, Nov. Zocu.. i. p. 07. t. 5. f. 2 {^) (1894) (Amboina :— Mus. 

 Tring). 



(J. In this remarkable insect the median interspace and the grej- postdiscal line 

 of the forewing of the other Macroylossum have developed into two narrow, sharply- 

 defined, bnffish white bands. Tenth tergite ronnded-trnncate ; sternite narrowed 

 towards the end, which is rounded. Clasper with rather large friction-scales ; harpe 

 rather broad, compressed, subacnminate, upper edge denticnlate distally (PI. L. 

 f. 31). Process of penis-sheath (PI. LVI. f 49) short, obtuse, densely denti- 

 cnlate at the proximal edge and at end ; internal rods rounded at end. 



Ilah. Amboina and New Guinea. 



In the Tring Mnseum 2 SS from : Amboina, February 1892 (W. Dohert)', 

 t>/pe) ; British New Guinea. 



590. Macroglossiim hirundo. 



*.Vucrnf/!nsm hirinulu Buisduval, 1'///. A.ili-nhihr, Up. p. 184 (18.32) ; id., Spec. Gin. Up. Eil. i. 

 p. 34G. n. 23. t. 9. f. 4 (1875) (Tahiti :— coll. Charles Oberthiir). 



cJ ? . A geographically and individually variable species. The median inter- 

 space of the forewing grey, generally prominent, straight, sometimes separated 

 into two patches ; first and second discal lines not or feebly curved costad, not 

 obviously elbowed, more or less concave. Yellow abdominal area of hindwing 

 below sharply defined. 



c?. Tenth tergite compressed, pointed; sternite rounded at end. Clasper 

 with friction-scales; harpe (PI. LI. f. H) broad, flattened, more or less rounded 

 at end, apex densely denticulated. Process of penis-sheath (PI. LVI. f 27) 

 horizontal, slender, dentition variable, no teeth upon sheath near base of process, 

 except in Ufuemii; internal rods rounded at end, the longer one dentate at 

 one edge. 



Unb. Papuan Subregion : Key to Tahiti and Fiji. 



Five subspecies : 



a. M. kirumlo hirundo. 



*.U„<-rngl„ssa hJrmi<h, Boisduval, in Yny. Aslrulnhe, Lip. p. 184 (18.32) (Taiti ;— coll. Charles 

 Oberthiir) ; id., Spec. Ocii. Lep. Ilil. i. p. 34(1. n. 23. t. 9. f. 4 (1875) ; Butl., TrmiH. Zo„l. Soc. 

 Limd. ix. p. 529. n. 37 (1877) ; Kirby, G'^ Lep. Ilct. i. p. C32. n. £8 (1892). 



(??. The yellow area of the hindwing is far too broad in Boisduval's figure, 

 the base of the wing being black in Tahiti specimens, not yellow. Grey 

 median band of forewing very narrow, oblique, being a little more distal at 

 hinder than at costal margin, the dark lines and bands indistinct, grey border 

 of ])08tdiscal line and a grey snbmarginal shade extending from apex to near 

 hinder margin distinct, less regular than in Boisduval's figure. Yellow band of 

 hindwing rather broader than the basal black area. Abdomen with a small 



