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Genus 1. SESIA. 



Corpus rflbustum, fusiforme, pilosum. Caput plus minusve 

 latum. Proboscis longa. Palpi brevissimi. Antennae subclavatae, 

 apice attenuatae, thorace paullo longiores. Abdomen apice fascicu- 

 latum, thorace plus minusve longius. Pedes longiusculi, sat gra- 

 ciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor lougis. Alae vitrese ; anticas 

 apud costam rectae, apice subacuminatae, margine exteriore perob- 

 liquo. Mas. — Antennae subtus serrato setosae. 



Sphinx, p., Linn. 



Sesia, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 547 ; Steph. 



Macroglossa, p., Ochs. ; Boisd. 



Hemaris, Dalm. Sp. S. 215. 



Cephonodes, Hubn. p., Verz. Schmett. 131. 



Body stout, fusiform, pilose. Head more or less broad. Pro- 

 boscis long. Palpi very short. Antennae subclavate, attenuated at 

 the tips, a little longer than the thorax. Abdomen tufted at the 

 tip, more or less longer than the thorax. Legs rather long and 

 slender ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings wholly or partly 

 vitreous. Fore wings straight along the costa, slightly acuminated 

 at the tips, extremely oblique along the exterior border; second in- 

 ferior vein hardly nearer to the first than to the third ; third thrice 

 or four times further from the fourth than from the second. Hind 

 wings slightly notched by the hind end of the exterior border. 

 Male. — Antennae serrate-setose beneath. 



Europe. 



1. Sesia Bombyliformis. 



Cervina, subtus testacea ; abdomen fascia lata rubra, fasciculis 

 lateralibus posticis testaceis, apicalibus nigris ; alee limpidce, 

 basi cervince, marginibus et anticarum apicibus late rubris, 

 anticce striga discali rubra. 



, Engr. Pap. d'Eur. iii. 24, pi. 89, f. 117; pi. 90, f. 



117. Roes. Ins. Bel. iii. pi. 38, f. 2, 3 ; iv. pi. 34, f. 1, 2, 4. 



Geoffr. Ins. Par. ii. 82, 5. 

 Sphinx Fuciformis, Wien. Verz. 44, 1. Esp. Schmett. ii. 118, pi. 



14, f. 1. Bork. Eur. Schmett. ii. 52, 133, 176, 1 ; Rhein. Mag. 



i. 313, 137. Sulz. Ins. 36, pi. 15, f. 90. Donov. Nat. Hist. 



Brit. Ins. iii. pi. 87. Hubn. Sphing. 93, 2, pi. 9, f. 55 ; Larv. 



Lep. ii. Sphing. iii. Leg. A, a, f. 2, a, b. Fuessl. Schwarz, Ins. 



