352 SPHINGID^]. 



117. Macroglossum stellatarum (Linn.)- 



Sphinx stellatarum, Linnasus, 1758, p. 803. 



Macroglossum stellatarum, Swinhoe, 1884, p. 514 (Kurrachi) ; 

 Butler, 1886, p. 378 (Murree) ; Buckler, 1887, p. 118, pi. xxvi, 

 figs. 2, 2a, 2 b (larva); Swinhoe, 1888, p. 117 (Karachi); 

 Hampson, 1892, p. 113 ; Nurse, 1899, p. 513 (Cutch) ; Roths. & 

 Jord., 1903, p. 627 ; Jordan, 1911, p. 253, t. 40/; Seitz, 1929, 

 p. 556. 



Imago. — o ?• Antenna strongly clubbed, hook short ; end- 

 segment not much prolonged. Head, thorax and first two 

 segments of abdomen dark greyish -brown, rest of abdomen 

 darker with pale yellow side-patches and side-tufts, anal 

 tufts black. Fore wing dark greyish -brown, occasionally 

 with a blackish median band ; a narrow, dark brown ante- 

 median line and a similar, outwardly- curved, postmedian line ; 

 a black discoidal spot. Hind wing rich orange shading to 

 sienna-red at apex ; base brown. Expanse : $ 44-50 mm., 

 2 74 mm. 



$. Tenth tergite slender, gradually narrowed to a point, 

 slightly hooked, not dilated before tip either vertically or 

 horizontally ; sternite round at end. Clasper without 

 friction-scales ; harpe slightly curved, rounded-dilated at end, 

 here rough with short spines and teeth. Penis- sheath with 

 one long, slender, pointed process, which is densely and heavily 

 dentate on the proximal surface ; base of process also heavily 

 dentate, dilated distad ; internal rods obtuse, one clubbed 

 and armed with a notched ridge, the other flat, concave on 

 one side, with the edge finely serrate. 



Hob. W. Himalayas (Murree), S. India, and in Europe 

 except the far north, east and south to Japan, Cochin China 

 and in North Africa. The species has not been bred in India. 

 It is known in England as the Humming-bird Hawk-Moth. 



Egg. — Broadly ovoid, surface smooth and shining, colour 

 green. 



Larva :■ — - 



Final instar. Head small and round ; horn straight, of 

 medium length, stout at base, tapering evenly to a sharp 

 point. Surface dull, a transverse row of small tubercles 

 along each secondary ring. 



Coloration. — Head and body greyish-green or brown ; 

 a darker dorsal stripe ; a Avell-defined whitish subdorsal stripe, 

 edged above with darker body-colour, from segment 2 to 

 base of born ; a yellowish subspiracular stripe from 2 to tip 

 of anal flap ; horn bluish at base, tip yellow. Spiracles oval, 

 black. Length 45 mm. 



Pupa. — Tongue -sheath prominent. Surface shining, slightly 

 shagreened. Cremaster a short sharp spike ending in two 

 minute spines. Colour dull ochreous or brownish, tongue, 



