116 SPHISTGIDjE. 



being black-brown, witb no grey baud between the lines ; the 

 whole exterior area also very dark, so that the medial and post- 

 medial grey bands are obscured, and the lines and subapical 

 markings obliterated. Hind wing with the yellow band very 

 narrow. Head dark grey ; thorax and abdomen bright rufous, 

 the latter with yellow and black lateral markings on the anterior 

 segments ; the anal tuft black, with the tip rufous. 



2 . Thorax and abdomen olivaceous : the fore wing not quite 

 so dark as in the male ; hind wing with the band broader. 



Hab. Ceylon. Exp. 52 millim. 



191. Macroglossa walkeri, Butt. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 4. 

 Macroglossa bombylaus, Boisd. Sphing. p. 334 ; C. <§• S. no. 16. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen olive-green, the last with yellow 

 lateral bands on anterior segments, the 4th also with a rufous 

 band ; the terminal segments black with some rufous scales ; the 

 penultimate segment fringed with white ; palpi and pectus white 

 below ; abdomen rufous, with white lateral tufts to 3rd and 4th 

 segments. Fore wing red-brown, with a black antemedial band 

 recurved along inner margin ; the first two postmedial lines pro- 

 minent ; the third and subapical markings obsolescent. Hind 

 wing with a narrow yellow band, which is broken at the middle 

 in the male. Underside dark red-brown, with the lines very 

 faint ; the base of both wings white. 



Hab. Japan ; China ; Himalayas, and throughout N". India. 

 Exp., 6 44, 2 52 millim. 



192. Macroglossa avicnla, Boisd. Sphing. p. 334. 

 Macroglossa obscuripennis, Butl. Trans. Z. S. ix, p. 633. 



Only differs from waTkeri in the fringe to penultimate segment 

 of the abdomen and the lateral tufts on 3rd and 4th segments being 

 yellow ; the hind wing with the yellow band quite obsolete. 



In walkeri and avicula the club of the antennae in the males is 

 very thick. 



Hab. Java and ? Central India (ap. Boisd.). Exp. 44 millim. 



*193. Macroglossa lepcha, Butl. Trans. Z. S. ix, p. 635 ; C. $ 8. no. 17. 



Differs from ivalkeri in the terminal segments of the abdomen 

 being olive-green, not black. Fore wing with the two postmedial 

 lines more distinct, with a dark mark on the outer one at inner 

 margin ; the subapical marks more prominent, continued as a waved 

 submarginal line to outer angle. 



Hab. Calcutta. Exp. 56 millim. 



