384 SPHINGID^]. 



133. Macroglossum variegatum Roths. & Jord. (Fig. 91 A, B, 



genitalia) . 



Macroglossum variegatum, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 653, pi. iii,. 

 fig. 13 (6*) (Cherrapunji) ; Seitz, 1929, p. 559, t. 65 d. 



Imago. — $5. Differs from fringilla, with which it agrees 

 best, in the following points : abdomen with pairs of black 

 dots at bases of tergites 3, 4 and 5. Antemedian band of fore 

 wing not so prominent, much more curved, almost at right 

 angles to costal margin ; first and second discal lines also 

 obviously more curved, S-shaped, median interspace less pale 

 than in fringilla, shaped like an hour-glass, but upper part 

 larger than lower, second discal line dilated distad behind 

 R 1 ; R 1 grey ; post-discal line and its grey border distinct, 

 continuous from costal to hind margin ; distal edge feebly 

 scalloped in fresh specimens, with darker dots at tips of veins ; 

 a pale stigma with a dark spot at its proximal side in fresh 

 specimens. Underside of palpus and middle of breast clayish, 

 very much darker than in fringilla, abdomen generally deeper 

 brown, without whitish-grey patches on the first sternites. 

 Expanse : ^$ 50-54 mm. 



£. Tenth tergite truncate ; sternite less acuminate than 

 in fringilla. Clasper without friction-scales ; harpe (fig. 91 A) 

 short, acuminate, curved upwards and then distad, underside 

 often with teeth. Process of penis-sheath (fig. 91 B) short, 

 obtuse, slender, dentate at end as well as at proximal edge, 

 basal teeth extending on to sheath ; internal rods rounded 

 at end. 



Hab. E. Himalayas, China and Malaya. Mell has bred 

 the species in S. China. Fairly common. 



Larva and pupa. — So close to those of troglodytus that 

 Mell was unable to distinguish them from those of that species. 



Habits. — Food-plant : Hedyotis Linn., family Rubiacese. 



134. Macroglossum saga (Butl.). (Fig. 90 Z, Zz, genitalia). 



Macroglossa saga, Butler, 1878 A, p. 206 (Japan) ; id., 1878 B,. 



p. 3, pi. xxi, fig. 1. 

 Macroglossum saga, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 653 ; Jordan, 1911, 



p. 253, t. 40/; Seitz, 1929, p. 560. 

 Macroglossa glaucoplaga, Hampson, 1900, p. 40, pi. B, fig. 13 



(Sikkim). 



Imago. — <$$. No white line above eye ; head and thorax 

 with darker mesial vitta, abdomen with two yellow side- 

 patches besides a vestige of a patch on second segment ; 

 a double series of dark dorsal spots ; tail blackish- brown ; 

 side-tufts of posterior segments with deep buff tips, those of 

 proximal segments with white tips. Fore wing with the grey 

 and the brownish-black parts rather sharply contrasting ; 

 antemedian lines curved, filled in with brownish-black, this 



