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SESIA BOAIBYLIFOIIMIS. 



Narrow-bordered Bee Sesia. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Sphingidai Lat. 



Type of the Genus Sphinx fuciformis Linn. 



Sesia Fab. Sphinx Linn., Fab., Lat., Have. 



AntenuiE composed of many joints, with the club prismatic, 

 slightly hooked, terminated at the apex by an oblique, slender 

 style of two joints ; those of the male ciliated beneath (1. the 

 terminal joints), of the female more cylindric, simple. (2.) 

 Labrinn and 1 . . , i . ^i i 

 Mandibles S ^"'^'^^^"'^ ^« ^'^^ "^^1^""'- 

 Maxilla; very long and spiral. 



Palpi 2, meeting over the maxillcB (7.) ; projecting a little be- 

 yond the head, completely covered with hairy scales (4.) ; 3-joint- 

 ed, first joint short, second long, robust, curved upward, third 

 very minute (4. a.) 



Abdomen hairy, with the apex bearded. Wings more or less transpa- 

 rent, horizontal or dejlexed in repose ; with a hook or catch at the 

 exterior edge of the lower wings to retain those above. 



Caterpillars with G pectoral, 8 abdominal, and 2 anal feet, uiih an 

 elevated horn at the extremity of the abdomen. 



BoJiBYLiFORMis Espcr Scluiiet. 2. t. 23. f. 2. Fab. Ent. Syst. t. 3. 

 pars 1. /). 382. n. 12. Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 68. n. 16. 

 Golden green, 2d and 3d segments of abdomen nearly black, 

 most intense on the sides ; 4th and 5th bright orange : beard to 

 the abdomen black, orange in the centre. Wings transparent, 

 iridescent, the superior with the costa, posterior margin, and the 

 base extending along the interior margin brown ; inferior with 

 the abdominal margin and a narrow limbria also brown : beneath 

 pale yellow and black. Antennae cyaneous. Tarsi fuscous. 



Li the Author's and other Cabinets. 



The beautiful transparent wings of this Geniis at once distin- 

 guish it from Macroglossiim, to w inch it is most nearly allied ; 

 whilst the ovate and hairy abdomens and sphinx-like form 

 (as well as the tailed Caterpillars) are sulficiently obvious 

 characters to separate it from CEgcria. 



S. bombijIJJormis may be easily tlistinguished from the more 



