RARE AND LITTLE KNOWN SPHINGIDM. 751 



greenish yellow form with markings the same only reddish in tinge, and lastly 

 there is a dark brown form, with greyish markings on the lateral surface and 

 entirely dark brown on the dorsal surface. The horn is reddish brown in the 

 green aud yellow forms and slate coloured in the brown form. 



Length. — 62 mm. 



Time of appearance. — May and June. 



Food-plants. — Pcederia and Morinda. 



Pupa is glossy, of a light olive yellow, and is profusely marked with greenish 

 speckles. 



Length. — 



Time of pupation. — May and June. 



Situation. — Enclosed in between two or three leaves of food-plant which are 

 spun together. 



Genus. — Macroglosstjm. Type : stellatarum. 



Macroglossum, Scopoli, Intr, Hist. Nat., p. 414 (1777), Rothsch., Nov. 

 Zool.. IX. (Suppl.), p. 616, C.L. and p. 190, CLI, (1903.) 

 Range.— OU World. (Roths.) 

 Fifty-nine species of which fifty-two are Oriental. (Roths.) 



Macroglossum affictitia (Butler). 



Macroglossa affictitia, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc, Lond., p. -240, n. 4, t. 36, f. 7 

 (1875); id., I.e. IX, p. 524, n. 3, (1877) ; Moore, Lep. Ceylon, II, p. 30, t. 93, f. 3 

 (1882) ;Hampson, in Blanf., Fauna Brit. Ind. Moths, I, p. 113, n. 182 (1892). 



Macroglossa vialis, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc, Lond., p. 240, n. 5, t. 36, f. 5, 

 <1875) ; Moore, Lep. Ceylon, II, p. 30, t. 93, f. 2, (1882). 



Macroglossum affictitia, Rothsch., Nov. Zool., IX, (Suppl.), p. 635, n. 570 and 

 p. 902, n. 577, t. IV, f. \2{$), (1903). 



Habitat. — Ceylon ; South India ; and Burma. 



Localities. — Nilgiri Hills ; Madras ; Canara ; Cutch ; Sangh ; Myitkyina and 

 Upper Chindwin Districts, N. Burma, and Insein District, S. Burma. 



Elevation. — (Vertical range). 



Tirne of appearance. — May to July and November and December. 



Occurrence. — Common. 



Expanse. — $, 42 mm. 9. 



Larva is coloured as follows : — The prevailing colour is generally bright green, 

 sometimes entirely gi-een but in some varieties the larva is yellow and green 

 variegated with black. 



The green form is usually of the same shade all over, head green, spiracles 

 orange, legs black, claspers green, horn black. 



The varietal larva is bright yellow on the dorsal surface with a broad black 

 longitudinal band from the head to the horn, below the yellow is another black 

 longitudinal line with white below it profusely speckled with black. Spiracles 

 orange, head greenish yellow, legs black, claspers green with black sides which 

 colour extends to the spiracles, horn medium length, black, and curved shghtly 

 upwards. 



Length. — 56 mm. 



Time of appearance. — May and June and October to December. 



Food-plants. — Strychnos nux-vqmica. 



Pupa olive green on the head except the eyes and tongue case which are pale 

 pinkish brown, legs and wing cases pale olive green, the rest of the body is 

 pale pinkish brown with black spots on the spiracles ; it is variegated in the 

 usual way with greyish brown markings on the legs and wing cases, and with 

 back spots on the lateral and ventral surfaces of the abdomen. The divisions 



