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Imago with the head and thorax short and broad ; palpi small, antennae of male more 

 or less pectinated. 



5. ACHERONTIINiE. 



Larva thick, clumsy, Sphinx-like, but with the horn always more or less recurved at 

 the tip, and tuberculated or granulose. 



Imago clumsy ; legs, antenna?, and proboscis thick, the latter very short ; head, thorax, 

 and abdomen short and broad. 



6. SPHINGINiE. 



Larva with the anterior segments very slightly smaller than the posterior, generally 

 marked with oblique lateral stripes ; horn (when present) rather long ; head tolerably 

 large ; position of the larva in repose almost sigmoidal. 



Pupa frequently with an external sheath for the proboscis. 



Imago Clwrocampine in form, but with the head generally smaller, the thorax vari- 

 able in length ; proboscis very long. 



Subfamily I. MACROGLOSSIISLE. 



Genus 1. Lepisesia, Grote. 



1. Lepisesia flavofasciata. 



Macroglossa flavofasciata, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 87. no. 3 (1856). 

 Lepisesia flavofasciata, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. v. p. 39 (1865). 



St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barnston). Typ e ' B - M - 



The above is certainly more nearly allied to Uemaris than to Macroglossa, and appears 

 to be a well-marked genus. 



2. Lepisesia Victoria. 



Lepisesia victoria, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 147 (1874). 

 British Columbia (Crotch). 



Genus 2. Sataspes, Moore. 

 Sataspes, Moore, Cat. Lep. East-Ind. Comp. i. p. 261 (1857). 



1. Sataspes infernalis. 

 Sesia infernalis, Wcstwood, Cab. Orient. Ent. p. 61, pi. 30. fig. 3 (1848). 

 Macroglossa infernalis, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 95. no. 19 (1856). 

 Sataspes infernalis, Moore, Cat. Lep. E.I. Comp. i. p. 261. no. 597 (1857). 



Silhet (Stainsforth), Nepal ( WMtcly), Coimbatoor ( Walhouse). B.M. 



