^ LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY 



curious expanded anal tuft. Their habits, too, are like those 

 of humming birds, as they poise themselves over flowers whilst 

 imbibing the nectar through their outstretched proboscis ; and 

 Mr. Bates, when collecting in South America, several times 

 shot a moth by mistake for a bird. I have quoted his account 

 further on, under the head oi Aellopns fadus. 



GENUS HEMARIS. 

 Sesia, pt. Fabricius, Syst. Ent., p. 547 (1775); Stephens, 111. 



Brit. Ent. Haust., i., p. 134 (1828). 

 Yeinaris, Dalman, Vet. Akad. Handl, Stockh., 1816, p. 207. 



These are bee-like moths, with the body covered with long 

 downy hair. The wrings are transparent except on the dark 

 edges, but have scattered scales on the clear portions on first 

 emerging from the pupa. The moths fly over flowers in the 

 day-time, in open places near woods, and appear in May and 

 June. They are most numerous in North America, but several 

 species are found in Europe and Asia. 



THE BROAD-BORDERED BEE HAWK-MOTH. HEMARIS 



FUCIFORMIS. 



{Plafe XCVL, Fig. i.) 



Sphinx fuciformis, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.), i., p. 493, 



no. 28 (1758) ; id.. Faun. Suec, p. 289 (1761); id., Syst. 



Nat., i. (2), p. 803, no. 28 (1769); Esper, Schmett., ii., 



p. 118, Taf. 14, figs. 2a-c (1779); Hiibner, Eur. Schmett., 



ii., figs. 55. 117 (1803?). 

 Sphinx homhyliformis^ Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur., ii., p. 189 



(1808). 

 Sesia boini'yiiformis^ Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust., i., p. 135 



(1828). 

 Macroglossa lonicercr., vel caprifoiii^ Zeller, Stett, Ent. Zcit., xxx., 



p. 387 (1869). 



