MACROGLOSSUM. 385 



band dilated basad at hind margin ; median interspace 

 grey ; first and second discal fines angulate at R 1 , concave 

 between R 1 and hind margin, interspace dark except behind, 

 first line generally not prominent behind ; grey costal space 

 extended to apex of wing, the subapical rufous patch SC 4 -SC 5 

 being shaded over with grey, grey post-discal line within this 

 area conspicuous ; R 1 grey between second and third line, 

 the area behind the grey patch blackish, the grey area limited 

 by the apical triangular half-moon, by the subapical patch 

 SC^-R 1 and the grey line R 1 . Hindwing : yellow band 

 somewhat variable in width, at R 2 barely half the width of 

 the black border ; fringe vinaceous- cinnamon. Underside 

 of palpus white speckled with black scales ; breast greyish 

 wood- brown ; wings dark russet, more or less shaded with 

 grey on hind wing ; yellow abdominal area of hind wing 

 not very sharply defined distally. Expanse : $2 66 mm. 



<$. Tenth tergite somewhat prismatical, truncate at end ; 

 sternite rounded at end. Clasper with friction-scales ; harpe 

 (fig. 90 Z) very short, obtusely pointed, conical. Process of 

 penis-sheath (fig. 90 Zz) dentate at base only, to a varying 

 extent the teeth sometimes extending on to sheath ; internal 

 rods obtuse at end. 



Hab. — E. Himalayas to China and Japan. Mell has bred 

 the species in S. China, but has no record of the early stages. 

 Food-plant : Daphniphyllum Bl., family Euphorbiacese, in 

 S. China. Fairly common. 



135. Macroglossum glaucoptera (Butl.). (Fig. 91 C, D, E, 

 genitalia) . 



Macroglossa glaucoptera, Butler, 1875, p. 241, pi. xxxvi, fig. 9 

 (Ceylon) ; Moore, 1882, p. 28, pi. xci, fig. 2 ; Hampson, 1892, 

 p. 115. 



Macroglossum glaucoptera, Roths. & JorcL, 1903, p. 655 ; Seitz, 

 1929, p. 560, t. 65 d. 



Macroglossa lepsha, Butler, 1877 A, p. 635 (Calcutta). 



Imago. — <£$. Similar to small specimens of M. corythus 

 luteata. Fore wing deep in tint, dark brown in basal area, 

 the two antemedian lines little darker, filled in with dark 

 brown ; median interspace greyish, wider in front than 

 behind, discal lines not prominent, first and second very 

 feebly curved, more or less filled in with dark brown. Hind 

 wing : yellow band narrow, more or less interrupted in C J, 

 sometimes only vestigial ; distal border very broad, broader 

 behind than in corythus corythus. Underside : basal areas of 

 both wings shaded with yellow, yellow abdominal area of hind 

 wing not sharply limited distally. Expanse : ^$ 52-54 mm. 



$. Tenth tergite (fig. 91 C) truncate, slightly sinuate, the 

 angles somewhat projecting laterad. Clasper with a few 



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