232 [Mai eh, 



more erect and setose pubeacence. It has considerable affinity to 

 S. crinitus ; differing from that insect in its larger size, darker colour, 

 more prominent eyes, more broadly grooved rostrum, broader thorax, 

 coarser punctuation, more sparse clothing of scales, and in the alter- 

 nately elevated interstices of its elytra. It is grey beneath ; and on 

 the upper-side black, with rather sparingly distributed brownish, slightly 

 coppery, or greenish-grey scales. The thorax has a medial and two 

 lateral lines, decidedly lighter in colour, which are, as it were, continued 

 on the elytra (but in a more indistinct degree) . The sutural and alter- 

 nate interstices are somewhat elevated, variegated with slight transverse 

 bands of dark brown or blackish scales, and clothed with sub-erect 

 short hairs. The legs are not always entirely testaceous, as mentioned 

 by Walton ; but the tibiae are of a rather darker testaceous than in crini- 

 tus, and the femora are usually distinctly infuscate, or even blackish ; 

 examples however, occur in which the legs are wholly pale. 



Besides the specimens mentioned in Mr. Walton's paper (in which 

 no certain locality is given), this insect was taken in some numbers 

 by Mr. Walton and Mr. Stevens near the " Lovers Seat," Hastings, 

 and has recently been found in quantity by Dr Power, on Lotus corni- 

 culatus on the South Devon Coast. 



S. CEiNiTus, Oliv. Somewhat resembles S. tibialis, but is lighter 

 in colour, less convex, and with longer elytra, which are distinctly 

 clothed with slight erect hairs. The darkest specimens are ochreous 

 grey, with four broad fuscous lines on the thorax, in a manner continued 

 on the elytra ; the two middle lines forming a broad mark near the 

 scutellum, and then becoming narrower along the suture ; these bands 

 are slightly mottled with darker colour. The lightest examples are 

 pale ochreous-grey, exhibiting scarcely a trace of the above markings, 

 and with the legs entirely testaceous, although the femora and apex of 

 the tarsi are usually fuscous. Intermediate conditions are of course to 

 be found, some of which have an isolated darker mark on the elytra. 



It is common on tares, especially on the south coast ; and may be 

 readily known in the sweeping net by its peculiar chalky look. 



{To he continued.) 



A SYNOPSIS OF THE SPHINOID^ OF EUROPE. 

 BY W. F. KIEBY. 



(Conti/nued from page 211.) 



Grenus 5. — Peegesa, Walker. 

 Body moderately stout, antenna3 slender, filiform. Wings mode- 

 rately broad, forewings acuminated, hind-margin rather oblique, very 



