CLASS V. IXStCTA. 243 



Sp. 6. Hca. Paniscus (scarce skipper). 



Inhabits meadows : very rare in Britain, excepting in soinc parts of 

 Bedfordshire, where it is common. 



Section II. CREPUSCULARIA. Latreille. 

 Wings horizontal in repose : an/cnno' prismatic or fusiform. 



The msccts of this section constitute the Linnean gcnns S/ih: it r, 

 wliich has been divided by later writers into a number of genera. 



Fam. III. Spijixgid^. Lcac/i. 

 Sphincides. Latrellk. 



Palpi shon, covered with very short close scales; tlie lact joint tuber- 

 culiform and very short. 



Stirps 1. Anus not tufted. 



Genus 324. SMERINTHUS. Latr., Lead,. Laothoe. Fabr., 

 _Spiii.vx. Linn., Hazcorlh. SpEcrnvM. Scopoli. 

 Antenna somcu'ftSf prismatic, serrated towards the middle, gradually 

 thicker : tongue very short : anterior wings angulated : palpi conti- 

 guous. 



Sp. 1. Sme. oce/Iata (<'yc(\ hawk-moth). 



Inhabits Europe. The larva on the willow and poplar. 



Sp. 2. Sme. TilitE (lime hawk-moth). 



Inhabits the lime in the larva state. 



Sp. 3. Sme. Populi (poplar hawk-moth). 



Inhabits Europe. The larva feeds on the poplar. 



Genus 325. SPHINX. Linn., Fair., Lair., Hauvrtfi, Leach. Spec- 

 trum. Scopoli. 

 Palpi contiguous above the tongue : tongue long, ven- distinct, convo- 

 luted : antenncB prismatic, thicker towards their middle, in the males 

 slightly ciliated. 



Ob3.— This genus has lately been divided into the following genera : 



1. T>t.iLOPHiL.\, Ochsheimcr. Sp. 1. Elpenor. 2. Porcellus.* 3. Li- 

 neata. 4. Euphorbias. 5. Galii.— II. Spiii.xx, Och. Sp. 1. Pinastn'. 



2. Ligustn. r. Convolvuli.— III. Acheroxtia, Och. Sp. 1. Atropos. 

 Sp. 1. Sph. Porcc//«s (small elephant hawk-moth). 



Inhabits Europe : is very rare in Britain. 



Sp. 2. Sph. Elpenor (elephant hawk-moth). 



Inhabits Europe. The larva feeds on the ladies bed-straw, and is found 



m the autmnn m drills or ditches in marshes near London. 

 Sp. 3. Sph. lineata (silver line hawk-moth). 



Inhabits Europe, and is exceeding rare in this country. Sphinx Vnwata 



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