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part of Europe, North Africa, and Northern and Western Asia to the Himalayas, flying over 

 flowers in gardens, &c., during all the fine season. The larva is green or reddish-brown, with a 

 white longitudinal stripe, and a yellowish stripe under the spiracles. It lives on bed-straw in June, 

 and again in autumn. The transformations are figured at PI. 20, Fig. i, a — c. 



2. M. Croatica (Esp.). — Fore-wings green, the hind margins broadly reddish-brown ; hind- 

 wings red. Body olive-green ; abdomen with a broad reddish belt, behind which it is yellow ; 

 anal tuft blackish. Expands nearly i^ inches. It is common in South-Eastern Europe and 

 Asia Minor in June and August. The larva is bright green, speckled with white. There are two 

 darker lines on the back and a pale yellow streak on the sides ; the stigmata are red, bordered 

 with pale yellow ; and the legs and horn are orange. It feeds on scabious in July. The moth is 

 figured at PI. 20, Fig. 2. 



GENUS VIII. — HEMARIS (DALM.). 



Characters of Macroglossa, but the entire discs of the wings are covered with very loose 

 scales on first emerging from the pupa, which are lost almost immediately, when the wings appear 

 transparent, except at the margin.s. The body is covered with loose downy scales, givin^ the 

 insects the appearance of humble-bees, which they also somewhat resemble in colour. They are 

 found in May and June, hovering over flowers in open places in woods, and fly only in the daytime. 

 Their flight is much less rapid than that of Alacroglossa Stellatariun. 



* I. H. Bonibyliforinis (Ochs.), {Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth). — Wings nearly transparent ; 

 the hind margins broadly and the costa of the fore-wings narrowly bordered with reddish- 

 brown ; the discoidal cell of the fore-wings divided by a nervure, and with an oval dark spot 

 at the extremity. The body is yellowish-olive, and there is a broad reddish-brown belt on 

 the abdomen. Expands about if inches. Common throughout Europe, except the extreme 

 north and south, and in Northern and Western Asia. It is particularly fond of the flowers of 

 the elder and the meadow sage. The larva is pale green, with two yellow lines on the back, 

 and a curved horn. It feeds on honeysuckle in July and August. The transformations are 

 figured at PL 20, Fig. 3, a — c. 



* 2. H. Fuciformis (Linn.), {Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-motk). — Very like the last species, 

 but a little smaller, with narrower brownish-black borders, the base greenish, the discoidal cell of 

 the fore-wings not divided by a nervure, and with no spot at the extremity. The body is darker, 

 and the abdomen has a black belt. It is found in open places at the blossoms of wild sage, 

 &c. ; and is as widely distributed as the last species. The larva is bluish-green, with two 

 white lines, and the horn nearly straight. It lives on scabious in July and August. The moth 

 is figured at PI. 20, Fig. 4. 



FAMILY II.— THYRIDID^. 



Small moths with stout bodies ; the wings short and triangular, with transparent spots ; the 

 hind margins waved. Eyes naked ; antennse simple, very slightly thickened in the middle, and 

 with a thickened basal joint. Palpi short, with the last joint pointed ; proboscis strong ; front 

 tibiae with a leaf-like appendage; hind tibise with four spurs. All the nervures separated; the fore- 

 wings with twelve nervures, ner\'ule i angulated towards the base. Larvae with sixteen legs, thick, 

 with warty processes and scattered hairs on the back. They live in leaves rolled into a funnel- 

 shape, and change to pupjE in a slight cocoon. The moths fly over flowers in the daytime, and 

 are very active. When at rest, they hold the fore-wings half erected. The few species known are 



