ILLUSTRATIONS 



OF 



TYPE SPECIMENS 



OF 



LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



SPHINGUm 



HEMARIS, Dalman. 

 Hemaris radians. (Plate XXI. fig. 2.) 

 Sesia radians, Wdllcer, Cat. Lep. Het. viii. p. 84. n. 8 (1856). 



Wings hyaline white, with chocolate-brown borders ; the outer border of primaries broad 

 and internally dentated ; veins blackish ; secondaries with the costal and abdominal borders 

 bright ochreous : head above olivaceous, whitish at the sides ; thorax ochraceous ; abdomen 

 ochraceous, banded with black ; pectus and palpi cream-coloured, legs and venter blackish : 

 primaries below ochreous at the base. Expanse of wings 1 inch 11 lines to 2 inches 1 line. 



Shanghai {Fortune) ; Yokohama {Jonas). 



Hemaris alternata. (Plate XXI. fig. 3.) 

 Sesia alternata, Butler, Ann. <$(■ Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xiv. p. 366 (1874). 



Allied to the preceding species, but the wings more broadly bordered with brown, and the 

 secondaries with the abdominal border grey, instead of bright ochreous ; the banding of the 

 abdomen is also slightly different. Expanse 1 inch 11 lines to 2 inches 3 lines. 



Hakodate {Whitely) ; Yokohama {Jonas). 



MACROGLOSSA, Ochsenhetmer. 

 Macroglossa saga. (Plate XXI. fig. 1.) 

 Macroglossa saga, Butler, Ent. Month. Mag. vol. xiv. p. 206 (1878). 



Body and primaries dark slaty grey, with dark brown bands and spots as in M. corythus ; 



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