58 SPHINGID^. 



Semper's figures of the larva (Verh. zool.-botaii. Ges. Wien, pi. 23. flp. 3 a, 3 b, 3 c) are 

 not \ery good and there is uo description. 



The larva having hut one ocellus does not belong to any of Wcismanu's three groups, 

 hut is transitional between the first and second. 



Pupa, Pale ochreous broivn : abdominal somites profusely striated with olive-brown and 

 fuliginous markings ; wing-cases suffused with brown ; anterior half of abdomiual somites 

 reddish; stigmata black; anal somite deeply concave and armed with a stout spine. 



MA CR GLOSSING. 



Macroglossa belis. Cram., var. troglodytes, Boisd. (Plate CLVII. fig. G.) 

 Macroglossa troglodytus, Boisd. tjr Guen. Lep. Noct. i. p. 344. 



Expanse If inch. 



Male. Head, thorax, and abdomen dull red-brown, the proximal segments of abdomen 

 with orange lateral patches, the distal segments with dark red-brown patches and small 

 lateral white tufts ; underside of head white, of thorax yellowish white, of abdomen dull 

 brown with medial yellowish patches. Fore wing purplish brown, with a darker antemedial 

 band expanding towards inner margin ; a medial baud curved below the costa ; traces of a 

 postmedial curved line and indistinct subapical patch. Hind wing with a dark basal patch ; 

 a broad medial orange-yellow band and marginal red-brown band. Underside of fore wing 

 red-brown, with one indistinct medial and two postmedial lines : of hind wing orange, >vitli 

 three transverse lines and broad marginal red-brown band. 



Differs from the typical form in its smaller size, narrower wings, and more orange 

 inidcrside to hind wing. 



Macroglossa belia. (Plate CLVII. fig. 15.) 



Expanse 2,^7 inches. 



Female. Allied to M. belis, Cram., from which it differs in having the medial baud 

 across the fore wing grey, erect, and regular; the costal margin beyond the discal curved 

 band grey, and the underside not suffused with red, but dull bi-own, with the base and inner 

 margin of hind wing orange, and with scarcely a trace of the markings on either wing. 



Macroglossa glaxicoptera, Bntl. 



Macroglossa glaucoptera, ButJ. P. Z. S. 187-3. p. 24 1, pi. ;«;. 



Expanse J 1 ji inch. 



Male. Differs from the female in the fore wing being considerably darker, and the orange 

 band of the hind wing narrower; the anal tufts ferruginous at tips. 



