LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 101 



Sphinx de la bruyere (var.) Engr. Pap. d'Eur. iii. 61, pi, 100, f. 142, 



a, b. 

 Sphinx laeta, H'ubn. Sphing. 82, 33, pi. 6, f. 34, 35. Esp. Schmett. 



ii. 36, pi. 46. Cont. 21, f. 2. Borkh. Rhein. Magaz. i. 646, 



25. 



Spots of the wings small, miniaceous. Abdomen with a very 

 broad red band. 



Austria. Hungary. 



a — e. From M. Becker's collection. 

 /. From Dr. Friwaldsky's collection. 



58. Zyg.ena l^etifica. 



Palpi nigri ; alee anticce maculis la et 2a, 3a et 4a, 5a et 6a con- 

 junctis , flavo cinctis. 



Zygaena laetifica, Herr.-Schceff. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Suppl. ii. 44, 

 45, \,Zyg. pi. 12, f. 88, 



The following species are not grouped. 



59. ZyGtENA ampla. 



Mas. Nigra, gracilis ; caput, thorax et pedes albo guttata ; an- 

 tenna albo cinctce ; abdomen coccineo quadrifasciatum ; alee 

 antica? fuse ce flavo quinquemaculaia, posticaiflavce, nigro mar- 

 ginal et ex parte fasciatce. 



Male. Black, rather slender. Head with two white dots in 

 front, with two beneath, and with one on each side behind. Antenna? 

 with a white band above beyond the middle. Thorax and pectus 

 with white dots on each side. Wings broad, especially the hind 

 wings. Fore wings dark brown, with five yellow spots, one near the 

 base, the other four forming two transverse slightly oblique lines ; 

 the second and third spots in the middle, almost united ; the fourth 

 and the fifth near the tips, smaller and more apart. Hind wings 

 yellow, with black borders except on the inner side ; this border is 

 widest at the tip and emits two branches towards the disk on the fore 

 border, and one on the hind border. Abdomen with four crimson 

 bands. Legs with white clots. Length of the body 7 lines; of the 

 wings 18 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



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