114 sphingid^. 



wings being redder brown; the two lines forming the anteraedial 

 band of the fore wing not filled in with black ; the postmedial 

 lines not so parallel, the second being nearer the first at the costa, 

 the third at inner margin ; the patch near apex reddish brown, 

 with no dark streak below it. Hind wing with band reddish 

 yellow. 



/ 

 Fig. 67. — Macroglossa belts, tf. {. 



The form troglodytus is rather narrower winged. 



Larva black ; the head red ; a white snbdorsal line ; the sides 

 spotted and streaked with red and yellow. 



Hob. China and throughout India and Ceylon. Exp. 46-60 

 millim. 



185. Macroglossa belia, Hmpsn, HI. Het. ix, ined., pi. 157, fig. 15. 



$ . Differs from belts in the antemedial band of the fore wing 

 being much broader; the postmedial band broader and more 

 angulate below the costa ; the third postmedial line absent. 

 Hind wing with the marginal dark border broader and more 

 even. Underside : abdomen paler ; wings with the transverse 

 lines absent. 



Hob. Trincomali, Ceylon. Exp. 58 millim. 



186. Macroglossa proxima, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 4, pi. i, fig. 1 ; C.&S. 



no. 20 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. pi. 91, figs. 1,1 a, lb (larva and pupa). 

 Macroglossa luteata, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 241 ; C. $ S. no. 19. 

 Macroglossa obscura (Up. Tenasserim), Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 



1890, p. 162 (nee Butl). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous (in Malaccan and Tenas- 

 serim specimens dark brown) ; abdomen without the lateral black 

 marks on distal segments; the anal tufts ruddy at tips. Fore 

 wing with all the lines obsolescent, the postmedial lines less bent ; 

 the markings being reddish and ill-defined. Hind wing with the 

 band pure yellow and narrower, so that the marginal dark border 

 is broader. Underside as in belts. 



Larva dark violet-brown, with white dorsal specks ; a subdorsal 

 yellow line on 2nd to 4th somites and 10th and 11th somites ; 

 white subspiracular spots on 7th to 11th somites; horn long and 



