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and more obviously denticulate ; process of penis-sheath 

 (fig. 91 R) longer, more acute, with the patch of teeth at end 

 near its base as in p. rectifascia, but the teeth smaller and the 

 underside of process densely denticulate. 



Hab. S. India to Malaya and the Loo Choo Islands. Rare, 

 and early stages unknown. 



143. Macroglossum mitchelli imperator (Butl.). (Fig. 91 S, T, 

 genitalia) . 



Macroglossa imperator, Butler, 1875, p. 243, pi. xxxvii, fig. 4 



(Ceylon) ; Hampson, 1892, p. 118. 

 Rhamphoschisma imperator, Moore, 1882, p. 27, pi. xc, fig. 1 ; 



Hampson, 1891, p. 1 (Nilgiris, 6,000 ft.); id., 1892, p. 118; 



Dudgeon, 1898, p. 418 (Sikkim, 5,000 ft.). 

 Macroglossum mitchelli imperator, Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 667 



Seitz, 1929, p. 562, t. 65/. 



Imago. — <£$. Easily recognized by the head and thorax 

 being marked with a very dark broad median stripe which 

 divides the pinkish-grey surface into two stripes. Black 

 discal band of fore wing triangularly dilated behind R 1 , 

 joining the subapical and apical, black spots. Median band 

 of hind wing deep yellow, at R 3 about as wide as the marginal 

 border. Expanse : ^$ 70-74 mm. 



<£. Tenth tergite truncate-sinuate, angle rounded ; sternite 

 incrassate at the rounded apex. Clasper with friction-scales ; 

 harpe (fig. 91 S) similar to that of fringilla, obtuse, somewhat 

 curved upwards at end, not dentate. Process of penis-sheath 

 (fig. 91 T) nearly as in fringilla, more curved proximad, 

 thin apical part not quite so long. 



Hab. E. Himalayas, S. India and Ceylon. Rare, and 

 early stages unknown. 



Genus KHOPALOPSYCHE Butler. 



Butler, 1875, p. 239 ; Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 670 ; id., 1907, p. 122 ; 

 Jordan, 1911, p. 254. 



Genotype : nycteris (Koll.). 



Imago. — <£$. Macroglossine in appearance. "Antenna very 

 thin at base, strongly clubbed, proximal segments scaled also 

 ventrally, no prolonged cilia in either sex, the antenna of 

 J being like those of 2, only longer and rather more strongly 

 clubbed" (Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 670). 



Larva and pupa closely resembling those of the genus 

 Macroglossum. 



Hab. India and China. One Indian species. 



