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NAWA: 1C0NES JAPONICORUM INS ECTORUM 



Food-plants. — Paederia tornentosa, Rubia cordifolia, Akebia qninata. 

 Distribution. — Yezo, Honsiu. 



Macroglossum stellatarum Linn. 



Japanese name: Hojaku. (Plate II, fig. 1, a-c.) 



Imago.— Fore -wings fuscous or brown; two or three dark lines on basal area; two black curved lines 

 from costa to dorsum; a black discal dot; sometimes indistinct carved lines on marginal area. Hind-wine's 

 rusty-orange, base fuscous, posteriorly brownish; a narrow darkish -brown terminal fascia, not reaching tornus. 

 Wings below yellowish-brown, posteiorly darkish. Expanse, 40-53mm. Body dark-grey, black mixed- 

 abdomen spotted with white and black on side; tufts black. Length, 22~25mm. 



Larva.— Green, white dotted; dorsal line deeper; subdorsal line whitish, with purplish on upper edge; 

 under- spiracular line yellow; spiracles black; horn blue, black dotted. 



Pupa. — Yellowish-brown, black dotted. 



Time of appearance.— Imago: Most appear in June -August, but hibernate. Larva: July- August. 



Food-plant.— Galium verum. 



Distribution.— Yezo, Honsiu, Shikoku, Kiusiu. 



Macroglossum saga Butler. 



Japanese name: Kuro-hojaku. (Plate V, fig. 6.) 



Imago.— Fore -wings blackish-brown, partly greyish; two or three black half lines near base; a black 

 fascia from before middle of dorsum to costa; two black median curved lines, sometimes formed a fascia, 

 followed by black curved lines; triangular and rectangular spots near apex. Hind-wings blackish- brown, 

 with a broad central yellow belt. Wings below yellowish -brown, posteriorly darkish; two darkish curved 

 lines from dorsum to costa; inner part of hind-wings deep yellow. Expanse, 39-66nnn. Body darkish-brown, 

 a longituginal black stripe extending from head to thorax; lateral sides of abdomen yellow spotted; anal tufts 

 darkish -brown, tip yellowish; labial palpus very projected. Length, 25-33mm. 



Larva.— Yellowish-green, paler anteriorly and posteriorly; dorsal line paler; spiracles rosy. 



Pupa. — Pale-browm. 



Time of appearanc— Imago: June -September. Lava: June-September. 



Food-plant.— Daphniphyllum macropodum. 



Disrtibution.— Honsiu, Shikoku, Kiusiu, Formosa. 



Celerio galii. Rottemburg, 



Japanese name: Ibuki-suzume. (Plate IV. fig. 2, A-c.) 



Imago.— Fore-wings dark olive- brown, with marginal ashy- purple; base black partly mixed with white; 

 a rather broad whitish-yellow fascia from dorsum near base to apex, anterior edge with three well-marked 



