122 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXIII. 1916. 



a third example, which came from Mt. Marapok, British North Borneo. This 

 specimen agrees with the Loo Choo ones in the structure of the genitalia as well 

 as in the pattern of the wings aud body, but has a somewhat darker coloured 

 underside. We have no longer any doubt that poecilum is a distinct species. 



13. Macroglossum semifasciata nigellum subsp. nov. 



Macröglössum semifasciata, Rothschild & Jordan, Nov. Zool. ix. Suppl. p. 657, no. 601. pi. 50. fig. 32, 

 pi. 56. fig. 47, genit. (1903) (partim ; Java). 



cf. Fascia aurantiaca alarum posticarnm angusta subinterrupta distinguendnm. 



Hab. Java (Piepers) ; 1 <$. 



Subapical blackish brown diffuse spot expanded between costa and R 1 of fore- 

 wing distinct and proximally rather sharply defined ; the smoky grey scaling placed 

 at the proximal side of this spot and in the centre of the wing also more prominent 



than in true semifasciata, from Burma, the Andamans, Nias and Borneo. The 



yellow band of the hiudwing narrow, in the centre the brown-black basal area 

 connected with the distal border by means of vein-streaks. 



On underside the hiudwing less extended yellow than in semi/, semifasciata, 

 the yellow abdominal patch reaching from base scarcely halfway to anal angle. 



Genitalia (figured I.e.) : In true semifasciata the long slender process of the 

 harpe is slightly curved downwards, in nigellum curved upwards; the process 

 of the penis-sheath, in the former, ends in a long slender point, while in nigellum 

 the apex of this process is obtuse and denticulate ; moreover, the teeth on the sheath 

 at the base of the process are larger in nigellum. 



The larva described by Piepers (1897) as that of M. faro is the larva of the 

 present subspecies. 



14. Macroglossum adustum spec. nov. 



S. M. semifasciatae vicinum, alis posticis fascia aurautiaca fere nulla. 



Al. ant. long. 28 mm. 



Hab. Solomon Islands : Vella Lavella, March 1908 (type), and Retidova, 

 February 1904 (A. 8. Meek); 2 <$$. 



Body and wings deeper brown than in M. semifasciata, but the markings the 

 same as in that species, excepting the hindwing. On this wing, above, the yellow 

 band indicated by a faint cloud placed in front of the abdominal margin, and 

 a diffuse yellow patch situated outside the upper cell-angle, in between the cloud 

 and the patch some yellowish hair-scales. On the underside the bases of both 

 wings slightly clayish grey; on hindwing, before the abdominal margin, a dirty 

 yellow patch from base halfway to apex of SM 2 . 



Genitalia similar to those of M. semif semifasciata, differing slightly in the 

 harpe being a little more down-curved and in the teeth of the outer row on 

 the penis-sheath being larger. 



15. Macroglossum moriolum spec. nov. 



?. Corpore brunneo-nigro, abdomine lateribus albo-penicillato, snbtus medio 

 griseo-albo uotato, palpis pectoreque griseo-albis. Alis anticis supra brunneo- 

 nigris,grisescentibus, fasciis duabus nigris notatis ; posticis nigris, macula subcostali 

 et altera diffusa subanali pallide aurantiacis. Infra nigro-brunneis, basi flavescenti- 

 griseis, posticis macula subabdominali a basi ad medium anrantiaco-flava. 



