376 sphingid^:. 



128. Macroglossum vieinum Jord. (Fig.. 90 S, T, U, genitalia ; 

 fig. 98, imago ; PI. XI, fig. 17, larva, fig. 18, pupa). 



Macroglossum vieinum Jordan, 1923, p. 189 figs. 8-10 (genit.) 

 (N. Kanara) ; Seitz, 1929, p. 558. 



Imago. — $$. In size, colour and markings similar to 

 M. insipida insipida. Palpus less grey, being rather strongly 

 shaded with walnut-brown. Grey margin of tegula less 

 contrasting. Fore wing as in M. i. insipida, the markings 

 the same but softer, the wing appearing less variegated. 

 Hind wing : median band slightly deeper yellow, the black 

 marginal band less angulate below centre than is usually 

 the case in M. i. insipida. Underside : fore wing uniformly 

 dark cinnamon-rufous from base to terminal band, the basal 

 area hardly at all shaded with darker brown, without yellow. 

 Hind wing less extended yellow than in M. i. insipida. 

 Expanse : ^$ 40-48 mm. 



Fig. 98. — Macroglossum vieinum Jord., $. 



$. Harpe (fig. 90 S, T) very different from that of M . i. in- 

 sipida, short, with a broadish subspatulate process, which is 

 curved upwards and slightly away from inner surface of clasper 

 and bears numerous teeth at the rounded apex, at margin 

 as well as on outer and inner surfaces. Penis-sheath (fig. 90 U) 

 with a transverse apical process, dentate around its obtuse 

 apex and along its proximal margin ; the teeth near base 

 of process rather long, conical, the teeth extending on to 

 sheath, the large triangular tooth found on the sheath of 

 M. insipida absent ; inside the sheath two daggers, one 

 acuminate and dentate, the other spatulate and non-dentate. 



Hab. S. India. We have bred the species in the Kanara 

 District, the only area from which it has been recorded, where 

 larvae are common in forests with heavy rainfall, above 

 1,000 feet elevation, during the rainy months. 



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

 pale honey-yellow. Length 1*4 mm. ; breadth 1*2 mm. 



Larva : — 



Final instar. Head round ; cutting-edge of mandible 



