524 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPHINGIDJi. 



Genus 5. Maceoglossa, Ochsenheimer. 

 Macroghssa, Ochsenheimer, Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 41 (1816). 



1. Maceoglossa stellataeum. 



Sphinx stellatarum, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 803. no. 27 (1766). 

 Sesia stellatarum, Fabricius, Ent. Syat. iii. 1, p. 380. no. 5 (1793). 

 Psithyros stellatarum, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 133. no. 1409 (1816). 

 Macroglossa stellatarum, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. i. p. 133. no. 1 (1828). 



Europe (Becker) ; Tripoli ; Teneriffe ; Turkey {Loftus) ; Syria {Lowne) ; North China 

 {Fortune). B.M. 



Mr. Moore has an example of this species from Scinde ; I can find no constant 

 character whereby to separate it from the European form. 



2. Maceoglossa vacillans. 



Macroglossa vacillans, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. i. p. 27 (1864). 

 Timor. 



3. Maceoglossa affiotitia. 



Macroglossa affictitia, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 240, pi. xxxvi. fig. 7. 



Canara. Type, coll. F. Moore. 



4. Maceoglossa vialis. 



Macroglossa vialis, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 240, pi. xxxvi. fig. 5. 



Canara. , Type, coll. F. Moore. 



5. Maceoglossa gteans. 



Macroglossa gyrans. Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 91. no. 11 (1856). 



North India (Stevens); Madras (Elliot); Ceylon (Templeton). Type, B.M. 



In Mr. Moore's collection from Kurnool, Neilgherries ; also from Bengal and Ceylon. 



6. Maceoglossa appeoximata. 



Macroglossa approximata, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. i. p. 27 (1864). 



North Australia (Elsey). Type, B.M. 



Difiers from the preceding species in the better-defined tawny spots on each side of 

 the abdomen, the absence of the interrupted white band on preanal segment, and the 

 less-defined transverse lines on primaries. 



7. Maceoglossa milvus. 



Macroglossa milvus, Boisduval, Fauna Eut. de Madag. p. 78. no. 1, pi. 10. fig. 3 (1833). 



Bourbon and Mauritius ; Madagascar (Peckover). B.M. 



