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1. LAPARA BOMBYCOIDES. 



Cinerea ; alee anticce linea obliqua angulosa strigisque nonnullis 

 lanceolatis ; posticce fuscescentes, basi pallidiores, ciliis albis. 



Cinereous. Fore wings with a zigzag oblique black line, and 

 with several lanceolate black marks. Hind wings brownish, paler 

 towards the base ; ciliae white. Length of the body 10 lines ; of the 

 wings 24 lines. 



Canada. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 34. ACHERONTIA. 



Corpus crassum. Proboscis b re vis, distincta. Palpi validi, 

 brevissimi. Antennae subfiliformes, serratae, thorace breviores. 

 Abdomen thorace duplo longius. Pedes breves, crassi ; tibiae pos- 

 ticae calcaribus quatuor mediocriter longis. Alae longiusculae, sat 

 angustae, margine exteriore integro ; anticae vix acuminatae, apud 

 costam subconvexae, margine exteriore perobliquo vix convexo, 

 margine interiore recto ; posticae apice rotundatae. 



Acherontia, Ochs. ; Steph. ; Curt. ; Boisd. ; Meig, 

 Acherontia, p., Hiibn. 

 Sphinx, Linn., Sf-c. 

 Brachyglossa, Boisd. olim. 



Body thick. Head short, rounded in front. Proboscis short, 

 distinct. Palpi stout, very short. Antennae subfiliform, serrated, 

 shorter than the thorax. Abdomen about twice the length of the 

 thorax. Legs short, very stout; hind tibiae with four mode- 

 rately long spurs. Wings rather long and narrow; exterior border 

 entire. Fore wings hardly acuminated, slightly convex in front, 

 very oblique and very slightly convex along the exterior border; in- 

 terior border straight ; inferior veins much as usual. Hind wings 

 rounded at the tips. 



Europe. 



1. ACHERONTTA ATROPOS. 



Cinereo-nigra ; antennce apice albce ; thoracis discus cervinus, cine- 

 reo varius ; abdomen fasciis nigris maculisque lateralibus 

 luteis ; alee anticce fasciis undulosis nigris, strigis nonnullis 

 guttaque discali cervinis aut albidis ; posticce lutece vittis, 

 duabus nigris. 



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