1805.] 253 



tantum nigricans. Scutellum nigrum, apice rarius pallidiori. Hem- 

 elytra abdomiue dimidio breviora, nigra, apice albo marginata, basi 

 j^rope scutellum tenuiter albescentia. Pedes nigri ; femora apice, 

 tibiae hie illic, tarsi toti, testacea. $ Totus testaceus ; pedes nigro 

 lineati ; hemelytra bruunea, apice et prope scutellum albomargiuata. 



Long. c?,l-l: ?, Hlin. 

 Mor, E. L., 2, p. 76. 

 I took five specimens on rushes in a marshy tract near Weybridge 

 last September. They were all males, and the above diagnosis of the 

 ? is borrowed from Flor. They agree very well with his description 

 except that the apex of the scutellum is black in four instances, and 

 obscurely pale in the fifth. I cannot regard this circumstance as 

 sufficient to invalidate an identification based upon structure, and 

 otherwise satisfactory. 



{To be continued). T^y 2. 



A SYNOPSIS OF THE SPHINQID^ OF EUROPE. 

 BY W. r. KIRBT. 



(Continued from page 235.) 



D. YESPERTiLio, Fab., 1" 10"'-2" 7'". Fore-wing unicolorous 

 slaty-grey. Hind-wing flesh-colour, black at base, with a marginal 

 black band very narrowly bordered outside by flesh-colour. YI.-IX. 



Larva ashy-grey, slightly tinged with greenish, and mixed with 

 black and brown, with two flesh-coloured spots on all the segments 

 except the first and last. Head bluish-grey. Sides and belly pale 

 rosy-grey, legs rosy, stigmata yellow. No horn (Dup.). On Epilohium 

 angustifolium. VII. -IX. 



Sub-Alpine Europe, France, Italy, Switzerland. Frequent in 

 collections. 



Genus 7. — Daphnis, Hiib. One species. 



Body thick ; head somewhat conical ; legs long, moderately stout. 

 Wings long, rather narrow. Fore-wings acuminated, straight along the 

 costa, very oblique along the hind margin, which is indistinctly undu- 

 lating. Hind-wings slightly acuminated ; hind margin somewhat 

 eniarginate towards the anal angle. 



D. NERii. South Europe generally. Frequent in collections. 



G-enus 8. — Sphinx. Two species. 



S. CONVOLVULI. 7-1? n n • n +-^ 



a > pjuroiie generally. Common m collections. 



S. HGUSTBI. j I ^ ^ 



