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Group 2. PYROPTERON. 



Corpus sat gvacile. Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi longi, por- 

 recti, acuminati, caput longe superantes ; articuli lus et 2us subtus 

 pilosissimi ; 3us nudus, longus, gracilis, lanceolatus. Antennae sat 

 graciles, thorace subduplo longiores. Abdomen sessile. Pedes gra- 

 ciles; tibiae posteriores sat dense pilosae. AI33 angustae. Mas. — 

 Antenna; fere filiformes, subtus subsetosae. Fcem. — Antennae gra- 

 ciliores, subclavatee. 



iEgeria, p., Fabr. ; Leach.; Steph.; Harris. 

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

 Beuibecia, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 

 Pyropteron, Newm. Ent. Mag. 75. 



Body rather slender. Proboscis elongate. Palpi long, porrect, 

 acuminated, extending far beyond the head ; first and second joints 

 very pilose beneath ; third bare, long, slender, lanceolate. Antennae 

 rather slender, nearly twice the length of the thorax. Abdomen 

 sessile. Legs slender; posterior tibiae rather thickly pilose; hind 

 tibiae with four long spurs. Wings narrow. Fore wings with four 

 nearly equidistant inferior veins ; second superior vein forked at 

 about half its length. Male. — Antennae nearly filiform, minutely 

 setose beueath. Female. — Antennae more slender, slightly sub- 

 clavate. 



9. JEgeria chrysidiformis. 



Aureo-viridis ; caput antice alburn ; palpi pallidejlavi, basi sub- 

 tus nigri ; abdomen albo bifasciatum, apice ochraceutn ; pedes 

 ochracei, femoribus nigris ; alee ferrugineo ciliatce, anticce 

 ochracece vitta limpida maculaque discali nigra ; posticce. 

 limpidce. 



Sphinx Chrysidiformis, DeVill. Ent. Linn. ii. 103, 28, pi. 4, f. 18. 



Esp. Schmett. ii. 210, pi. 30, f. 2. Borkh. Eur. Schmett. ii. 



40, 9; 130, 8. Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. 90, 16, pi. 8, 



f. 53. Lang. Verz. 2, 74, 593. Haw. Lep. Brit. 71. 



Engr. Pap. a" Eur. iii. 28, pi. 90, f. 118. 



Sphinx haemorrhoidalis, Cyritli, Ent. Nep. i. pi. 4, f. 3. Rossi, 



Faun. Etr. ii. 141. 

 Sesia Chrysidiformis, Lasp. Ses. Eur. 15, 8. Ochs. Schmett. ven 



Eur."\\. 143, 10. God. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. iii. 88, pi. 21, f. 5. 



Boisd. Ind. Meth. 44, 357. Herr.-Schceff. Eur, Schmett. i. 



Ses. pi. 4, f.23; pi. 6, f. 34. 



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