DEILEPHILA NESSUS.Plate XXVII. fig. 1. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Crepuscularia. Family: SphingidÆ, Leach. Genus. Deilephila, Ochs. Spectrum P. Scop. Sphinx P. Linn. Deilephila Nessus. Alis anticis cinerascentibus apice externo albido, posticis nigris fasci fulvÂ, abdominis lateribus fulvis. (Expans. Alar. fere 5 unc.) Syn. Sphinx Nessus, Drury, App. vol. 2. Cramer Ins. tab. 226. fig. D. Sphinx equestris, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. 365. No. 29. Habitat: Madras. Upper Side. AntennÆ white above, and brown beneath. Head, neck, and thorax olive brown, with an ash-coloured streak running on each side thereof. Abdomen, next the thorax, very dark, from whence a brown list runs along the upper part to the extremity; the sides being of a golden yellow. Anterior wings dark green next the shoulders, softening to a nut brown as it runs along the anterior edges; the tips cream-coloured, from whence run two faint lines to the middle of the posterior edges; and also a lightish bar running in the same direction. Along the external edges they are of a delicate, soft, nut brown colour, and near the middle of each is a small black spot, placed near the anterior edge. Posterior wings black next the body, but nut brown along the external edges (about half way); the abdominal corners and adjoining parts being cream colour, as are the cilia and anterior edges. Under Side. Breast, sides, and abdomen deep golden yellow; the middle of which and the legs are ash-coloured. Wings deep yellow. The anterior, next the body, greenish black, and cream-coloured next the tips. The posterior having several faint, dark, and undulated lines crossing them from the anterior to the abdominal edges. GLAUCOPIS COARCTATA ?.Plate XXVII. fig. 2. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Crepuscularia? Family: ÆgeriidÆ, Steph. Genus. Glaucopis, Fabricius. (syst. Gloss.) ZygÆna, Fabr. Olim. Sphinx P. Drury. Glaucopis Coarctata. Alis flavo-hyalinis, marginibus maculÂque anticarum fuscis, abdomine basi coarctato, maculis aureo-coerulescentibus. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.) Syn. Sphinx coarctata, Drury, App. vol. 2. Cramer Ins. tab. 4. f. F. G. ZygÆna caudata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 403. No. 58. Gmel. Linn. S. N. 2398. 147. Pallas Spicel. Zool. 1. tab. 2. fig. 8. ?. Habitat: Bay of Honduras (Drury). "In America meridionali" (Fabr.). Upper Side. AntennÆ pectinated, and thickest in the middle. Head black, with a blue spot in front. Neck blue. Thorax black, with an orange spot on each shoulder. Abdomen black; smallest next the thorax, with a row of golden blue spots on each side, and another at top; at the extremity is placed a hairy bristle, about a quarter the length of the abdomen. Wings yellowish, and transparent. The anterior having a black narrow border running round all their edges, except the anterior ones; and in the middle of each is an oblong black spot, joining to the anterior edge, which reaches almost half across the wing. Posterior wings with a black border along the abdominal edges and the upper corners; the anterior and external edges having none. Under Side. Palpi externally white, but internally black. Tongue curled up. Breast black, the sides being blue. Legs black. Thighs white within, and blue without. Abdomen, next the thorax, The extremity of the body of the male is furnished with a villose tail, as long as the body. AGLAOPE PLUMIPES.Plate XXVII. fig. 3. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Crepuscularia? Family: ÆgeriidÆ, Steph. Genus. Aglaope, Latr. Sphinx, Drury. Aglaope Plumipes. Nigricans, thorace maculis abdomineque fasciis albis, alis immaculatis, tibiis posticis plumosis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.) Syn. Sphinx plumipes, Drury, App. vol. 2. Habitat: Bay of Honduras. Upper Side. AntennÆ black, but whitish at the tips; being thickest in the middle. Head black, with a white spot in front between the antennÆ. Neck black, with three white spots on it. Thorax black, with several white spots thereon. Abdomen black, with several narrow white rings. Wings dark brown, immaculate. Under Side. Palpi white. Tongue spiral. Breast black, spotted with white on its sides. Abdomen black, having one broad white ring on it, and several narrow ones. Legs long and black. Thighs white. Hinder legs furnished with tufts of hairs of a black colour, placed in such manner as to resemble the shaft of an arrow; the legs, above and below these tufts, being white. Wings coloured as on the upper side. DEILEPHILA ALECTO.Plate XXVII. fig. 4. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Crepuscularia. Family: SphingidÆ, Leach. Genus. Deilephila, Ochs. Spectrum P. Scop. Sphinx P. Linn. Deilephila Alecto. Alis anticis griseis, strigis nonnullis obliquis apicalibus obscurioribus; posticis rubris basi margineque atris. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 9 lin.) Syn. Sphinx Alecto, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 802. No. 20. Cramer, tab. 137. fig. D. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. 376. No. 59. Gmel. Linn. S. N. 2384. 20. Habitat: Madras. Upper Side. AntennÆ white above, brown underneath; hooked at the extremities. Head and thorax olive brown, with a white stripe running on each side from the front to the shoulders. Abdomen greyish brown; having a black spot on each side, near the thorax. Anterior wings soft olive brown; having a dark line running from the tips to the posterior edges, near the middle. Posterior wings, next the shoulders, black; the remainder being red, except the abdominal edges and corners, which are cream-coloured; and a brown margin running along the external edges. Under Side. Breast, sides, legs, and abdomen yellowish clay-coloured. Wings dark orange, margined with faint brown. |