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Sp. 3. atrocaudatus. Testaceus, capite rufo picto, thorace nigro, linea ante alas 

 scutelloque Jlavis, abdominis segmentis 1-4 rujis, 5-7 nigris, pedibus testaceis, 

 femoribus posticis macula nigra ; antennis nigris, basin versus riifis. (Long. 

 Corp. 8 — 10 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 15 — 20 lin.) 



Ic. nigricaudatus. Marsham MS. — Steph. Catal. 349. No. 4421. 



Testaceous : head with the inner and vertical orbits red, face yellow ; antennae 

 of the male porrect, rusty beneath, the 2 basal joints blackish, the 5 or 6 

 following rusty, and the remainder black above ; of the female curved, the 

 first 20 joints above and beneath tawny-red, the remainder black above, 

 rusty beneath ; thorax black, with a broad line before the wings and a short 

 one beneath yellow; scutellum also yellow; abdomen with the 4 basal seg- 

 ments red, the 4th sometimes with a large black patch, rounded anteriorly 

 on the middle of the hinder margin, having the angles above red, 5th to 7th 

 black ; legs pale testaceous, coxae paler, or slightly spotted with black 

 beneath ; wings somewhat tawny-hyaline ; cellule 3-angular. 



Like the foregoing this species is variable. 



Larva inhabits that of Sphinx Ligustri. 



Less abundant than the last : it frequents gardens, v/oods, &c. in 



June and July. 



Sp. 4. Atropos. Capite, thoraceque nigro rufoque pictis, scutello et linea ante alas 

 Jlavis, abdominis segmentis 1-3 rufo testaceis, 4-7 atris, pedibus testaceis, 

 femoribus posticis apice macula nigra, antennis versus basin rufis. (Long. 

 Corp. 12—15 lin.; Exp. Alar. 18—22 lin.) 



Ich. Atropos. Cu7-tis, v. v. pi. 234. — Steph. Catal. 349. N'o. 4442. 



Head red; eyes, ocelli and occiput, black; face and mouth yellow; antennae 

 of the male nearly as long as the body, porrect ; of the female shorter and 

 curved ; in both sexes pale ochreous-red at the base, the apex black, rusty 

 beneath ; thorax black, sometimes with a reddish central patch or 2 longi- 

 tudinal reddish lines, and always with a line before and a short one beneath 

 the wings yellow; scutellum yellow, generally with a reddish line beneath; 

 metathoi-ax generally with 2 large tawny spots; abdomen tawny-red, with 

 the 3 basal segments tawny-red, the remainder deep shining black, the basal 

 angles of the 4th at times reddish ; legs pale testaceous, coxae and trochan- 

 ters paler, the anterior ones sometimes v.'ith a black spot beneath, and the 

 hinder femora with a black spot at the apex ; wings bright testaceous-yellow- 

 hyaline, the tip fuscous ; cellule 3-angular. 



Also, like its congeners, variable. 



Larva subsists on that of Acherontia Atropos and Sphinx Ligustri. 



Also found in June and July, in woods, &c. within the metropolitan 



district ; not very uncommon. 



Sp. 5. flavatorius. Testaceus, abdominis apice, genicidis posticis maculisque dor- 

 salibus thoracis nigris; foemina antennarum annuh pallido. (Long. corp. 

 7—10 lin.; Exp. Alar. 14—18 lin.) 



