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Genus 328. iEGERIA. Fabr., Leach. Sesia. Latr., Laspeyres. 
TrochilUM. Scopoli. 
Antenna fusiform : abdomen with the anus bearded. 
Sp. 1. JEg. apiformis (bee hornet sphinx). 
Inhabits Europe : is rare in Britain. 
Sp- 2. JEg. crabroniformis (hornet sphinx). 
Inhabits Europe : the larva feeds on the wood of the lime-tree. 
There are several other species of this genus found in Britain, but 
their synonyms have never been satisfactorily ascertained. 
Genus 329. ZVG/EXA of authors. Sphinx. Linn. 
Antenna: abruptly flexuous-ciavate : palpi cylindric-conic. 
Sp. l. Zyg. Filipendula (six-spot burnct). 
Inhabits fields. 
Genus 330. INO. Leach. Procris. Fabr., Latr. Zyo.ena. Pant., 
Walckenaer. Sphinx. TJnn. 
Antenna of the male bipectinate, of the female simple : palpi short. 
Sp. 1. Ino St at ices (forester). 
Inhabits the margins of woods in meadows. 
Section III. NOCTURNA. Latreille. 
Icings horizontal in repose : antenna setaceous, gradually narrowing 
towards their extremities. . 
Fam. V. Bomeycid.e. Leach. 
BombyciTes. Latreille. 
Antenna with a single series of cilise (of the male at least serrated) : 
tongue none : palpi two, short, cylindric, very hairy ; thorax not crest- 
ed : wings elongate undivided. 
Stirps i, — JFings deflexed, long and narrow : larva naked : pupa with 
its segments laterally denticulated. 
Genus 3S1. HEPIALUS. Fair., Latr., Leach. Phaljena (Xoc- 
tua). Linne. 
Antenna moniliform, shorter than the thorax : palpi very small, and 
very hairy : wings elliptic, equal, long. , 
S P. 1. Hep. Humtili (ghost swift). Sp. 2. Hep. Mappa (map-winged 
swift). Sp. 3. Hep. lledus (golden swift), 8sc. 
Genus 332. COSSUS. Fabr., Latr., Cm., Leach. Phalalna 
(Bombyx). LinrA. 
Antenna as long as the thorax, setaceous, furnished with a single se- 
ries of short transverse obtuse teeth : palpi very distinct, thick cy- 
lindric, and squamous : anterior wings larger than the posterior. 
