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species of willow herb {Epilobium). The larva is dark bluish- 

 grey, varied with black, with pale rosy^white belly and sides, 

 red stigmata, and flesh-coloured pro-legs. Instead of a horn 

 there is a shining round plate, marked with a black pupil, in 

 a red or orange-yellow ring. It appears in July and August, 

 and hides itself under stones during the day. The moth 

 emerges in the June of the following year, and flies in the 

 evening. 



One or two of the smallest species of true Sphingidce known 

 have been referred to this genus, such as P. gorgo?iiades 

 (Hiibner), which has grey fore-wings, varied with brown, and 

 brownish hind-wings, with several obscure greyish lines. It 

 is found in South Russia, and is very rare in collections. It 

 expands one inch and a quarter. Another brown species, 

 found in Natal, P. naiium (Walker), measures scarcely an 

 inch in expanse. Some of the larger South American species 

 of the sub-family, Macroglossi7tce^ belonging to the genus 

 Calliofjuna (Walker), measure two or three inches across the 

 wings, which are brown or fawn-colour, with a silvery spot in 

 the middle of the fore-wings. 



GENUS EULOPHURA. 



E^dophiira^ Holland, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, xvi., p. 58 

 (1889). 

 Head small, slightly retracted under the pro-thorax. Eyes 

 of moderate size. Antennae less than half the length of 

 the fore-wings, slender, and with a very short hook at the 

 extremity, and palpi densely clothed with silky scales, 

 sub-conic, appressed, moderately produced. Thorax densely 

 covered with a smooth silky vesture ; patagiai inconspicuous. 

 Abdomen short, somewhat flattened on the ventral aspect, and 

 in the male provided with a broad fan-shaped anal tuft. 

 Fore-wings deeply excised on the external, and sinuate on the 



