582 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE [DeC. 18, 



Examples of this species in Fryer's collection bear the same number 

 (30) as specimens of H. radians ; it is therefore not possible to say 

 which insect he refers to in his catalogue, where be remarks "Common 

 at Yokohama. I have bred it from larva found feeding on the 

 Weglia." 



Yokohama {Pryer and Jonas); Hakodate {Whitely); Oiwake 

 (Pryer); Gensan (Leech). 



4. Hemaris affinis. 



Macroglossa affinis, Brem. Bull, de I'Acad. torn. iii. 1863; Lep. 

 Ost-Sib. p. 35, tab. iii. fig. 13. 



? Hemaris alternata,^\ii\. teste Fixsen, Rom. Mem. sur Lep. iii. p. 323. 

 Recorded from Corea {Herz). 



5. Hemaris sieboldi. 



Macroglossa sieboldi, Boisd., de I'Orza, Lep. Jap. p. 35 (1869). 



Sesia whitelyi, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xiv. p. 367 

 (1874). 



Two examples, Hakodate, and there were four specimens in coll. 

 Pryer. Said by Pryer to be common at Yokohama. 



Gifu {Pryer) ; Hakodate (JLeech). 



6. Macroglossa bombylans. 



Macroglossa bombylans, Boisd. Sp. Gen. Lep. p. 334 (1875). 



Several specimens in Satsuma in May and at Nikko in September 

 and Oiwake in October. Exhibits considerable variation in the 

 character of yellow marking of secondaries. 



Yokohama {Pryer) ; Satsuma, Nikko, Oiwake {Leech) ; Kiukiang 

 {Pratt). 



7. Macroglossa pyrrhosticta. 



Macroglossa pyrrhosticta, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 242, 

 pi. xxxvi. fig. 8. 



Macroglossa saga, Butl. Ent. Mo. Mag. xiv. p. 206 (1878); 111. 

 Typ. Lep. Het. pt. ii. p. 1, pi. xxi. fig. 1 (1878). 



One example at Nagahama and one at Gensan in July. Several 

 specimens coll. Pryer. 



Yokohama {Jonas and Pryer) ; Nagahama and Gensan {Leech) ; 

 Kiukiang {Pratt) ; Shanghai. 



8. Macroglossa stellatarum. 



Sphinx stellatarum, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 493 ; Hiibn. Sphing. 

 p. 94, pi. ix. fig. 57. 



Macroglossa stellatarum, Steph. 1)1. Brit. Ent. Haust. i. p. 133. 1. 



I met with this species at several places in Japan, and Pryer notes 

 it common at Yokohama. The specimens are very typical. 



Yokohama {Pryer) ; Oiwake {Pryer and Leech) ; Nagahama^ 

 Nikko, Hakodate, Nemoro, Foochau {Leech); North China. 

 Teneriffe; Europe. 



