LEPIDOPTERA. 189 
Finally, those in which the antennz are similar to those of the 
Agariste, but where the palpi are shorter, wide, and cylindrical, 
form the 
CastTniA, Fab. 
All the species belong to the eastern continent(1). 
Those of our second section, or the SpuincripEs, always have the 
antenne terminated by a little flake of scales; the inferior palpi broad, 
or compressed transversely, densely covered with scales, and the 
third joint usually indistinct. 
Most of the caterpillars have an elongated, smooth body, thickest 
at the posterior extremity, which is furnished with a horn, and its 
sides striped obliquely or longitudinally. They live on leaves, and 
are metamorphosed in the earth without spinning a cocoon. 
SPHINX proper. 
Where the antennz, commencing from the middle, form a pris- 
matic club, simply ciliated, or transversely striated on one side in 
the manner of arasp. They have a very distinct proboscis and fly 
with great velocity, hovering over flowers with a humming noise. 
In the chrysalides of some species the sheath of the proboscis pro- 
jects in the manner of a snout(2). 
S. euphorbiz, L.; Rees., Insect., I, cl., 1, Pap. Noct., III. Su- 
perior surface of the upper wings reddish-grey, with three green 
spots and a broad band of the same colour; that of the lower 
wings red, with a black band anda white spot. Antenne white. 
The body olive-green above; abdomen conical, sharply pointed, 
and without a terminal brush. 
The caterpillar is black, with yellow spots and points; a line 
along the back, tail and feet red. 
S. Atropos; L.3; Res., Insect. III, 1. Superior wings varie- 
gated with deep and yellowish-brown, and light-yellowish; infe- 
rior wings yellow, with two brown bands; a yellowish spot with 
two black dots on the thorax; abdomen yellowish, with black 
annuli, and without a terminal brush. This is the largest spe- 
(1) See Encyc. Méthod., Ibid., and the already quoted Monograph of Dalman. 
(2) Curving downwards, and the extremity laid on the pectus resembling the 
handle of a vase. Am. Ed. 
