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Family Sphingidae. 



Aiiglice: Hawk Moths. 



moderate to very large; wings narrow, primaries 

 long, secondaries short ; frenulum present ; fringes short; vesti- 

 ture close ; tuftings, except in the first tribe, wanting ; ab- 

 domen long, heavy, the segments usually armed, tuberculate 

 or spinose; head prominent; eyes large and naked, sometimes 

 lashed ; no ocelli ; antennae prismatic ; labial palpi stout : 

 tongue very variable in length but usually long; flight some- 

 times diurnal, usually crepuscular, sometimes nocturnal. 



We have originally proposed (1865) the European genera 

 Macroylossa, with the type stcllatanint, CliocrocdHipa, with 

 the type porcelliis, Smerintlins, with the type ocdlatft, and 

 Butler follows witii .Ac/irroi/fia, with the type atropos, as 

 typical of the five (5) groups into which the whole family 

 may be divided. As far as w T e have seen, the extra-European 

 genera may be arranged under these headings. 



Subfamily Macroglossinae. 



Aiiglicc: Bee Hawk Moths. 



Wings shorter than usual ; abdomen wider and flatter 

 with caudal tufts ; flight often diurnal ; pupation on the surface 

 in a slight web of silk. Food plants, in preference, Viburnum, 

 SymphoricarpuSf Lon iccra. 



Hemaris. Dalman. 



Head small, but not sunken, tongue as long as the body. 

 Antennae clavate with terminal bent -seta, biciliate in male, 



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