320 BEUTENMULLER, MONOGRAPH OF THE SESIID^E. 



1794. Rossi, Peter. Mantissa Insectorum, Exhibens Species Nuper in Etruria, etc. Tom. II, 



Pisa, 1794. 

 Descriptions and records of Sphinx (= Agerid) apiformis (p. 15) and Sphinx (= Sesia) tipuliformis (p. 16) 

 from Etruria. [46] 



1796. Hubner, Jacob. Europaische Schmetterlinge, Zweite Horde. Die Schwarmer, etc., Augs- 

 burg, 1796. 

 Description and figure of Ageria apiformis, wrongly determined as Sphinx crabroniformis (p. 23, pi. viii, 

 fig. 51). [47] 



1796. Latreille, Pierre Andre. Precis des Characteres Generiques des Insectes, etc., Bour- 



deaux, 1796. 

 Gives a diagnosis of the genus Sesia but does not apply it to any particular species. The volume is not dated, 

 but according to Hagen it was published in 1796. [48] 



1797. Anon. (Bergstrasser.) Epitome Entomologiae Fabricianas. 1797. 



Uses the term Sesia, p. 147, in the same sense as Fabricius (i775)- Mention of Sesia apiformis. The 

 author's name is not given on the title-page, but according to Hagen (Bibliotheca Entomologica, 1862, p. 

 221), Bergstrasser is the author. [49] 



1797. Lewin, John William. Observations respecting some rare British Insects {Sphinx apifor- 



mis, crabroniformis, etc.). Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Vol. Ill, 1797, PP- i _2 > pi. h 

 figs. 1-5. 

 Account of Sphinx (= Agerid) apiformis, with good colored figures of adult, larva, and section of food- 

 plant with pupa protruding. [5°] 



1798. Cuvier, G. Tableau Elementaire d' Histoire Naturelle des Animaux. Paris, An 6. 



In this volume (p. 393) Sphinx (=Macroglossum) stellatarum is restricted to the genus Sesia. [51] 



1801. Laspeyres, Jacobo Henrico. Sesise Europe, Iconibus et Descriptionibus illustrate. 



Berolini, 1801, pp. 1-31, pi. i. 



Apparently the first monograph of the Sesiidse of Europe. Contains detailed descriptions of the general 



characters of the family which he calls Sesise, and excellent diagnoses of the species with synonomy and 



bibliography. Uses the term Sesia in a restricted sense for twenty-one species. Sesia (= Ageria) 



apiformis (p. 7) and Sesia tipuliformis (p. 28). [5 2 ] 



180 1. Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre de, etc. Systeme des Animaux sans Vertebres, etc. 

 Tom. VIII, Paris, 1801. 

 In this volume the term Sesia is restricted to Sphinx (= Hemaris) fuciformis (p. 281). [53] 



1801. Schrank, Franz von Paula. Fauna Boica. Tom. II, Nilrnberg, 1801. 



Restricts (p. 233-234) the genus Sesia to the following species : S. apiformis, tabaniformis , stomoxiformis , 

 culiciformis, tipuliformis, and fenestrina. Briefly characterizes the family, which he calls " Unruhe," 

 gives habits of the larvae and their transformations. All the species here mentioned are true Sesiids, with 

 the exception of fenestrina, which is a Thyrid. [54] 



1802. Haworth, Adrian Hardy. Prodromus Lepidopterorum Britannicorum, a concise Cata- 



logue of British Lepidopterous Insects, etc. Holt, 1802. 

 Mentions Sphinx (= Agerid) apiformis (p. 5) and Sphinx (— Sesia) tipuliformis (p. 6). [55] 



1802. Stewart, . Elements of Natural History ; being an introduction to the Systema Natural 



of Linnaeus. London and Edinburgh, 1802. 

 Brief accounts (p. 139) of Sphinx (= Algeria) apiformis and Sphinx {— Sesia) tipuliformis, with habits of 

 larvae and food-plants. [56] 



1802. Walckenaer, Charles Athanasie de. Fauna Parisienne, etc. Tom. II, Paris, 1802. 



Description (p. 281) of Sesia (= Algeria) apiformis. Uses the term Sesia for a number of species found in 

 the vicinity of Paris. [57] 



1803. Mease, James. Archives of Useful Knowledge, Vol. Ill, 1803, pp. 40-42. 



Brief account of peach-borer (= Sanninoidea exitiosa). (Not seen.) [58] 



1803. Olivier et Latreille. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, etc. Tom. XX, 

 Paris, 1803. 

 Descriptions (p. 444) of Sesia (= Ageria) apiformis and Sesia tipuliformis (p. 446). Gives a general 

 account of the family. [59] 



