38 Mr. Children's Abstract of the Characters of 



generally of lively colours ; the anterior segments inca- 

 pable of being withdrawn or expanded ; or, without la- 

 teral spots, colours dull, the anterior portion of the body 

 capable of elongation, and with lateral ocelli : pupa 

 smooth, sheath of the maxillae not exserted : changes in 

 a loose leafy cell on the ground ; or, subterranean. 

 (Steph.) 

 Mr. Stephens divides this genus into two sections : 



A. " Anterior 'wings not subfalcate, hinder margin rounded 



towards the apex : abdoinen transversely banded : an- 

 tennce distinctly clavate. Larva maculated; anterior 

 segments not reti'actile : caudal horn rugose : pupa su- 

 perficially buried." 



B. '^Anterior wings very acute, subfalcate, the hinder mar- 



gin having an emargination towards the apex : abdomen 

 longitudinally striated: aw^^wn^ obscurely clavate. Larvae 

 not spotted, some of the anterior segments with a single 

 large ocellus on each, and retractile ; caudal horn smooth, 

 sometimes nearly obliterated : pupa enclosed in a cocoon 

 of leaves on the ground." — Ulust. Brit. Ent. I. pp. 124-. 

 and 128. 



Fam. a. SpJu7iges caudacutce — LarvcB ophthalmicce. 

 Species. Icon. 



1. D. Nerii, Linn Ernst, III. PL CIV. f. 153. a— f. 



2. — Cclerio, Linn.* ... Ernst, III. PI. CX. f. 157. a— e. 



3. — Elpeiwr, Linn.*... Ernst, III. Pl.CXII. f. 160.a— g. 



4. — Porcellus, Linn.*. Ernst,III.Pl.CXin. f.l61. a— i, 



Fam. B. Sphinges semifasciata; — Larvce macidata;. 



5. D. Lineata, Fab.f . . Ernst, III. PI. CX. f. 158. a— c. 



PI. CXI. f. 158. d. e.— Steph. 

 PI. XIL f. 1. 



6. — Gain, HUbn.f ... Ernst, III. PI. CIX. f. 156. a— f. 



Steph. PI. XII. f. 2. 



7. — Hippophaes, Esp. Hiibn. Sphing. Tab. 22. f. 109. 



(foem.) 



8. _ 'Niccea, De Prun-\ Hiibn. Sphing. Tab. 24. f. 115. 



ner j (foem.) 



9. — ^M/VzorZi/^jLinn.t Ernst, III. PI. CVII. f. 155. a— f. 



Curtis, I. PI. III. 



10. — Zygophi/Ui,Uoffm. HUbn. Sphing. Tab. 27. f. 125. 



(mas.) 



11. — Vespertilio, Fab. . Ernst, III. PI. CXI. f. 159. a— d. 



* Sect. B.—Slcph. I. c. t Sect, k.— Steph. I. c. 



Genus 26. 



