J59 



SHARP-WINGED HA^VK-MOTH 



Metopsilus 

 PLATE X. 



Sphinx Celerio, Linn. ; Donovan, vi. PI. 190 and 191 __ Peile- 

 phila Celerio, Stepliens. 



EXPANSION of the wings two inches eight lines IP 

 the male, about three inches in the female; the 

 upper wings greyish inclining to brown, marked 

 with black lines and a few whitish streaks, and 

 having a white band commencing at the inner 

 margin near the base and terminating in a point at 

 the apex ; the outer margin is pale grey, and there 

 is a small black spot on the disk near the centre. 

 The surface of the hinder wings is deep rose-colour 

 at the base, the rest greyish slightly tinged with 

 red, with two oblique black bands, between which 

 the nervures are black ; the hinder margin pale- 

 grey. The body is brownish on the back, with two 

 white streaks from the anterior part of the head 

 along each side of the thorax ; the latter with two 

 additional longitudinal stripes of yellow towards the 

 middle; the abdjmen having a silvery white line 



