374 SPHTNGIDiE. 



in size. Distal margin of fore wing more convex and apex 

 less acute than in troglodytus . Antemedian band of fore 

 wing above rather abruptly narrowed in anterior half and 

 curved costad, being less oblique than in troglodytus. Expanse : 

 $ 40 mm., $ 44 mm. 



$. Harpe (fig. 90, Q) quite different from that of troglodytus 

 and pyrrhosticta, resembling that of faro ; cylindrical, a little 

 curved upwards at end, tip denticulate. Penis-sheath 

 (fig. 90 R) with very few teeth proximally of base of process, 

 the most proximal one large, triangular ; process obtuse, 

 dentate at end and proximal edge, teeth extending on 

 to sheath in one row. 



Bob. E. Himalayas, S. India and Ceylon to Malaya. 

 We have bred the subspecies in S. India, where it is very 

 plentiful towards the end of the rainy season, in forests with 

 very heavy rainfall, up to 1,000 feet elevation. 



Fig. 97. — Macroglossum insipida insipida (Butl.), <$. 



Larva : — 



Final instar. Head rounded- quadrate in shape, dorsal line 

 of vertex very slightly depressed ; true clypeus less than one- 

 half length of head, equilaterally triangular with apex rounded ; 

 false clypeus with apex acute, reaching to one-half length of 

 head, sides curved outwards ; labrum about one-half length 

 of clypeus ; ligula as long as labrum, kidney-shaped ; cutting- 

 edge of mandible finely toothed ; eyes with 1 to 4 equidistant 

 in a sharp curve ; 6 in line with 3 and 4, further from 4 than 

 3 is from 4 ; 5 also further from 4 than is 3, and further still 

 from 6 ; 3 much larger than the rest ; surface of head dull 

 and smooth. Body as in other macroglossine larva. Surface 

 dull and smooth ; horn rather short, thick at base, tapering 

 evenly to a blunt point, covered with small, conical tubercles 

 directed distad. 



Coloration. — Head green ; a whitish subdorsal stripe, 

 running down side of clypeus ; a whitish stripe separating 

 face from cheek ; labrum green ; ligula whitish ; basal 

 segment of antenna green, other segments rusty ; mandible 

 pale green, tip dark rusty. Body grass-green covered with 

 whitish dots ; a darker green dorsal stripe from segment 2 



