PLATE XXVIII.

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DEILEPHILA CLOTHO.

Plate XXVIII. fig. 1.

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Crepuscularia. Family: SphingidÆ, Leach.

Genus. Deilephila, Ochs. Spectrum P. Scop. Sphinx P. Linn.

Deilephila Clotho. Alis cinereo-olivaceis, line rect e margine postico ad apicem duct nigrÂ; posticis nigris externÈ fuscis, angulo ani pallidiori. (Expans. Alar. 4 unc.)

Syn. Sphinx Clotho. Drury, App. vol. 2.

Sphinx Butus, Cram. tab. 152. A.

Sphinx Gnoma, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. 376. No. 61. (nec Clotho, Fabr. loc. cit. No. 60.)

Habitat: Madras.

Upper Side. AntennÆ cream-coloured. Head brown olive, with a cream-coloured stripe running on each side to the abdomen. Thorax brown olive. Abdomen paler, having a black spot on each side near the thorax. Anterior wings light olive brown, with a line running from the tips to the middle of the posterior edges, and a small black spot next the shoulders. Posterior wings, next the body, black; but along the external edges brown, and palest at the abdominal corners.

Under Side. Tongue curled up. Breast and sides cream-coloured. Abdomen darker. Wings yellowish clay-coloured and freckled. The anterior having a dark cloud in the middle of each, near the shoulders; and the posterior having a faint indented line crossing them from the anterior to the abdominal edges.

ÆGERIA TIBIALIS.

Plate XXVIII. fig. 2.

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Crepuscularia? Family: ÆgeriidÆ, Steph.

Genus. Ægeria, Fabr. Sesia, Latr. Sphinx, Drury. ZygÆna, Fabr.

Ægeria Tibialis. Alis anticis fuscis immaculatis, posticis hyalinis; tibiis posticis plumosis testaceis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 1½ lin.)

Syn. Sphinx tibialis, Drury, App. vol. 2.

ZygÆna tibialis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. 404. No. 62. Gmel. Linn. S. N. 2399. 151.

Habitat: Sierra Leone.

Upper Side. AntennÆ black, slightly pectinated; being thickest towards the extremities, and ending in a point; where, by the assistance of a microscope, may be observed a small tuft of hairs. Head ash-coloured. Thorax and abdomen dark hair colour; the latter being encircled with small white rings. Anterior wings narrow, and of a dark hair colour, without any marks or spots. Posterior hyaline. Cilia dark brown.

Under Side. Palpi yellowish. Tongue curled up. Breast and abdomen yellowish, having some grey hairs placed between them. Fore and middle legs dark brown. Hinder legs remarkably hairy; being scarlet on the out sides, and black on the inner and under sides, with some white tufts intermixed. Wings as on the upper side.

GLAUCOPIS PHOLUS.

Plate XXVIII. fig. 3.

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Crepuscularia. Family: ZygÆnidÆ.

Genus. Glaucopis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. (ZygÆna, Fabr. olim.)

Glaucopis Pholus. Atra, alis omnibus basi fulvis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 3 lin.)

Syn. Sphinx Pholus, Drury, App. vol. 2.

ZygÆna Pholus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. 406. No. 27. Gmel. Linn. S. N. 2399. 155. (Sphinx).

Habitat: New England, New York, Maryland, Virginia, Carolina.

Upper Side. AntennÆ black, and thickest in the middle. Head, eyes, thorax, and abdomen black. Shoulders and half the superior wings deep orange yellow; the apical half black. Posterior wings, next the body, paler yellow; the remaining two-thirds black.

Under Side. Tongue curled up. Breast, sides, abdomen, and legs black. Wings coloured as on the upper side, but not quite so brilliant.

GLAUCOPIS? ASTREAS.

Plate XXVIII. fig. 4.

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Crepuscularia. Family: ZygÆnidÆ.

Genus. Glaucopis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. (ZygÆna, Fabr. olim.)

Glaucopis? Astreas. Alis subhyalinis albidis, macul medi apiceque fuscis, thorace nigro maculato, abdomine roseo. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc.)

Syn. Sphinx Astreas, Drury, App. vol. 2.

Noctua Astrea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 2. p. 19. No. 35. Gmel. Linn. S. N. 2534. 593.

Habitat: Bengal (Drury). New Holland (Fabricius).

Upper Side. AntennÆ filiform, light brown, being thickest in the middle. Head cream-coloured, spotted with black. Neck the same, with a red cleft in the middle, and a black spot on each side. Thorax cream-coloured, spotted with black. Abdomen scarlet. Anterior wings transparent, whereof a third next the tips is opake and of a light hair colour, running about half way up the anterior edge of each wing; where is a streak of the same colour running half way across the wing. Anterior and posterior edges dark cream-coloured. Posterior wings transparent, the anterior edges and upper corners being dark cream-coloured.

Under Side. Palpi white externally, but red within; the extremities being black. Tongue curled up. Breast white, with a black spot on each side. Legs red. Under sides of the thighs white. Abdomen cream colour; having a narrow white streak on each side, whereon are several black spots. Wings coloured as on the upper side.

This insect is evidently the type of a subgenus, sufficiently distinct from any of the preceding.

SYNTOMIS FENESTRATA.

Plate XXVIII. fig. 5.

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Crepuscularia? Family: ZygÆnidÆ.

Genus. Syntomis, Illig. Latr. ZygÆna, Fabr. Sphinx, Drury.

Syntomis Fenestrata. Alis fuscis, anticarum maculis quatuor, posticarum unic hyalinis, abdomine fulvo nigroque annulato. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 2 lin.)

Syn. Sphinx fenestrata, Drury, App. vol. 2.

ZygÆna fenestrata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 392. No. 21. Gmel. Linn. S. N. 2394. 119. (Sphinx).

Habitat: China.

Upper Side. AntennÆ filiform, black, white at the tips, and thickest in the middle. Head tawny yellow. Neck black. Thorax and abdomen tawny yellow; the former having three black spots thereon, and the latter encircled with six black rings. Anterior wings having four transparent spots in each; the two next the shoulders being divided only by the nerves, in one of which appears two dark spots, one next the shoulders, and the other a quarter of an inch from it, crossing the transparent part. All the edges of these wings are very dark brown, the external and posterior ones being broadest. Posterior wings also having one large transparent spot in each; all the edges of these wings brown, the external and anterior ones being broadest, nerves yellow.

Under Side. Tongue curled up. Sides, breast, and abdomen yellow, with black rings. Legs dark brown and yellow. Wings as on the upper side.

GLAUCOPIS? PHALÆNOIDES.

Plate XXVIII. fig. 6.

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Crepuscularia. Family: ZygÆnidÆ.

Genus. Glaucopis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. (zygÆna, Fabr. Olim.)

Glaucopis? PhalÆnoides. Alis anticis cinereis apicem versus subpellucidis, posticis parvis truncatis macul basali obscurÂ. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.)

Syn. Sphinx PhalÆnoides, Drury, App. vol. 2.

Habitat: Bay of Honduras.

Upper Side. AntennÆ pectinated and grey, being smallest at the extremity, which is white. Head grey. Neck white. Thorax ash-coloured. Abdomen pale yellow. Anterior wings ash-coloured next the shoulders, and along the anterior and posterior edges; the remaining parts being nearly transparent. Posterior wings singularly shaped; ash-coloured next the body, but the anterior parts are subpellucid. On these parts is placed a small triangular spot, of different colours when held in different directions, in some being yellow, in others ash-coloured.

Under Side. Tongue curled up. Breast yellow. Sides and abdomen white. Anterior wings appearing more pellucid than above. Anterior and external edges white; and near the shoulders is placed a white oval spot on each. Posterior wings ash-coloured, but round the edges are white; appearing to be less pellucid than on the upper side. The triangular spot is scarcely discernible on this side.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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