62 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



This family includes the Forester and Burnet 

 Sphinges. We have 7 British species. 



2. SPHINGID^E. Imago with the antennae slightly 

 thickened in the middle, generally terminating in a 

 hooked bristle ; wings large, clothed with scales ; 

 anterior wings elongate and pointed, or with the hind 

 margin indented. Larva firm, naked, generally with a 

 horn on the back of the twelfth segment. Pupa sub- 

 terranean. 



This family includes all the large showy Hawk 

 Moths, such as the Death's Head, the Ocellated, and the 

 Privet Sphinx. We have 14 British species. 



3. SESIID^E. Imago with the antennae much thickened 

 beyond the middle, terminating in a hooked bristle ; 

 wings short and comparatively broad ; abdomen thick, 

 with a broad tuft at the tip. Larva smooth, elongate, 

 with a horn on the back of the twelfth segment. Pupa 

 on the ground amongst leaves. 



This family includes the Humming-bird Hawk Moth 

 and the Bee Sphinges. We have only 3 British species. 



4. JEGERIIDJE. Imago with the antennas slightly 

 thickened beyond the middle ; wings narrow, elongate, 

 transparent, only the margins and a central blotch being- 

 clothed with scales ; abdomen rather long. Larva smooth, 

 whitish (with no horn), feeding within the stems or roots 

 of trees and shrubs, and changing therein to a pupa. 



Of this family of the small clear-winged Sphinges we 

 have 14 British species. 



In the BOMBYCINA we have 12 families, represented 

 here : 



1. HEPIALIXLE. Imago with the antennae extremely 

 short, shorter than the thorax ; wings distant at the base, 

 elongate and somewhat lanceolate. Larva elongate, 



