FAMILY SPIIINGIDiE. 221 



SmKRINTHUS ASTYLIS. ( PlatC Xl, fig. 1.) 



Smeiuntius ( Latreillo). Sphinx asttlus ( Drurj). 

 llwul, thorax and abdomen nisty sray-brown. Wings cinnamon-brown : anterior, orna- 

 mented upon tlieir outer margin by three curved yel!o\vi>h stripes, situated between 

 brown stripes ; margin brown : i>osterior wiugs reddish or cinnamon at tlie bases, and 

 marked centrally by a round black spot, the centre of which is yellow. This spot is 

 placed upon an oblique yellowish belt running from the base to the lower and outer 

 angle of the wing. Under side : Breast, abdomen and wings cinnamon-brown, and 

 marked as upon the upi)er side ; legs black : black spots absent. Expanse of wing, 

 2 A inches. 



Genus SESIA. 



In this genus of the sphinges, the antennae are gradually thickened towards their ends, 

 and terminate in a minute feathered style. 



Sesia pelascus (Cramer). ( Plate xx.vii, fig. 9.) 



Color brown, with all the wings transparent in the middle, terminated with a plain brown 

 border. Antennae brown, if viewed from their tips towards their base ; steel-blue or 

 blue-black, if viewed from their base towards their tips : breast and underside of 

 the palpi cream-white : legs and tarsi brownish. Above, the thorax is clothed with 

 olive-colored hairs. Base of the hindwings purplish brown : two first segments or 

 rings of the abdomen light purple-brown ; third and fourth, deep purple-brown ; 

 fifth and sixth, purplish upon the top, lighter upon the sides terminating in tufts, 

 purplish brown in the middle and black outside : the fifth and sixth segments have 

 one side or patch of yellowish hairs. Beneath, abdomen brown. 



Sesia ficiformis? (Abbot & Smith). (Plate xxxii, fig. 10.) 



Wings with large transpiarent discs, trimmed upon the margins with dusky brown or 

 nearly black, with apical area rusty red. Antennae black above, brown below. Thorax 

 and breast with the palpi clothed with pale yellow hairs, and marked by a black 

 Etripe running from the insertion of the forelegs through the eyes. Four first segments 

 of the abdomen black, with steel-blue reflections where the scales are thin ; sixth 

 and seventh clothed laterally with a patch of yellowish hairs : the terminal tufts are 

 mostly black, with l>rc>wnish yellow hairs upon the middle. Expands two inches. 

 Less common hexe than the tbregoing. 



