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Larva. Hiih. Gescli. Sphin. 1. Pap. B.C. I.e. — Curtis^ B.E. 

 ut supra. — Don. Brit. Ins. ut supra. 

 Apparently more generally diffused than tlie last species, 

 appearing two or three weeks later. Gibside ; on the sea- 

 banks at Tynemouth, Marsden, Whitley, Seaton Sluice, and 

 Castle Eden. ShuU, Seaton Carew, &c. — Wm. Backhouse^ Esq. 

 Darlington. — Mr. Sang. Sea-banks, Ryhope Point. — E. Back- 

 house^ Jun.j Esq.., who has shown me a beautiful variety cap- 

 tured, rarely, there, in which the red of the spots on the upper 

 wings, and the entire under wings, except the usual margin, is 

 replaced by a bright orange yellow. " Tvvizell." — P. J. Selby^ 

 Esq. — Ornsby's Durham. "Not unfrequent on plants in hedges 

 in the months of June and July. Very common on the bents 

 at Seaton Snook." — J. Hogg., Esq. 



Family 2. SPHINGID^, Leach. 



24. Smerinthus, Latr, 



1. S. OcELLATUs, Linn. 



Sphinx Ocellatus, Linn. S. Nat. ii. 796. — Don. Brit. Ins. 



viii. 47, jyl. 26d.— Woocl Ind. Ent. t. 4,/ 7. Sph. Sa- 



licis, Hub. Sphin. 73. Smerinthus Ocellatus, Steph. 



Illust. Haust. i. 112. — Curt. B. E. xi. «. 482. — Staint. 



Man. i. 87. 

 Larva. Hiib. Gesch. Sphin. III. Leg. D. a. 2, and D. a. b. 



1. — Dup. Icon. ii. Crepus.pl. 1 . f. 1. — Don. Brit. Ins. ut 



supra. — Curt. B. E. ut supra. 

 Once near Darlington. — Mr. Sang. Far from rare in York- 

 shire. 



2. S. PopuLi, Linn. 



Sphinx Populi, Linn. S. Nat. ii. 797. — Hub. Sphin. 74. — 

 Don. Brit. Ins. vii. 67, pi. 241. — Wood Ind. Ent. t. 4, 

 f. 9. Smerinthus Populi, Steph. Illust. Haust. i. 112. — 

 Staint. Man. i. 87. 



Larva. Hub. Gesch. Sphin. III. Leg. D. a. 1, and D. a. b. 

 2. — Dup. Icon. ii. Crepus. pi. 7, / 2. — Don. Brit. Ins. ut 

 supra. 



