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Show 242 MR. A. G. BUTLER O N N E W [Mar. 16, beyond the middle by two parallel slightly waved lines : secondaries dark brown, with a central ochreous band ; costa testaceous : body dark brownish grey; anal tuft dark brown, tipped with reddish ; three basal segments with small lateral ochreous spots : wings below rather brighter than in M. proxima, body paler, otherwise the same. Expanse of wings 2 inches 7 lines. Silhet. Type, coll. F. Moore. Only one rather damaged example ; it may at once be distinguished from M. proxima by the more distinct and paler band of secondaries. 10. MACROGLOSSA INTERRUPTA, n.sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 2.) Nearly allied to the preceding ; palpi shorter: primaries brown, a blackish subbasal marking, united below, trifasciate above; a very indistinct angulated band from costa just beyond cell to external angle; outer margin with a zigzag olive-brown border from apex to second median branch; a subapical black lunule, touching the border : secondaries with the costa and base pale brown; two diverging basal black streaks, outer margin very broadly black-brown, anal angle very narrowly bordered with brown; a central orange-yellow transverse band, interrupted below first median branch; an oval basicostal orange-yellow spot: body red-brown; abdomen transversely banded with black, three basal segments with lateral oval yellow spots: wings and body below as in M. belis. Expanse of wings 2 inches 1 line. Darjeeling. Type, coll. F. Moore. 11. MACROGLOSSA PYRRHOSTICTA, n. sp. (PlateXXXVI. fig. 8.) Wings above almost exactly like M. corythus; abdomen greyer, the subterminal segment edged with an interrupted white fringe : primaries below red-brown, yellow at base, inner margin whitish, disco-submarginal area Ted ; outer margin smoky brown : secondaries tawny, abdominal area and base golden yellow; outer margin and centre of costa brown; three irregular red-brown transverse lines: palpi below white; pectus whitish, pale rosy brown at the sides : abdomen brown, with a central and lateral series of large red spots; second and third segments with a small lateral white dot. Expanse of wings 2 inches 3 lines. Shanghai, China. Type, coll. F. Moore. This beautiful species may at once be distinguished from all its allies, excepting the little M. insipida, by the peculiar coloration of the under surface. The larva is stone-colour whitish-speckled, the anterior segments greenish, the horn, two lines on each side of the dorsal region, and six or seven oblique lines between the spiracles (which are black) green. It feeds on a beautiful but unpleasant-smelling creeping plant with waxy crimson-and-white flowers; Mr. Lewis found it upon this plant in company with the larva of M. gi/ia. 12. MACROGLOSSA INSIPIDA, n. sp. Like a small form of M. catapyrrha, but the secondaries above |
