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Show 4 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON NEW [J&U. 0, Genus MACROGLOSSA, Ochsenheimer. 3. MACROGLOSSA FERVENS, n. sp. (Plate I. fig. 3.) Primaries above red-brown; basal two fifths chocolate-brown; a transverse nebulous wavy discal bar of the same colour; two transverse subapical blackish spots; secondaries bright ferruginous, costa testaceous; outer margin dusky : head, thorax, and three basal segments olivaceous; these segments orange-tawny at the sides, edged with dark brown; terminal segments dark brown; last segment edged behind with an unbroken transverse line of snow-white scales; a lateral ochre-tipped black tuft; anal tuft dark brown : wings below bright ferruginous, bright ochreous at the base, crossed by several indistinct darker lines; outer margin rather broadly olive-brown ; palpi, pectus, and basal segments of abdomen cream-coloured; remaining segments red-brown ; central segment with a small lateral white tuft; two terminal segments with lateral ochre-tipped blackish tufts ; anal tuft red-brown. Expanse of wings 1 inch 7 lines. Canara (Ward). Type, B.M. Allied to M. gyrans and M. approximala of Walker; its position will be between the latter and M. gilia of Walker (walkeri, Butl.). 4. MACROGLOSSA PROXIMA, n. sp. (Plate I. fig. 1.) Primaries above dark chocolate-brown, crossed by two diffused sericeous bars ; a waved dark-brown transverse streak just beyond the cell; secondaries with basal half sordid ochreous, impinged upon at base by two diverging black basal dashes, and diffused externally ; costa broadly bright stramineous, outer margin broadly dark brown : head and abdomen smoky brown ; thorax red-brown ; sides of abdomen rusty brown, three basal segments with lateral quadrate spots, black internally, broadly orange externally; the three penultimate segments with lateral ochre-tipped brown tufts; last segment but one white-edged externally; anal tuft dark brown, with a broad terminal orange bar: wings below red-brown, ochraceous at base; secondaries with an orange abdominal streak ; palpi below sordid white ; pectus sordid testaceous, brownish at the sides; legs testaceous, irrorated with brown, the tibiae of last pair fringed with ferruginous ; two basal segments of abdomen ochreous; remaining segments and anal tuft f'ei ruginous internally, dull ochreous externally. Expanse of wings 2 inches 5 lines. Canara (Ward), Ceylon (Templeton). Type, B.M. Some varieties of M.passalus* nearly resemble this species on the upper surface, but differ in having four distinct transverse blackish lines across the primaries, a much less prominent orange terminal bar to the anal tuft, and an entirely different coloration on the under surface of the abdomen. * It is almost certain that the latter are distinct from M. passcdus as the typical Chinese form is altogether redder in hue than its Indian representative * but at present I have not sufficient examples to enable m e to separate them with certainty. |
