292 INSECTS. 



I. Sphingina. 



Larvae 16 legs. 



Family 1. Zygoenidae. 



Colours green and brown, or green and 



red. 



Larvae fat, tailless. 

 Ex. Forester Barnet Moth. 



Family 2. Sphingidae. 



Moth large. If in. to 5 in. 

 Larvae generally with horny tail. 

 Ex. Eyed Hawk Moth ; Death's-head. 



Family 8. Sesiidae. 



Wings short and broad (in Sesia clear) ; 



body thick. 

 Larvae tailed. 



Ex. Humming Bird Hawk Moth. 

 Bee Hawk Moth. 



Family 4. Egeriidae. 



Wings long and narrow, clear ; body long. 

 Larvae not tailed. 

 Ex. Gnat-like Trochilium. 

 ** Antennae tapering from base to tip. 

 a. Body stout. 



II. Bombycina. 



Fore- wings broad ; body blunt at tip. 



Family 1. Hepialidae. 



Ex. The Swifts; Ghost Moth, tyc. 

 Family 2. Zeuzeridaa. 



Ex. Wood- Leopard ; Goat- Moth. 



