20 CATALOGUE OF 



JEgeria, p., Fabr. ; Leach; Steph. 



Sesia, p., Ochs. ; Laspeyres ; God.; Boisd. 



Synanthedon, H'ubn Verz. Schmett. 129; Newm. Ent. Mag. i. 77. 



Body rather slender. Proboscis rather short. Palpi slightly 

 ascending, acuminated, extending somewhat beyond the head ; first 

 and second joints slightly pilose beneath ; third lanceolate, nearly 

 bare, shorter than that of Pyropteron. Antennae moderately stout, 

 rather less than twice the length of the thorax. Abdomen sessile. 

 Legs slender ; hind tibiae moderately pilose, with four long spurs. 

 Wings narrow ; second inferior vein a little nearer to the first than 

 to the third ; third and fourth contiguous at the base ; second supe- 

 rior vein forked at before half its length. Male. — Antennae nearly 

 filiform, serrated and pubescent beneath. 



16. jEgekia GEstrifokmis. 



Cyaneo -nigra ; caput antica flavum ; palpi flam, nigro varii ; 

 thorax fascia antica vitiisque quatuor flavis ; abdomen flavo 

 quadrifasciatum ; pedes flavi, femoribus nigris, tibiis nigro 

 fasciatis ; aloe limpidce ciliis nigricantibus, anticce costa 

 apiceque nigricantibus, fascia rufa nigro marginata. 



-, JEngr. Pap. d'Eur. iii. 37, pi. 92, f. 125. 



Sphinx (Estriformis, Naturf. vii. 189, 3. Esp. Schmett. ii. 181, pi. 



23,1.3. Borkh. Eur. Schmett. ii. 40, 10; 130,9. H'ubn. 



Samml. Eur. Schmett. Sphing. 90, 13, pi. 7, f. 43. Haw. 



Lep. Brit. Fuessly, A. Mag. i. 116, 117. 

 Sphinx Cynipiformis, Esp. Schmett. ii. 214, pi. 31, f. 3, 4. Borkh. 



Eur. Schmett. ii. 41, 11. H'ubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Sphing. 



90, 14, pi. 19, f. 95. Haw Lep. Brit. 

 Sphinx Asiliformis, Naturf. vii. 108, 2. Borkh. Eur. Schmett. ii. 



130,10. 

 Sphinx chrysorrhaea, Don. Hist. Nat. Brit. Ins. iv. pi. 116. 

 Sphinx Tipuliformis, Borkh. Syn. i. 132, 9. 

 Sesia Vespiformis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 385, 23. Rossi, Faun. 



Etr. ii. 165, 1065 ; Ed. Illig. 266, 1065. God. Hist. Nat. Lep. 



Fr. iii. 96, pi. 21, f. 8. 

 Sphinx Vespiformis, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 101, 20. Wien. Verz. 



Schmett. 44, 5. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2389, 31. Vieweg, 



Tab. Verz. i. 17, 8. Fuessly, N. Mag. ii. 2, 203, 6. Illig. N. 



Ausg. dess. i. 29, 5 ; Mag. ii. 38, 5. 

 Setia Vespiformis, Meig. Syst. Besch. Eur. Schmett. ii. 113, 16, pi. 



61, f. 8. 



