LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCEEA. 



Trib. 1. SPHINGII. 



Larvae subdiales, nudae, antice plus minusve attenuatae, saepius 

 cornu anali armatae. Pupa cylindrico-conica, saepissime nuda, ra- 

 rius subfolliculata. Antennas sublineares, prismaticae, apicetenuiore 

 piloso, maris subtus scobinaeformes, foeminae simpliciores. Palpi 

 lati, obtusi, saepius clypeo piloso arete applicati. Alae angustae, de- 

 rlexae. Abdomen maximum, conicum. 



Sphingides, Boisd, Ind. Meth. Lep. Eur. 45. 



Sphinx, Linn. 



Sphingidae et Sesiidae, Leach ; Steph. 



Sphingides, p., Latr.; Ditponch. 



Sphinges legitimae, p., H'ubn. 



Lep. Crepuscularia, p., Latr. Gen. iv. 209. 



Closterocera, p., Dumeril. 



Sphingii, Latr.; Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. ii. 256; Chenu, Enc. 



d'Hist. Nat. Pap. 252. 

 Sphingidae, p., Swainson. 

 Sphingiadae et Macroglossiadae, Harris. 



The species of this, and of the following tribe, will be included 

 in another catalogue. 



Tribe 2. SESII. 



Larvae vermiformes, decoloratae,scutellatae, in medulla fruticum 

 vel radicum occulte degentes. Pupa postice spinulosa. Frons ro- 

 tundata, squamosa, ocellis duobus distinctis munita. Alae plus mi- 

 nusve hyalinae, posticaefrenatae. Abdomen cylindrico-conicum. Tibiae 

 posticae valde calcaratse. Volatus diurnus. 



^Egeriidae, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. i. 136. 



Sesiariae, Boisd. Ind. Meth. Lep. Eur. 41 (1840). 



Trochiliidae, Westw. Hum. Brit. Moths, i. 32. 



Sphinx, p., Linn. 



Sesia, Fair. Ent. Syst. iii. 379. 



Sphinges Hymenopteroides Sesia?, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 127. 



Sesii, Duponchel ; Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. ii. 251 ; Chenu, Enc. 



d'Hist. Nat. Pap. 236. 

 Zygaenides, p., Latr. ; Dalm. 

 Sesides, Duponchel. 

 Orthidae, Siuainson. 

 iEgeriadae, Harris. 



