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THE HAWK MOTHS OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. 



A Table to enable the Student of Entomology to learn the names of the Hawk Moths 

 of the Province of Quebec from the average size, colouring, and distinguishing 

 features of these insects. 



Names. 



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Prevailing Colours. 



Distinguishing Marks. 



Hemaris diffinis 



If inch. 



Wings clear with rosy -brown 

 margins. Body brownish- 

 yellow and black. 



Legs black. Under side of body black 

 and pale yellow. 



Haeinorrhagia Thysbe . . . 



2 inch. 



Wings clear with rust-brown 

 margins. 



A band of rosy brown, two segments in 

 width across the middle of abdomen. 

 Legs have much white about them. 

 Under side of body light reddish 

 brown and white. Cell of primaries 

 divided by a vein. 





2 inch, 





Crown-shaped tail. Two conspicuous 

 pale yellow bands across abdomen. 







2| inch. 



Dark glossy-brown 



Several light dentate markings towards 

 the middle of fore wings. Hind wings 

 lemon yellow with dark brown termi- 

 nal band. 







2£ inch. 



Reddish, approaching to 

 salmon-colour. 



A whitish line along the back of thorax. 

 Basal half of fore-wings lighter than 

 the general colour. A black dot in 

 this lighter portion near the costa. 



Ampelophaga Myron . . . 



2£ inch. 



Fore wings olive-green. Hind 

 wings dark salmon-colour 

 with olive-green patches 

 at anal angles. 



Basal part of fore-wings lighter in colour 

 than the rest and interrupted by a 

 darker olive-green band. No dorsal 

 line on thorax. 



Ampelophaga Versicolor. 



2\ inch. 



Fore wings olive-green of a 

 brighter shade than that 

 of the wings of Myron. 

 Hind wings dull salmon 

 colour with whitish inner 

 margin. 



Basal part of fore-wing darker in colour 

 than the rest, and interrupted with 

 white markings. A white wavy apical 

 dash on fore wing. A white dorsal 

 line extending the whole length of the 

 body. The underside of this insect is 

 beautifully mottled with green, yel- 

 low and white. 



Deilephila chamaenerii . . 



2\ inch. 



Olivaceous brown. Hind 

 wings roseate and black. 



Two black patches bordered with white 

 on each side of upper part of abdomen. 

 No transverse white lines on fore 

 wings as in Lineata. 



Deilephila lineata 



3| inch. 



Olive-brown. Hind wings 

 roseate and black. 



Six or seven white diagonal lines across 

 fore wings. Six white longitudinal 

 lines on thorax. 



