MACROGLQSSUM. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
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M. gyrans Wkr. (= bombus Mab., burmanica Rothsch., zena Bsd.) (65 f). Coloured almost like regulus, gyrans. 
but nearly of double size; instead of the median transverse band in the forewing numerous black undulating 
lines; 6th abdominal segment with a white belt interrupted on the middle of the dorsum. Distributed from 
North-West India across the whole of India and Ceylon to the Sunda Is. 
M. vacillans Wkr. (= approximata Wkr., pseudogyrans Rothsch.) (65 f) is like gyrans , but the abdomen vaciltuns. 
from the 3rd to 5th rings with lateral orange spots. North-Eastern Australia, to the north as far as Sumbawa, 
Timor and Tenimber. 
M. affictitia Btlr. (— vialis Btlr.) (65 a). Forewing wood-brown, with a lighter broad median transverse afficlitia. 
band, the proximal border of which is obtusely angled, the distal border being curved. Hindwing orange, base 
and marginal band dark brown. Abdominal sides with dull reddish ochreous spots. South India and Ceylon. 
M. particclor R. & J. (65 a) differs from affictitia in the marginal band of the hindwing quickly widening particolor. 
from the apex posteriorly and narrowing again in the submedian area so much that the orange of the centre 
of the wing reaches the margin near the anal angle. Southern India. 
IVL belis Cr. (= opis Bsd., pyrrhula Bsd.) (65 a). Similar to particolor, but the orange band of the hind- belis. 
wing narrower, particularly the blackish-brown colour of the base of the hindwing increased, the orange-red 
lateral spots on the 3rd to 5th abdominal segments clearer. — Larva black with reddish lateral spots. — Wi¬ 
dely distributed, from Karachi through India and Ceylon to South China,, Formosa and the Lu-Chu (Riu-Kiu) 
Is. Oddly enough, how r ever, it seems to be absent in Hongkong and the other parts of Kwang-Tung. 
M. assimilis Swns. (= bengalensis Bsd., gilia H.-Schdff., taxicolor Mr., belia Hmps.) (65 a). From the assimilis. 
very similar belis it is discernible by the orange band of the hindwing being more slanting, so that the blackish- 
brown marginal band in the costal portion of the wing is broader and more proximally removed. - Larva brown 
or green, on the dorsum a row of dots, on the sides of the dorsum a row of small brownish blurred spots hind- 
ward, followed on the 9th ring by a lighter line extending to the horn. — Madras, Nilghiri, to the south as 
far as Ceylon; it is said to have been found also in Java, unless it was mistaken for 
M. fruhstorferi Huwe representing assimilis in Java (and to the east of it). Smaller than assimilis, fore- fruhstorfcri. 
wing dark chestnut, the marking hardly recognizable in the deep dark total colouring. On the hindwing of 
the form latifascia R. & J . (56 C, b) the basal blackish-brown has almost disappeared, the dark marginal band, latifascia. 
however, is very broad in the middle, the orange band of the centre, however, still 5 mm broad, whereas in the 
typical form (from Java, particularly the volcano-district of Gedeh) it is narrowed down to such a degree that 
it is almost interrupted. — latifascia occurs in the Obi Is. 
M. calescens Btlr. The confused marking of the forewing consists of lustrous silky violettish-white small bands calescens. 
and spots. Median band of hindwing of a lighter yellow tint, irregularly defined and in the centre almost inter¬ 
rupted. Abdomen with small yellow lateral spots on the 3rd and 4th rings. New Guinea and New Brittany. 
M, castaneum R. <£■ J. (65 b) is extremely similar to M. belis, but the forewing so deep dark brown, that castaneum. 
the marking is sometimes hardly noticeable; particularly the preapical lighter spot at the costa is hardly in¬ 
dicated. Easily discernible from calescens by the non-interrupted transverse bands on the forewing and hindwing. 
Salomons Is. 
M. caldum R. <£■ J . (65 a as calescens) is quite similar to the preceding species, but the transverse bands caldum. 
of the forewing are not so well performed, the dark antemedian band is neither proximally so smooth and re¬ 
gularly defined, distallv vanishing in the lighter ground-colour, and the anal portion of the yellow band of the 
hindwing is removed towards the margin; from calescens it is almost only discernible by the genital organs. 
M. pyrrhosticta Btlr. (= catapyrrha Btlr.) (Vol. II, pi. 40 f). Distributed in the south-east of the palae- pyrrhostic- 
arctic region, and therefore described in Vol. II, p. 253. Similar to the preceding species, but discernible by ta - 
the equal scheme of markings; in the fore wing the median transverse bands are straight, and in the hindwing 
the orange band is more sharply defined than in the otherwise similar belis (65 a). The abdomen shows lateral 
dull orange spots, ring 6 an interrupted silvery white anterior margin. — In the winter-form albifascla 31 ell albifascia. 
the light median transverse band of the forewing is almost white. - ferrea Mell shows before and behind the ferrca. 
median band of the forewing rust-coloured tints which may be the only marking on the forewing even in other¬ 
wise monotonously couloured specimens. - Larva green or brown, the green form similar to the larva of stella- 
tarum with a long, pointed, rather straight horn and a light, dark-shaded subdorsal line below which there 
are long, narrow oblique shadows. On Paederia tomentosa. The imagines fly throughout the day, preferably in 
the afternoon-sun, and in Kwang-Tung they are especially fond of the blossoms of Lantana. Near Hongkong 
they are common, and in South Kwang-Tung there may be as many as 8 generations a year. — Their range 
extends to the south across North India, Annam, Tonkin to Lombok; to the north as far as North China and 
Japan. 
M. troglodytus Bsd. (56 C e) is very near to pyrrhosticta, but smaller, the marking of the forewing more troglodytus. 
confused, the bands of the fore wing more irregular and less sharply defined, the band of the hindwing narrower 
