350 BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 



" Systema Glossatorum Europae " {Die Schniett., etc., vol. iv., pp. i 

 — 97), and here, on pp. 41 — 45, he respectively termed the families 

 mentioned above — Fam. I — Macroglossa {Afacrog/ossum, Scop.). 

 Fams. II-III — Deilephila {Spectrum, Scop.). Fam. IV — Acherontia 

 {Manduca, Hb.) and Sphinx. Fam. V — Smerinthus, Latr. {Zaothoe, 

 Fab., Amorpha, Hb.), thus reducing, by his own references, two of 

 his names to the position of synonyms, viz., Macroglossa, Ochs., which 

 falls before Macroglossum, Scop., and Acherontia, Lasp., before 

 Manduca, Hb. 



Soon after this time (about 1822) Hiibner published that part of 

 the Verzeichniss which contained the Sphingids (pp. 115 et seq.), and 

 determined most of the genera belonging to the group. His 

 grouping is as follows : 



Horde II (Phalanx secunda) : Sphinges (pzSphinges, Linn. ; Sphinges, 

 Sesiae and Zygaenae, Fab.). 



Tribus I: Papiliontdes. — Stirps I: Zyg^en^e — divided into Fam. 1, 

 Circumfluae Fam. 2, Atrosignatae. These include the Anthrocerids. 



Stirps II: Chrysaores — divided into Fam. \ , Ivnnaculatae . Fam. 2, Excelsae. 

 These include the Adscitids and Syntomids. 



Stirps III: Glaucopes — divided into Fam. 1, Amplae. Fam. 2. Angustae. 

 Fam. 3, Dubiae. Fam. 4, Hyalinae. 



Stirps IV: Sphecomorph^e, divided into Fam. 1, Nobiles. Fam. 2, Exiles. 

 Tribus II : Hymenopterides. — Stirps I : SesitE— divided into Fam. 1, 

 Corpulentae. Fam. 2, Graciles. These include the true clearwings. 



Stirps II : Apyralides, containing Fam. 1, Vitratae. This includes only 

 Thyris fenestrlna and two of Cramer's species. 



Tribus III : Legitime: (=Sesiae, Fab.). — The palpi thick, blunt, the antennae 

 in front broader; " short-bladed," almost bent back at the end, the body thick 

 and the wings strong. 



Stirps I: Bombylee. — The tongue very long; the antennas almost club-shaped 

 and pointed at the tip ; the body with tufts of hairs. 



Fam. t : Vulgares. — The wings somewhat short, their margins entire; the body 

 with tufts on the sides and anus. 



Coitus a : Cephonodae. — The wings almost scaleless, the body variegated 

 — Cepho?todes hylas, Fab., C. bombyliformis, Esp., C. fuciformis, Linn., C. 

 pelasgns, Cram., C. croatica, Esp. 



Coitus b : Aellopocles. — The {brewings with transparent white lines ; the 

 hindwings sinuate — Aellopos titan, Cram., A. fadns, Cram. 



Coitus c : Psithyri. — The forewings grey and black banded, hindwings 

 rust yellow and blackish ; the tufts of hair chequered — Psithyros steUatarum, 

 Linn., P. bells, Cram., P. ceculus, Cram., P. faro, Cram. 

 Fam. 2 : ^EQUivociE. — The wings sinuate and dentate ; the body with tufts 01 

 hair on the anus only. 



Coitus a : Proserpini. — The back of the thorax ornamented ; the forewings 

 dark-banded, traversed with whitish — Proserpinus oenotherae, Schiff., P. 

 gaurae, Abb., P. gorgoniades, Hb. (gorgon, Esp.). 



Coitus b : Enyones. — The forewings almost falcate at the apex, marked 

 with pale and dark like the agate — Enyo japyo, Cram., E. pylas, Cram.. E. 

 gorgon, Cram., E. lyctus, Cram., E. camertus, Cram., E. danum, Gram., 

 E. phegeus, Ci'am.,is. anccus, Cram., E. syces, Hb. (ficus, Cram.). 



Coitus c : Hemeroplanae. — The forewings with blunt tip, agate-like, 

 and with a light mark in the central area — Hemeroplanes pan, Cram., H. 

 triptolemus, Cram., //. plutonius, Hb. (pluto, Cram.y, //. oiclus, Cram. 



Coitus d : Amply pteri. — The forewings sinuate at the margin; in the 

 central area with shining markings — Amplypterus ganascus, Stoll, A. panopus, 

 Cram., y/. bubastus, Cram. 



Coitus e : Nephelae. — The forewings with cloudy stripes; the hindwings 

 dark— -Nephele morpheus, Cram., N. didyma, Fab. (penaeus, Cram.), N. 

 chiton, Cram. 



Stirps II : Eumorimi/k. —The antennae somewhat long and thin, their end bent 

 back ; the body long, pointed, quite smooth. 



Fam. 1 : ELEGANTES.— The head, thorax, and body not entirely unadorned, 

 the wings variegated. 



