386 sphingid^:. 



friction-scales ; harpe (fig. 91 D) similar to that of semi- 

 fasciata, much shorter than in corythus, extreme tip truncate 

 and notched. Process of penis-sheath (fig. 91 E) very long, 

 dentate at proximal edge, very long teeth on sheath near base 

 of process, besides numerous small ones ; internal rods both 

 acuminate. 



Hab. Ceylon to Java. Very rare, and early stages unknown. 



136. Macroglossum semifasciata semifasciata (Hamps.). 



(Fig. 91 F, G, genitalia). 



Macroglossa semifasciata, Hampson, 1892, p. 115 (E. Pegu). 

 Macroglossum, semifasciata, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 657 ; Seitz, 



1929, p. 560, t. 65 d. 

 Macroglossum semifasciata semifasciata, Roths. & Jord., 1916, 



p. 122. 



Imago. — <£$. Yellow side-patches of abdomen very small, 

 vestigial, the black patches prominent, seventh segment with 

 a black mesial patch, anal tuft dark, side-tufts white-tipped. 

 Fore wing with the interspace between the two oblique 

 antemedian lines filled up with black in posterior half, this 

 band narrow, curved basad behind ; first and second discal 

 lines not very distinct, interspace not filled up with black. 

 Base of hind wing more extended black than in the allied 

 species, reaching to the third discal line. Underside : palpus 

 grey, breast darker, abdomen with ill-defined buffish-grey 

 mesial patches on proximal segments, seventh sternite more 

 or less grey in $. Expanse : $ 65 mm., £ 70 mm. 



<£. Tenth tergite truncate ; sternite rounded at end, 

 carinate above. Clasper with friction-scales ; harpe (fig. 91 F) 

 slender, pointed. Process of penis-sheath (fig. 91 G) obtuse, 

 dentate, its base projecting, two rows of teeth at its base ; 

 longer internal rod acuminate, not produced into a needle- 

 like process. 



Hab. Burma to Borneo and Java. Rare. 



Larva (figured by Piepers, 1897 , as Macroglossa faro Cram.). — 

 When adult, horn long ; head and body blackish-brown dotted 

 with grey ; a dark dorsal stripe from segment 2 to base of 

 horn; a pale dorso -lateral stripe on head and anterior segments 

 of body. 



137. Macroglossum aquila (Boisd.). (Fig. 91 H, I, genitalia). 



Macroglossa aquila, Boisduval, 1875, p. 340 (Cochinchine). 

 Macroglossum aquila, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 657 ; Seitz, 1929, 



1929, p. 560, t. 65 d. 

 Macroglossa interrupta, Butler, 1875, p. 242, pi. xxxvii, fig. 2 



(Darjiling) ; Hampson, 1892, p. 119; Dudgeon, 1898, p. 419 



(Sikkim). 



Imago. — ^2. Subapical spot SC^R 1 of fore wing above 

 as prominent as in assimilis, antemedian lines more proximal 



