, SPHINGID^. 5 J 



men of D. daldii, Hub., an inhabitant of Sardinia and Corsica ; 

 and from that of the late Mr. B. Brown, a specimen of 

 D. Jiippophaes, Esp., a local species in Southern and Eastern 

 Europe, labelled " Devonshire." There is no reason to sup- 

 pose that either species has voluntarily made its appearance 

 in these islands. 



Genus 5. CHiEROCAMPA. 



Antennae straight, of moderate length and rather slender, 

 terminal bristle slightly recurved ; in the male furnished with 

 short pectinations. Fore wings long and pointed, sharply 

 cut, with the hind margin rather rounded and often slightly 

 concave below the apex, and the dorsal margin hollowed 

 before the anal angle. Hind wings short and having a projec- 

 tion at the anal angle. Thorax stout and rounded ; abdomen 

 stout, smooth, either short and tapering suddenly to a point, 

 or long and regularly tapering. 



Larv^ smooth, with strongly retractile anterior segments, 

 which are narrowed rapidly towards the head ; conspicuous 

 ocellated spots on the fourth, or fifth and sixth, segments ; 

 horn of the twelfth segment usually present, but sometimes 

 short or even absent. 



Pup^ thin-skinned and delicate, not stout. Either sub- 

 terranean or in a loose cocoon, among rubbish, on the surface 

 of the ground. 



1. C. celerio, L. Expanse 3 to 3^ inches. 



Fore wings light brown with a longitudinal silvery stripe 

 and silvery dashes ; hind wings pink with black nervures and 

 a black stripe ; abdomen slenderly white-striped. 



Antennae whitish above, light brown beneath. Head and 

 thorax olive-brown, with a dusky white stripe above the eyes, 

 continued along each side of the thorax, where it broadens,' 

 but at the base of the fore wings becomes narrow and silvery- 

 white to the base of the abdomen ; above it on the thorax is 

 a slender pale- golden stripe on each side ; and in the middle 



