iO LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



The moth is common in Europe, North Africa, and 

 Northern and Western Asia, though more abundant in some 

 ye^rs than in others. There is a succession of broods 

 throughout the fine season. It appears that the moth may be 

 conveyed from place to place by shipping, though probably 

 not to any great distance ; for Alpheraky records that during 

 the voyage of the Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovitch from 

 Cadiz to Teneriffe, two specimens of Macroglossa stellatarum 

 were seen flying about the deck of the steamer for the first two 

 days of the passage. It has also been observed to fly on 

 board ships at some distance from land. 



GENUS AELLOPUS. 

 AcUopos, Hiibner, Verz. bek, Schmett. p. 131 (1822 ?). 



This is a rather small genus, allied to Macroglossa, which 

 is found in South America, the West Indies, and Tropical 

 Africa. The wings are rather longer than in Macroglossa ; 

 the fore-wings are often marked with a few small transparent 

 spots towards the tip, and there is a white or bluish-white 

 belt on the abdomen, but no reddish or yellowish markings 

 on the hind-wings. 



The type of the genus is A. fadus (Cramer), which is 

 common in South America. 



AELLOPUS FADUS. 



Sphinx fadus, Cramer, Pap. Exot., i., pi. 61, fig. C (1775). 

 Sphinx titan, Cramer, I.e., ii., pi. 142, fig. F. (1777). 

 Macroglossa titan, Bates, Nat. Amazons, i., pp. 181-183, cum 

 fig. (1863) ; Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lepid. Heter. i., p. ^iS'^ 



(>S75). 

 Macroglossian annulcsum, Swainson, Zool. Ill, iii., pi. 132, 

 fig. I (1823). 



