( 665 ) 



median interspace more or less rnsset, palest at antomedian band, first discal line 

 tljin, more or less vestigial, second heavier, both curved costad in front, with the 

 npper ])art of the interspace fillrd in with brown, often a vestige of another line 

 between tlie two, second lino joined beliind R' to subapical spot 80" — R' and apical 



halfmoon, a broadish black cloud from R' towards outer margin near angle. ■ 



Yellow baud of hindwing concave distally, the black border of wing almost evenly 

 convex. 



Underside of wings cinnamon-rufous, abdominal area of liindwing more or 

 less yellow. 



i. Tenth tergitc convex at end, obtuse ; sternite round at end. ('\&%\\qv tcith 

 friction-scales ; harpe (PI. LI. f. 10) slender, gradually and slightly curving 

 njtwards, obtuse, feebly denticulate at the extremity. Process of peuis-sheatli 

 relatively short, obtuse, niultidentate at end, teeth at base long (PI. LVI. f. '^9). 



Hub. South Japan to Ceylon : not observed in the Malayan countries. 



Two subspecies : 



ft. M. pas.vihi/i jias.mln.i. 



SpJihi.r jmsxaliis Drury, l.r. 



Sjihinx panilnm Fabrioius, Eiil.Si/sl. in. 1. p. 380. n. (J (17'.I3) (Ind. or. ■,=paxmlns). 



.\/(icrof/l"s,in jiussalus, Westwood, in Drury, l.r. ed, ii. t. ■>',) (18.S7) ; Walk., List Lep. his. D. M. viii. 



p. 92. n. 12 (185r,) (partim) ; Boiad., Hpei: Gin. Lep. lift. i. p. 34'J. n. 27 {\%lb) ; Butl, rrma. 



Zonl. f^oi: Lund. ix. p. .'■|27. n. 22 ( 1H77) (Shanghai ; Hongkong) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ifet. i. 



p. G.S2. n. 49 (1892). 

 Marrni/losxa xtiiriiiii: Boisduval, !.e. p. 349. n. 28 (187JJ) (Cochinchina ; type not preserved). 



i ? . The brigliter coloured northern form. Median area of forewing and 

 underside more rufous, first discal line of forewing above vestigial, base of hindwing 

 below yellowish, yellow abdominal area extended, yellow baud of upperside often 

 as broad at R' as the marginal border. 



I/aO. Loo (Jhoo Islands ; Formosa ; China ; Cochinchina (this form ?). 



In the Triug Museum 9 SS, 10 ? ? from : Okinawa, viii. "91 (Dr. Fritze) : 

 Taij>eh, Formosa, vi. '96. 



//. .1/. //(Lisrili/s rectifd.wid. 



*nhitmphmi-hi»}ii<i, rerlifdHi-ia Felder, Reise Novara Lrp. t. 75. f. 7 (1874) (Ceylon ;— Mus. Tring). 



MurTiiiitimm m-lifiiHrhi, Butler, TninH. Z,,;]. Sn: Lond. ix. p. ,528. n. 34 (1877) ; Moore, Lrp. Cri/hm 

 ii,p. 27. t. 90. f. 2. (18H2) ; Hamps., /Ilnxtr. Ti/p. Spe.rim. Lep. Uet. viii. p. 1. n. 14 (IK91) 

 (Nilgiris, OOOU ft., iv.— viii.). ; Kirby, r,i/. Lep. Uel. i. p. fj.32. n. 54 (1892) ; Hamps., in Blanf., 

 /■•',««( Bril. huh, .\hdliH i. p. 118. n. 198 (1892) ; id. Illr^lr. Tup. Sjienm. Lep. llrl. II. .)!. ix. 

 p. 4. n. I\7 (1893) (Colnmbo, Ceylon). 



62. Yellow band of hindwing on the wlioh' narrower, first discal line of 

 foriwing more distinct, median interspace a,nd under surface less briglit in tinf, and 

 yellow colour of hindwing below generally more restricted than in the preceding 

 Bubsiiecies. 



ffti/). Ceylon and South India. 



Will doubtless be discovered in N. India. 



In the Tring Museum T cJcJ, 1 ? from : Ceylon : South India.. 



610. Macroglossum faro (I 'I. IV. i'. 14, c?). 



Spldiixfiirn Cramer, /'<//-. Kml. iii. p. \i;r,. t. 28r> f. e (17H0) (Coroniaiidul). 



MaeriylmKii pi„mln*';, Walker, Lhl Lep. Iim. Ii. .M . viii. p. 92. n. 12 {WA) (|«rLiin). 



.Mun-u;il;MH„ fnro, Moore, in Hoisf. .<• Moore, Ciil. Lep. /«». .l/».^. /•.'. /. ('■ i. |i- 2i;:i ". IIOIJ (1K.'',7) 



