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PLATE CCCLXXXIV. 



SPHINX ASILIFORMIS. 



CLEAR UNDER-WTNG HAWK-MOTH. 

 LEPIDOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae fomewhat prifm-formed, and thickelt in the middle : 

 tongue moft commonly exferted : feelers two : wings deflected. 



* Section Selia ; zoings entire : tail bearded : palpi two, re- 

 flected : tongue exferted, and truncated : antenna cylindrical. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Anterior wings fufcous, pofterior ones tranfparent : abdomen 

 bearded,, black, with three yellow bands. 



Sesia Asiliformis: alis anticis fufcis: poiticis feneftratis, ab- 

 domine barbato atro : cingulis tribus flavis. Fabr. 

 Ent.Sijfi. T. 3. p. 1.383. 16. 



Sesia Asiliformis. Wien Schmetterl app. 305. 



Sphinx Sesia: alis primoribus fufcis, pofterioribus feneftratis, ab- 

 domine atro : cingulis tribus flavis. Gmel. Linn. 



S'j/L Nat. 2389- jp- 102. 



Sphinx Tabaniformis. Naturf.7. 110.4. 

 Sphinx Asiliformis. Turt. Syft. Nat. 3. p. 181. 

 Sphinx Asiliformis. Haw. Lep. Brit. 69. p. 19« 



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