114 SPHINGID^E. 



wings being redder brown; the two lines forming the antemedial 

 band o the fore wing not filled in with black ; the postmedial 

 lines not so parallel, the second being nearer the first at the costa, 

 the third at inner margin ; the patch near apex reddish brown, 

 with no dark streak below it. Hind wing with band reddish 

 yellow. 



Fig. 67. Macroglossa befo, $. j. 



The form troglodytes is rather narrower winged. 



Larva black ; the head red ; a white subdorsal line ; the sides 

 spotted and streaked with red and yellow. 



Hab. China and throughout India and Ceylon. Exp. 4G-60 

 millim. 



185. MaCTOglossa belia, Hmpsn, HI. Hi-t. ix, ined., pi. 157, fig. 15. 



$ . Differs from lelis in the antemedial band of the fore win.uj 

 being much broader; the postmedial band broader and more 

 angulate below the costa; the third postmedial line absent. 

 Hind wing with the marginal dark border broader and more 

 even. Underside : abdomen paler ; wings with the transverse 

 lines absent. 



Hab. Trincomali, Ceylon. Exp. 58 millim. 



186. Macroglossa proxima, ButL P. Z. S. 1875, p. 4, pi. i, fig. 1 ; a # S. 



no. 20; J/oo/r, Lcp. ('>>//. ii. pi. il, fijrs. 1, la, 1 b (larva and pupa). 

 Macroglossa luteata, ButL P. Z. S. 1875, p. 241 ; C. $ S. no. 19. 

 Macroglossa obscura (Up. Tenasserim), Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 



1890, p. 162 (nee BiM.). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous (in Malaccan and Tenas- 

 serim specimens dark brown) ; abdomen without the lateral black 

 marks on distal segments; the anal tufts ruddy at tips. Fore 

 wing with all the lines obsolescent, the postmedial lines less bent ; 

 the markings being reddish and ill-defined. Hind wing with the 

 band pure yellow and narrower, so that the marginal dark border 

 is broader. Underside as in belis. 



Larva dark violet-brown, with white dorsal specks ; a subdorsal 

 yellow line on 2nd to 4th somites and 10th and llth somiirs; 

 white subspiracular spots on 7th to llth somites; horn long and 



