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LEPIDOPTEEA, 



Division II.— HETEROCERA. 



AnUnncB terminated tvith a point, never ivith a distinct club ; 

 in other respects of very various structures. 



Group 1. SPHINGIXA. 



Antennas distinctly thickened beyond the middle, slender 

 at the base, attenuated at the apex. 



In other respects divided into three widely divergent 

 families. 



Family 1. SPHINGIDJE. 



Imago with antenna) robust, strongly thickened beyond 

 the middle, frequently with a recurved bristle or jointed 

 spike at the apex. Fore wings stout and strong, elongated, 

 pointed, with the hind margin waved, indented, or gracefully 

 curved. Hind wings thinner in texture, rather short and 

 broad. 



Larvae naked, solid, smooth, or shagreened with minute 

 raised dots, generally with either bright coloured stripes or 

 ocellated spots on the sides, and in most cases with a horn 

 on the twelfth segment. 



Pupae rounded, usually smooth and without angles or 

 external limbs, but in some cases with a projecting sheath 

 in which the long tongue or sucking trunk is developed. 



The larvfe in this group are so handsome, so striking in 

 appearance, and in most cases so much more readily met 



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