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white ; the remainder being black, with four white spots on each side ; that next the anus being the 

 smallest. Wings as on the upper side ; except the anterior, which have a yellowish border running along 

 the posterior edges. 



The extremity of the body of the male is furnished with a villose tail, as long as the 

 body. 



AGLAOPE PLUMIPES. 



Plate XXVII. fig. 3. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Crepugcularia ? Family: ^SJgeriidse, Steph. 



GENU.S. Aglaope, Latr. Spliinx, Drury. 



Aglaope Plumipes. Nigricans, thorace inaculis abdomineque fasciis albis, alis immaculatis, tibiis posticis 



plumosis. (Expans. Alar. I unc. 9 lin.) 

 SvN. Sphinx plumipcs, Dniry, App. vol. 2. 

 Habitat: Bay of Honduras. 



Upper Side. Antenna; black, but whitish at the tips ; being thickest in the middle. Head black, 

 with a white spot in front between the antennsE. Neck black, with three white spots on it. Thorax 

 black, with several white spots thereon. Abdomen black, with several narrow white rings. Wings 

 dark brown, immaculate. 



Under Side. Palpi white. Tongue spiral. Breast black, spotted with white on its sides. Abdomen 

 black, having one broad white ring on it, and several narrow ones. Legs long and black. Thighs white. 

 Hinder legs furnished with tufts of hairs of a black colour, placed in such manner as to resemble 

 the shaft of an arrow ; the legs, above and below these tufts, being white. Wings coloured as on the 

 upper side. 



DEILEPHILA ALECTO. 



Plate XXVII. fig. 4. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Crepuspularia. Family: Splungidse, Leach. 

 Gends. Deilephila, Ochs. Spectrum p. Scop. Sphinx p. Zinn. 



Deilephila Aleoto. Alls anticis griseis, strigis nonnuUis obliquis apicalibus obscurioribus ; posticis rubris basi 



margineque atris. (Expans. Alar. 3 uuc. 9 lin.) 

 Syn. Sphinx Alecto, Zinn. Syst. Nat. 2. 802. No. 20. Cramer, tab. 137. Jig. D. Fnbr. Ent. Si/st. III. 1. 



376. No. 59. Gmel. Zinn. S. N. 2384. 20. 



Habitat : Madras. 



Upper Side. Antennae white above, brown underneath; hooked at the extremities. Head and 

 thorax olive brown, with a white stripe running on each side from the front to the shoulders. Abdo- 

 men greyish brown ; having a black spot on each side, near the thorax. Anterior wings soft olive brown ; 

 having a dark line running from the tips to the posterior edges, near the middle. Posterior wings, next 

 the shoulders, black ; the remainder being red, except the abdominal edges and corners, which are cream- 

 coloured ; and a brown margin running along the external edges. 



Under Side. Breast, sides, legs, and abdomen yellowish clay-coloured. Wings dark orange, mar- 

 gined with faint brown. 



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