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MACROGLOSSUM. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
poedlum. 
in.sip ida. 
papuanum. 
sinensis. 
vicinum. 
alcedo. 
ungues. 
sitiene. 
stigma. 
fringilla. 
and its border likewise less distinct. - - Larva with a white apex of the horn, quite similar to the preceding 
and following species, sometimes green and sometimes brown. On Hedvotis macrostemon. The imagines are 
very common throughout the year and are distributed from North India to the south as far as Ceylon and Java 
and to the north as far as China near the palaearctic frontier. 
M. poecilum R. <£• J. (56 C c) is very near to the preceding and following species, but the dark median 
transverse band of the forewing is only in its lower portion filled up with dark, in the costal portion it is 
blank or blind. Body and wings are above dusted with reddish; on the abdomen the dark dorsal spots are 
distinct, the yellow lateral spots reduced. In the green larva the subdorsal lines are indistinct and pierced, 
but the lateral oblique stripes distinct, dark and long. Found on an unknown plant which is presumed to be 
an Euphorbiacea. — Known from Ivwang-Tung and the Lu-Chu Is. 
M. insipida Bflr. (= limata Swh.) (65 a) is one of the smallest Macroglossum known; the dark median 
transverse band of the fore wing is twice as broad at the inner margin as at the costa, and flawed on the 
median; the yellow band in the hindwing is swollen towards the inner margin. From North India to the Andamans, 
Ceylon, Java, and Borneo; also from Malacca. papuanum R.& J., from Queensland to the Louisiads, has 
a broader yellow band in the hindwing, a non-angular dark median band of the forewing, and bright golden 
yellow lateral spots on the 3rd and 4th abdominal rings. - sinensis Mell are specimens from Ivwang-Tung, 
with a lighter band of the hindwing, which is more yellowish-orange than reddish-orange. The palpi, owing to 
their being more interspersed with white scales, are more Avhitish grey than dark grey; the under surface is 
more dark brown than red-brown, and besides there are some anatomical differences. — Larva very similar 
to that of troglodytus , but the green form is more bluish-green, that of troglodytus yellowish-green, and the 
subdorsal stripe being yellow in troglodytus appears here to be white. The larva lives on Hedvotis auri- 
cularia. The imagines are considerably rarer in their northern range (China) than the preceding species. 
M. vicinum Jord., from North Canara, presumably represents insipida there; forewing darkened, so that 
the marking is less conspicuous; tegulae not so distinctly edged with grey, on the under surface at the base 
of the wing no yellow. 
M. alcedo Bsd. (65 b) has broader wings, particularly the forewing is not so pointed, the forewings with 
rather uniform transverse bands. Band of hindwing as before, the dark marginal band of the hindwing below 
the anal angle rather suddenly narrowed. Abdomen laterally with dull yellowish, spot-like brightenings. Queens¬ 
land, Key Is., New Guinea. 
M. ungues B. <£■ J. (65 d) is likewise small, with short and broad wings. A with hardly any, Q with an 
intense black basal spot of the hindwing. In the forewing the antemedian band is straight, the postmedian 
band with a strong dent distally angular. Abdominal dorsum laterally with few yellow scales. From Java to 
the east as far as the Moluccas and Philippines. - - Very near to the following species. 
M. sitiene Wkr. ( = sinica Bsd., nigrifasciata Btlr., orientalis Btlr.) (65 b) is easily discernible from the 
preceding species bv the great regularity of the bands. In the forewing the antemedian line extends quite 
straight through the wing and bends around at the inner margin towards the base of the wing, which it al¬ 
most reaches; the postmedian band is angular as in ungues ; the yellow band of the hindwing is indistinctly 
defined, but it extends rather regularly. Abdominal scales on the side a little mixed with yellow'. — Larva 
distinguished from that of pyrrhosticta only by the absence of the lateral oblique streaks; on Rubiaceae (Pae- 
deria tomentosa, Morinda umbellata). — From South India across Ceylon and Indo-China to South China and 
the Philippines. — ,,Around Canton the most common Macroglossum- larva“ (Mell). 
M. stigma R.&J. (56 Cc) is larger than the preceding species, forewing in the centre brightened up 
in the shape of a band, so that a dark central dot is distinctly visible. The yellow' band of the hindwing is 
angularly indented. The postmedian transverse stripe of the forewing is here remarkably far removed to the 
margin. Dorey, Dutch New Guinea. 
M. fringilla Bsd. (= heliophila B-sd., kanita Sivh., loochooana Bothsch.) (65 b and Vol. II, pi. 40 e). This 
lepidopteron of which there are no specimens known from the palaearctic districts occurs in such masses 
near the palaearctic frontier that it is certainly met with as an occasional wanderer on the Yangtsekiang R., 
for which reason probably it was described in Vol. II, p. 253. Very easily recognizable by the straight dark 
antemedian band which is uniformly thickened downward and which is distally followed by a rather light 
median band. Beneath the palpi and central chest are all white, whereby it is distinguished from sitiene ; 
from the similar melas it differs in the less deep dark colour of the abdomen. Besides distinguished by the 
distinct black median streak across the head and thorax. —- Larva green or brown. The subdorsal stripe 
which is distinct in nearly all the larvae of Macroglossum is here only developed on the last rings; on the 
other rings it is merely indicated by a separation of the shades in the colouring; on Psychotria elliptica. 
- The imago is extraordinarily common near Hongkong, especially in October, when you may take dozens 
in an hour on blossoms of Lantana. — From South India through Tonkin to South China, the Lu-Chu Is., 
Formosa, and the Philippine Is., to the south as far as Java, Borneo, and the Moluccas. 
