LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



The European species are the type of the preceding characters, 

 some of which are occasionally modified, as is noticed in the 

 descriptions of the exotic species. 



1. Sphecia apiformjs. 



Nigro-cyanea ; caput supra flavum lateribus anticis albis ; palpi 



fiavi ; antennae subtus ferruginece ; thorax ' flavo quadrimacu- 



latus, disco ferrugineo ; abdomen fasciis apiceque Jlavis ; 



pedes lutei ; alee limpidce ciliis purpureis, costa venisque 



rufescentibus. 



-, Linn. Faun. Suec. ed. 1, 813. Harris, Exp. 15, 



pi. 3, f. 7; V. M. 31. FuessL Ent. Mag. pi. I, f. A. Beg. 



Ins. ii. 1, 163, 3, pi. 2, f. 11. Engr. Pap. dUEur. iii. 32, pi. 



91, f. 121, 122. 

 Sphinx Apiformis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 804, 29 ; Faun. Suec. 289, 



1093. Clerck, Icon, i pi. 9, f. 2. Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 156, 12 ; 



Mant. Ins. ii. 99, 12. Sulz. Ins. 152, pi. 20, f. 6. Gmel. ed. 



Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2388, 29. Donov. Nat. Hist. Brit. Ins. i. 5b, 



pi. 25. Lewin, Linn. Trans, iii. pi. 3, f. 1 — 5. Steiv. EL Nat. 



Hist. ii. 139. Turt. Syst. Nat. iii. 180. Haw. Lep. Brit. 68. 



Esp. Schmett. ii. 122, pi. 14, f . 2 ; 207, pi. 29, f. 2, 3 ; 230, 



234, pi. 36, f. 2, 3, 4, 11. Bork. Eur. Schmett. ii. 47, 17 ; 132, 



16. Rhein. Mag. i. 312, 136. Mull. Zool. Dan. 116, 1341. 



Fuessl. A. Mag. i. 101, 120, 132, pi. 1, f . A ; N. Mag. ii. 2, 



200, 1 ; iii. 2, 142. Schw. Ins. 33, 624. Brahm, Ins. Kal. 



13, 7. Lang. Verz. ii. 73, 581—583. Schwarz, Raup. 360. 

 Sphinx Vespiformis, Hufn. Berl. Mag. ii. 2, 184, 14. Naturf. vii. 



105, 14; xviii. 222, pi. 5, f. 7, 8. 

 Sphinx Sireciformis, Esp. Schmett. ii. 208, pi. 29, f. 4, 5. Bork. Eur. 



Schmett. ii. 132, 49, 18. 

 Sphinx scopigera, Scop. Ent. Cam. 477. 

 Sphinx Crabroniformis, Wein. Verz. Schmett. 305, 44, 2. H'ubn. 



Samml. Eur. Schmett. 92, 22, pi. 8, f. 51. Illig. N. Ausg. 



dess. i. 26, 2. 

 Sesia Apiformis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 382, 13. SchranTc, Faun. 



Boic. ii. 1, 233, 1397. Laspeyres, Ses. Eur. 7, 1. Vieiveg, 



Tab. Verz. i. 143. Rossi, Faun. Etr. ii. 164, 1060; Ed. 



Illig. 264, 1060. Schvff. Icon. Nomencl. Panz. 113, pi. Ill, 



f 2, 3. God. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. iii. 78, pi. 21, f. 1. Treit. 



Hulf. Schmett. 153, 1. Ochs. Schmett. von Eur. ii. 121, 1. 



Boisd. hid. Meth. 44, 367. Chenu, Enc. oVHist. Nat. Pap. 



239, f. 411. 



