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Genus Smerinthus, Latreille. 



Genus Sphinx, Linnceus. 



Genus Amorpha, Huhner. 

 21. Modesta, Harris. 



Genus Cressonia, Grote and Rohinson. 

 20. Juglandis, Abbot and Smith. 



19. Geminatus, Say. 



24. Quinquemaculata, Haworth. 



25. Cliersis, Hubner. 



26. Drupiferarum, Abbot and Smith. 



27. Kalmi?e, Abbot and Smith. 



28. Gordius, Cramer. 



29. Eremitus, Hubner. 



30. Luscitiosa, Clemens. 



Genus Ceratomia, Harris. 

 22. Amyntor, Hubner. 



Genus Dolba, TFa/A;er. 



31. Hylseus, Drury. 



Genus Daremma, Walker. 

 23. Undulosa, Walker. 



Genus Ellema, Clemens. 



32. Harrisii, Clemens. 



1. Hemaris Diffixis, Boisduval. 



Sphinx fuciformis. Smith, Ab. and Sm., Ins. Ga , Yol. I., p. 85. 

 Macroglossa diffinis, Boisduval, Sp. Gen., Plate 15, fig. 2. 

 Sesia diffinis, Walker, C. B. M. Lep., Part VIII., p. 81. 

 Sesia diffinis, Morris, Syn. N. A. Lep., Sm. Ins., p. 148. 

 Sesia diffinis, Harris, Ins. Inj. Veg., p. 328. 

 Sesia dijffinis, Clemens, Syn. N. A. Sph. 

 Hemaris difinis, Grote, 1875. 



Mature Larva. — Bright blue above, with the sides pale green ; the under part dark 

 reddish colour ; a dark green dorsal line ; a pale yellow stripe on each side. On the first 

 segment is a transverse gold ridge, and a row of black dots on each side ; the head palish 

 blue ; length, one inch and a half ; caudal horn black and sharp-pointed. Feeds on the 

 bush honeysuckle (Diervilla trijida) and fever wort [Triosteum perfoliatum). found 

 about June and the beginning of July; spins cocoons on the ground from the leaves of 

 their food plants, and the moths appear about a month later. The moth has the head 

 and thorax pale yellowish-green ; the breast pale yellow, with blackish hairs beneath the 

 legs, and all the legs black ; the upper part of the body has the same pale yellowish hue, 

 inclining to black towards the extremity, which is tufted with a blackish fringe ; the 

 under side of the body is bluish-black, with pale yellow patches. The wings are trans- 

 parent in the middle (from this fact these moths are known as bee-moths or clear- 

 wings) ; in the fore-wings there is a narrow, dark-brownish border, the inner edge of 

 which is very slightly rounded and evenly scallojoed on the interspaces ; the apex of the 

 fore-wings has a red stain on the marginal band ; the hind-wings are bordered with dark 

 brown near the base, broadly on the inner margin. The colour of this species varies con- 

 siderably, a warm, reddish tint being very frequently observed. Expanse 1.75 to 1.80 

 inch ; length of body, about an inch ; very common ; the larvae often stripping entirely 

 bare the leaves of the bush honeysuckle. 



Mr. Grote thus describes his definition of the species : " The species for which I use 

 the name Hemaris are black and yellow-bodied, more or less fuzzy ; they look like 

 Humble-bees." 



2. Hemaris tenuis, Grote. 



The larva is, we believe, at present unknown. The species is one of Mr. Grote'ss 

 determination, and very similar to diffinis. The moth is pale yellowish and black — the 

 tuft at the extremity black, divided by yellow central hairs j legs black ; breast pale 

 yellowish- white ; wings largely vitreous (clear), with very narrow, dull blackish borders ; 

 blackish at base, as usual, and partially overlaid with yellowish scales ; costal edging 

 narrow; the band along the external margin is even on its inn<ir edge and narrower 

 throughout than in any species hitherto described from the Atlantic District. There is 



