66 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Yarmouth, in 1872 ; two in 1873, one of them at Ascot, Berks, 

 the other at Crieff, Scotland; one at Lewes, Sussex, in a 

 garden, in 1874 ; one at Hemel-Hempstead in 187G (now in 

 the collection of Mr. G. T. Porritt, and obligingly lent for the 

 purposes of this work); one each at Eastbourne, Sussex, 

 Blandford, Dorset, and Tottenham, Middlesex, in 1884; one 

 at Hartlepool in 1885; another at Brighton in 1886; one 

 settled upon a railway at Poplar, London, in 1888 ; and one, 

 which had been seen for several successive evenings, was 

 captured flying about honeysuckle at Dartmouth, Devon, in 

 1890. 



Stated by Kirby to be a rare species in Central Europe, 

 and only a casual visitor north of the Alps. More common 

 in Southern Europe, and throughout Africa, with Mauritius 

 and the Canaiy Isles; also in India and other parts of 

 Southern Asia. 



Genus 6. MACROGLOSSA. 



Antennae long ; straight, robust, and very stout beyond 

 the middle ; apex with a distinctly recurved point ; pectina- 

 tions in the male very indistinct or confined to two widely 

 separated rows of extremely short bristles. Fore wings 

 broad and short, with oblique rounded hind margin ; hind 

 wings short, with a slight projection at the anal angle. 

 Thorax and abdomen very broad and stout, the latter with 

 broad apical and lateral tufts of scales. 



LARViE smooth, with lateral stripes and a distinct horn. 



PuPiE usually subterranean. 



1. M. stellatarum, L. Expanse, 2 inches. 



Fore wings dark grey, with black lines ; hind wings tawny ; 

 abdomen with black and white lateral tufts. 



Antenna?, dark grey, very thick towards the apex, narrow- 

 ing off rapidly, and provided with a short recurved point. 

 Head large and prominent, with densely tufted palpi, dark 



