116 SPHINGIDjE. 



being black-brown, with no grey band between the lines; the 

 whole exterior area also very dark, so that the medial and post- 

 medial grey bands are obscured, and the lines and subapical 

 markings obliterated. Hind wing with the yellow band very 

 narrow. Head dark grey; thorax and abdomen bright rufous, 

 the latter with yellow and black lateral markings on the anterior 

 segments ; the anal tuft black, with the tip rufous. 



2 . Thorax and abdomen olivaceous : the fore wing not quite 

 so dark as in the male ; hind wing with the band broader. 

 Hob. Ceylon. Exp. 52 millim. 



191. Macroglossa walkeri, Bull P. Z. S. 1875, p. 4. 

 Macroglossa bombylans, Boisd. Sphing. p. 334 ; C. Sf S. no. 16. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen olive-green, the last with yellow 

 lateral bands on anterior segments, the 4th also with a rufous 

 band ; the terminal segments black with some rufous scales ; the 

 penultimate segment fringed with white ; palpi and pectus white 

 below; abdomen rufous, with white lateral tufts to 3rd and 4th 

 segments. Fore wing red-brown, with a black antemedial band 

 recurved along inner margin ; the first two postmedial lines pro- 

 minent ; the third and subapical markings obsolescent. Hind 

 wing with a narrow yellow band, which is broken at the middle 

 in the male. Underside dark red-brown, with the lines very 

 faint ; the base of both wings white. 



Hob. Japan; China; Himalayas, and throughout N. India. 

 E.vp., rf 44, $ 52 millim. 



192. Macroglossa avicula, Boisd. Sphing. p. 334. 

 Macroglossa obscuripennis, Butl. Trans. Z. S. ix, p. 633. 



Only differs from /y///v/-/ in the fringe to penultimate segment 

 of the abdomen and the lateral tufts on 3rd and 4th segments brim: 

 yellow ; the hind wing with the yellow band quite obsolete. 



In walkeri and avicula the club of the antennae in the males is 

 very thick. 



Hob. Java and ? Central India (ap. BoiscL). Exp. 44 millim. 



*193. Macroglossa lepcha, Butl. Trans. Z. S. ix, p. G35 ; C. $ S. no. 17. 



Differs from walkeri in the terminal segments of the abdomen 

 being olive-green, not black. Fore wing with the two postmedial 

 lines more distinct, with a dark mark on the outer one at inner 

 margin ; the subapical marks more prominent, continued as a waved 

 submarginal line to outer angle. 



Jfab. Calcutta. Exp. 56 millim. 



