360 SPHINGIDiE. 



of segment 2 edged with black, lobe of- 3 dusky rust-coloured ; 

 cremaster black. 



Habits. — Food-plants : Morinda tinctoria Roxb. and M. citri- 

 folia Linn., family Rubiacese. The eggs are often attacked by 

 a small black parasitic wasp. The moths feed in the morning 

 and evening, and have been known to come to light. 



121. Macroglossum affictitia (Butl.). (Fig. 90 G, H, genitalia; 

 PL XI, figs. 3, 4, larva, fig. 5, pupa). 



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



(Canara) ; Moore, 1882, p. 30, pi. xcviii, fig. 3 ; Hampson,. 



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

 Macroglossum affictitia, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 635, pi. iv, fig. 12 



(6*) ; Seitz, 1929, p. 557, t. 65 a ; Manson, 1921, p. 751. 

 Macroglossa vialis, Butler, 1875, p. 240, pi. xxxvi, fig. 5 (Canara) ; 



Hampson, 1892, p. 112. 



Imago. — ^2. End-segment of antenna longer than in M. 

 gyrans. Similar in colour to gyrans, base of seventh abdominal 

 tergite less pure and less extended white, this belt generally not 

 visible or only indicated, unless the segment is removed ; 

 sides of breast and legs of the dull drab -russet colour of the 

 underside of the abdomen, the latter without white mesial 

 patches ; underside of tail of the same dull tint. Fore wing : 

 antemedian double line prominent, black, the lines close 

 together ; interspace more or less filled up with black ; median 

 interspace grey ; discal lines thin, not prominent, a dark 

 shade on disc between R 1 and M 2 . Hind wing: base and broad 

 distal border-band blackish umber-brown, median band 

 ochraceous-orange or more tawny. Expanse: ^2 34-54 mm. 



<£. Tenth tergite somewhat rounded at the sides just 

 before the pointed tip ; sternite not black, rather flat, apex 

 rounded. Clasper without friction- scales ; harpe (fig. 90 G) 

 sharply pointed. Penis-sheath (fig. 90 H) with two rather 

 broad internal rods ; apical process dentate at proximal edge, 

 long, acute, not dentate at and near base, basally projecting 

 distad. 



Hob. S. India, Burma and Ceylon. We have bred it in 

 S. India, where it is common though apparently confined to 

 forests and hills, independent of the rainfall. 



Egg. — Shortly ovoid ; surface smooth and shining ; colour 

 pale olive-green. Length 1 mm. ; breadth 0*85 mm. 



Larva : — 



1st instar. Head round, body cylindrical, horn subcylindrical, 

 tip truncate with a setiferous point at each lateral angle of the 

 truncation, directed laterad ; surface smooth and shining ; 

 horn covered densely with tubercles ; head orange ; body 

 olive-green, segments 11 to 14 paler than the rest : horn dull 



