1- LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



very much like a bird's tail. But, of course, all these points 

 of resemblance are merely superficial. The negroes and 

 Indians tried to convince me that the two were the same 

 species. ' Look at their feathers,' they said ; ' their eyes are the 

 same, and so are their tails.' This belief is so deeply rooted 

 that it was useless to reason with them on the subject. The 

 Macroglossa moths are found in most countries, and have 

 everywhere the same habits ; one well-known species is found 

 in England. Mr. Gould relates that he once had a stormy 

 altercation with an English gentleman, who affirmed that 

 humming-birds were found in England, for he had seen one 

 flying in Devonshire, meaning thereby the moth Macroglossa 

 stellafantiiL The analogy between the two creatures has been 

 brought about probably by the similarity of their habits, there 

 being no indication of the one having been adapted in outward 

 appearance with reference to the other." 



GENUS PERTGONIA. 



Pcrigouia, Herrich-Schaffer, Aussereurop. Schmett., i., p. 59 

 (1855) ; Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus., viii., p. 100 



(1856). 



This genus resembles Macroglossa in colouring, but the 

 species are larger, the antenna are more slender, and the hind 

 margin of the fore-wings is slightly angulated in the middle 

 and below the tip, and the hind margin of the hind-wings is 

 slightly denticulated. The types of the genus are found in 

 tropical America. 



PERIGONL\ GLAUCESCENS. 



[Plate XCVII., Fill: I.) 



Perigoiiia glauccscciis, Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus., 

 viii., |). 103, no. 5 (1856). 



