524 ME. A. GL BIJTLEE ON THE SPHINGIILE. 



Genus 5. Macroglossa, Ochsenheimer. 

 Macroglossa, Ochsenheimer, Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 41 (1816). 



' fl. Macroglossa stellatarum. 



Sphinx stellatarum, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 803. no. 27 (1766). 

 Sesia stellatarum, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 380. no. 5 (1793). 

 Psithyros stellatarum, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 132. no. 1409 (1816). 

 Macroglossa stellatarum, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. i. p. 133. no. 1 (1828). 



Europe (Becker) ; Tripoli ; Teneriffe ; Turkey (Loft us) ; Syria (Lowne) ; North China 

 (Fortune). B.M. 



Mr. Moore has an example of this species from Scinde; I can find no constant 

 character whereby to separate it from the European form. 



2. Macroglossa vacillans. 



Macroglossa vacillans, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. i. p. 27 (1864). 

 Timor. 



3. Macroglossa affictltia. 



Macroglossa affictltia, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 240, pi. xxxvi. fig. 7. 



Canara. Type, coll. F. Moore. 



4. Macroglossa vialis. 



Macroglossa.vialis, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 240, pi. xxxvi. fig. 5. 



Canara. Type, coll. F. Moore. 



5. Macroglossa gtrans. 



Macroglossa gyrans, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 91. no. 11 (1856). 



North India (Stevens) ; Madras (Elliot) ; Ceylon (Templeton). Type, B.M. 



In Mr. Moore's collection from Kumool, Neilgherries ; also from Bengal and Ceylon. 



6. Macroglossa approximata. 



Macroglossa approximata, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. i. p. 27 (1864). 



North Australia (Elsey). Type, B.M. 



Differs from the preceding species in the better-defined tawny spots on each side of 

 the abdomen, the absence of the interrupted white band on preanal segment, and the 

 less-defined transverse lines on primaries. 



7. Macroglossa milyus. 



Macroglossa milvus, Boisduval, Faune Ent. de Madag. p. 78. no. 1, pi. 10. fig. 3 (1833). 



Bourbon and Mauritius ; Madagascar (Peckover). B.M. 



