SrHINCIDf.. — SPHINX. 151 



Holboni. 1 have seen many which were tuiiiid at llichmoii(l and 

 near Teddington ; and. I possess a remarkably fine example of the 

 pupa, which was taken in the hirva state near l^ilham, " Three 

 specimens caught near Cambridge, in Septend)er, 1827." — Rcx\ L. 

 Jcnfjns. '• Taken in September, 1821, near Carlisle." — T. C. 

 Heijsliain, Esq. " Near Darlington and Newcastle." — M/-. ./. O. 

 Backhouse. " Near York." — IV. C. Hczcutson, Esq. " At Fulham." 

 — C J. Thojupscni, Esq. " A few specimens have been met with 

 near Newcastle." — G. IVailes, Esq. 



Sp. 5. Ligustri. Alls anticis grisescentibus,fusco uigroque iincii.i, posticis roseis, 

 fasciis tribus nigris, ahdomine rubro-purpureo cingulis nigris, dorso cincrco 

 inferni/itis.—{E\p. alar. <? 3 unc. 6 lin.— iunc. 3 lin. ? 4 unc. 2—10 lin. 



Sp. Ligustri. Li7ine. — Don, viii. /)/. 24.8. Stcph. Catal. 



Anterior wings cinerascent, tinged with rosy, the base pale, with a broad dusky 

 fascia extending longitudinally from the thinner margin nearly to the apex, 

 intersected by several deep black lines, placed obliquely on the disc, and bor- 

 dered posteriorly with an undulated black and cinereous line, between which 

 and the hinder margin are two other cinereous streaks on a griseous ground : 

 the posterior wings are rosy, with three black facia;; the basal one pale, short, 

 and placed obHquely, the others deep-coloured, and parallel with the hinder 

 margin : cilia plain griseous, with a rosy tinge : head and sides of the thorax 

 cinereous ; disc of the latter black, posteriorly varied with cinereous : abdomen 

 of a purple red, with black rings, interrupted on the back with cinereous, witli 

 a black longituilinal dorsal line. 

 Caterpillar rugose when young, smooth at the last moult, light green; the 

 lateral streaks purple anteriorly, white posteriorly : horn black above, yellow 

 beneath : stigmata orange : a few days previously to its change the latter are 

 obliterated, and the colour of the body becomes of a dirty rcddish-grccn : it 

 feeds upon the privet ( IJgustrum vulgaris), common and Persian lilac 

 (Syringas vulgaris et persicaj, elder (Savthncus nigra), ash ( Fraxinus 

 excelsor), &c.: the pupa is of a glossy red-brown, with the apex slightly 

 bifid ; the sheath of the proboscis straight, but prominent. 



This beautiful insect is far from uiicominon in the south ot 

 England- I have taken it plentifully in the larva state in gardens 

 at Hertford ami Uii)ley, and have rejieatedly captured the imago at 

 Darenth, about the end of June and begiiniiug of July. - Counuon 

 everywhere in Cambridgeshire."— /?<t'. L. J,w/m. « Near Carlisle." 

 —T.C. Hcijsham, Esq. '^ Hare near York."— H'. C. JlcicUsoti, 

 Esq. " At Kimpton."— 7?a'. C. T. Rndd. 



Sp. 6. Pinastri. Alis cinereis, anticis llncolis trihus confcrtis nigris, aluhmtinc 

 fusco cingulis atris supra alho marginalis, clorsu interruplis.— {E\^. alar. 3 

 unc. 2—5 lin.) 

 Haustell.vpa. Vol.. I. SOrir Ji nk, 1S28. R 



