DEILEPHILA NESSUS. 



Plate XXVII. fig. 1. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Crepuscularia. Family: Sphingidae, ieaeft. 



Genus. Dbilephila, Ocfis. Spectrum p. Scop. Sphinx p. Linn. 



Deilephila Nessus. Alis anticis cinerascentibus apice extemo albido, posticis nigris fascia fulva, abdominis 



lateribus fulvis. (Expans. Alar, fere 5 unc.) 

 Syn. Sphinx Nessus, Drury, App. vol. 2. Cramer Ins. tab. 2^6. fg. D. 

 Sphinx equestris, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. 1. 365. No. 29. 



Habitat : Madras. 



Ujjjier Side. Antennae white above, and brown beneath. Head, neck, and thorax oHve brown, 

 with an ash-coloured streak running on each side thereof. Abdomen, next the thorax, vei-y dark, from 

 whence a brown list runs along the upper part to the extremity ; the sides being of a golden yellow. 

 Anterior wings dark green next the shoulders, softening to a nut brown as it runs along the anterior 

 edges ; the tips cream-coloured, from whence run two faint lines to the middle of the posterior edges ; 

 and also a lightish bar running in the same direction. Along the external edges they are of a delicate, 

 soft, nut brown colour, and near the middle of each is a small black spot, placed near the anterior edge. 

 Posterior wings black next the body, but nut brown along the external edges (about half way) : the 

 abdominal corners and adjoining parts being cream colour, as are the cilia and anterior edges. 



Under Side. Breast, sides, and abdomen deep golden yellow ; the middle of which and the legs are 

 ash-coloui-ed. Wings deep yellow. The anterior, next the body, greenish black, and cream-coloured 

 next the tips. The posterior having several faint, dark, and undulated lines crossing them from the 

 anterior to the abdominal edges. 



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GLAUCOPIS COARCTATA ?. 



Plate XXVII. fig. 2. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Crepuscularia? Family: ^geriifias, Steph. 



Genus. Glaucopis, Fabricius. (Syst. Gloss.) Zygtena, Fabi: olim. Sphinx p. Drury. 



Glaucopis Coarctata. Alis flavo-hyalinis, marginibus maculaque anticarum fuscis, abdomine basi eoarctato, 

 maculis aureo-cceruleseentibus. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 liu.) 



Syn. Sphinx coarctata, Drury, App. vol, 2. Cramer Ins. tab. i.f. F. G. 



Zygsena caudata, Fahr. But. Syst. 111. I. ;;. 403. No. 58. Gmel. Linn. S. N. 2398. It7. Pallas Spicel. 

 Zool. \.tab. 2. Jig. 6. <?. 



Habitat : Bay of Honduras (Drury). " In America meridionali" (Fabr.). 



Upper Side. Antennae pectinated, and thickest in the middle. Head black, with a blue spot in 

 front. Neck blue. Thorax black, with an orange spot on each shoulder. Abdomen black ; smallest 

 next the thorax, with a row of golden blue spots on each side, and another at top ; at the extremity is 

 placed a hairy bristle, about a quarter the length of the abdomen. Wings yellowish, and transparent. 

 The anterior having a black narrow border running round all their edges, except the anterior ones ; and 

 in the middle of each is an oblong black spot, joining to the anterior edge, which reaches almost half across 

 the wing. Posterior wings with a black border along the abdominal edges and the upper comers ; the 

 anterior and external edges having none. 



Under Side. Palpi externally white, but internally black. Tongue curled up. Breast black, the 

 sides being blue. Legs black. Thighs white within, and blue without. Abdomen, next the thorax, 



