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Larva said to be very like that of aS'. drupiferarum ; feeds on the apple-tree. 

 Larval transformation is subterranean ; pupa with short detached tongue case. 



Moth. — Head and top of the thorax blackish-brown, or black and reddish-grey on 

 the sides ; abdomen dark grey, with a dorsal black line and alternate black and greyish 

 demi- bands ; fore-wings blackish-grey with a roseate hue, white, conspicuous discal spot, 

 blackish streaks and lines ; fringes dark brown, spotted with white ; hind wings grey, 

 with a black median and a broad black marginal band, the fringes w^hite. 



29. Sphinx eremitus, Hubner. 



Agrius eremitus, Hubner. 



Sphinx sordida, Walker, C. B. M. 



" " Clemens, Syn. N. A. Sph. 



" " Morris, Syn. K A. Lep. Sm. Ins., p. 194. 



" eremitus, Grote and Kobinson, 1865. 



Larva three and a half inches long, sepia coloured, slightly granulated like 

 shagreen," having a varnished appearance ; caudal horn black, rather small. The 

 iirst segments (i.e. to which the prolegs are attached), horn coloured and semi-transparent, 

 having two black shield-shaped blotches upon them, of which the hinder is much larger 

 than the former ; prolegs black ; seven oblique whitish lateral bands, the hindmost of 

 them broader than the others ; breathing pores black ; head greenish-brown, with 

 distinct white stripe on each side. (Fyles.) According to Prof. Snow the general colour 

 of body is pale green ; this may be only a variation like that of S. 5 maculata. Found 

 in September and October, feeding on Salvia officinalis, common sage ; moth appears in 

 May or June ; said to be double brooded. 



Moth. — Brownish-cinereous or ash colour ; head and thorax paler at sides ; bpoad 

 blackish stripe on shoulder covers ; brown dorsal line on top of thorax and black spots ; 

 abdomen with dorsal black line and alternate black and whitish demi-bands on the sides ; 

 beneath, white with central blackish spots ; fore-wings brownish-ash colour, with a black 

 margined white discal spot with short blackish dash through it, blackish streaks across 

 wings ; a short blackish-brown line edged on the outside with greyish near the terminal 

 margin ; hind-wings yellowish-white, with black spot at base, and a median and broad 

 marginal black band ; length of body sixteen lines ; expansion of wings thirty -five lines. 



30. Sphinx luscitiosa, Clemens. 



Sphinx luscitiosa, Clemens, Syn. N. A. Sph. 



" " Morris, Syn. N. A. Lep. Sm. Ins., p. 197. 



Larva and pupa undescribed. 



Moth. — Antenn£e and palpi blackish-brown ; head and thorax blackish-brown or 

 blackish and white at sides ; abdomen brown, with a black stripe on each side ; fore- 

 wings, pale brown with a rusty hue, the inner border dark smoke colour ; a terminal 

 smoky band tapering to the tip of the wing, with a wavy outline in front ; a slender black 

 discal line and black lines and streaks across the wings ; fringes blackish ; hind-wings 

 yellowish, with a broad terminal black band and the fringes whitish. 



31. DoLBA Hyl.^:us, Walker. 



Sphinx Hylceus, Drury. 



" " Cramer. 



" " Fabricius. 



" Prini, Abbot and Smith. 

 Hyloicus Hylceus, Hubner. 

 Sphinx Hylceus, Walker, C. B. M. 

 Dolha Hylceus, Clemens, Syn. N. A. Sph. 



" " Morris, Syn. A. Lep. Sm. Ins., p. 203. 



Sphinx Hylceus, Harris, Ins. Inj. Veg., page 328. 



