1875.] SPECIES OF SPHINGID. 243 
with a broader orange band and, consequently, a narrower marginal 
brown border, primaries not varied with tawny; beiow like M. 
pyrrhosticta, but the secondaries rather redder. Expanse of wings 
1 inch 6 lines. 
Ceylon (Skinner). Type, coll. F. Moore. 
13. MacroGLossa CATAPYRRHA,n. Sp. (Plate XXXVI. fig. 6.) 
Nearly allied to MZ. fraterna; primaries purplish slate-colour, 
crossed by brown lines as in that species, M. delis, and M. corythus, 
but with the subapical dark spot less distinct, and the bands (formed 
by double lines) more or less tawny ; secondaries exactly as in M. 
JSraterna: body purplish slate-colour ; pterygodes, collar, and sides 
of abdomen ferruginous; three lateral quadrate orange spots and 
dorsal double series of blackish spots as in M. fraterna ; subterminal 
segment edged with white behind: wings below ferruginons, yellow 
at base, with terminal irregular brown border; usual brown trans- 
verse lines; palpi and coxze whitish ; sides of thorax and abdomen 
bright ferruginous, the second and third segments with a white lateral 
dot ; lateral tufts tipped with ochreous. Expanse of wings 1 inch 
11 lines. 
N. India (coll. F. Moore) ; Ceylon (Templeton). B.M. 
14. MacroGLossA HEMICHROMA, n.sp. (Plate XX XVII. fig. 1.) 
Allied to M. faro, but the basal half of primaries grey sharply 
defined and paler externally; the apical half olive-brown, darkest 
internally, outer margin sprinkled with paler scales: secondaries 
as in M. faro, dark brown with a central orange band; costa testa- 
ceous: head and thorax reddish brown, with a dark dorsal line: 
abdomen dark brown, the three basal segmeuts with yellow spots ; 
lateral tufts dark brown, tipped with white; anal tuft dark brown, 
paler at the tip: wings below reddish brown, outer margin with a 
darker border; secondaries with a large pyriform orange-yellow 
abdominal patch, four or five transverse dark brown lines; body 
below grey, palpi and prothorax sordid white. Expanse of wings 
2 inch 8 lines. 
Silhet. Type, coll. F. Moore. 
Only one example, not in very good condition. 
15. MacroGLossa IMPERATOR, 0. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 4.) 
Primaries above dark brown, almost black, with the base and 
basal two thirds of costa dark grey; outer margin paler grey; a 
large costal subapical patch, a disco-submarginal irregular streak 
(near external angle and extending to lower radial nervure), and a 
transverse straight central band whity brown; secondaries black- 
brown, with a broad central irregular orange band, costa testaceous ; 
head grey, with a central piceous streak ; thorax piceous, with two 
parallel longitudinal grey bands, reddish posteriorly; abdomen 
glossy grey, with lateral series of quadrate black spots ; second and 
third segments with small lateral orange spots; lateral tufts black- 
brown, tipped with white; anal tuft black-brown (incomplete) : 
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