PLATE II.

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HEPIALUS CRASSUS.

Plate II. fig. 1.

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: HepialidÆ, Steph.

Genus. Hepialus, Fabr. Hepiolus, Illiger. PhalÆna (Noctua), Drury.

Hepialus Crassus. Alis anticis albis, fusco, cinereo, badioque variis, apice irregulariter albo, lunul magn fuscÂ; posticis griseo-fuscantibus. (Expans. Alar. 7 unc.)

Syn. PhalÆna (Noctua) crassa, Drury, App. vol. 3.

Habitat: Sierra Leone.

Upper Side. AntennÆ filiform, whiteish at the base, black at the tips. Head whiteish, small. Thorax whiteish, having two black tufts of hair on the shoulders, and two next the abdomen; upper part yellowish brown. Abdomen dark brown, almost black, being ringed and edged with dark grey. Anterior wings whiteish, intermixed with many patches and irregular spots of grey and dark brown. Posterior wings darkish grey brown, but lighter along the posterior edges.

Under Side. All the parts on this side are of a dark yellow brown, of the same colour with the upper side of the inferior wings. Abdomen rather lighter, with a dark brown line running along its middle from the thorax to the anus.

SPHINX IDRIEUS.

Plate II. fig. 2.

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

Genus. Sphinx, Linn.

Sphinx Idrieus. Corpore alisque anticis viridibus, posticis fulvis margine nigro. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc.)

Syn. Sphinx Idrieus, Drury, App. vol. 3. (1783.)

Sphinx Medea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 363. No. 23. (1793.)

Habitat: Africa (Drury). "Africa Æquinoctiali" (Fabr.).

Upper Side. AntennÆ yellow brown. Head olive green, with a cream-coloured stripe running on each side to the wings. Thorax and abdomen olive green; the latter having six small cream-coloured spots on each side near the anus. Anterior wings entirely olive green. Posterior orange-coloured, edged with black.

Under Side. Tongue spiral. Sides, breast, and abdomen paler green than on the upper side. Wings next the shoulders dark orange, but green at the extremities. Posterior wings greenish and mottled, the fringes being yellow.

ÆGERIA? PLUMIPES.

Plate II. fig. 3.

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

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

Ægeria? Plumipes. Alis cyaneis, abdomine fulvo-cingulato, apice barbato; pedibus fulvis, femorum posticorum apice plumoso. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.)

Syn. Sphinx plumipes, Drury, App. vol. 3.

Habitat: Africa.

Upper Side. AntennÆ black, smallest at the tips. Eyes grey and shining. Palpi black. Head and thorax black. Abdomen black, with orange-coloured rings; the extremity being very small and long, and furnished with a tuft of hairs expanding like a star.

Under Side. Tongue spiral. Head and palpi orange. Breast black. Legs orange, furnished with long tibial spurs; the two hinder thighs having tufts of black hairs issuing from the tips above. Abdomen orange, sides black.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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