524 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPHINGIDJi. 



Genus 5. Macroglossa, Ochsenheimer. 

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



1. 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, Hubner, 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 (Loftus) ; Syria (Loione) ; 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 affictitia. 



Macroglossa affictitia, 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 gyrans. 



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



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



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



6. Macroglossa approximata. 



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



North Australia (Ehey). 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 milvus. 



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



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



