LEPIDOPTERA. HETEROCERA. 
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Group 2. PYROPTERON. 
Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi longi, por- 
recti, acuminati, caput longe superantes ; articuli lus et 2us subtus 
pilosissimi ; 3us nudus, longus, gracilis, lanceolatus. Antennae sat 
graciles, thorace subduplo longiores. Abdomen sessile. Pedes gra- 
ciles; tibiae posteriores sat dense pilosas. Alae angustae. Mas . — 
Antennae fere filiformes, subtus subsetosae. Fcem. — Antennae gra- 
ciliores, subclavatae. 
Algeria, p., Fabr. ; Leach. ; Steph. ; Harris. 
Sesia, p., Ochs. ; Laspeyres ; Dup. ; Boisd. 
Bembecia, p., Hubn. Verz . Schmett. 
Pyropteron, Newm. Ent. Mag . 75. 
Body rather slender. Proboscis elongate. Palpi long, porrect, 
acuminated, extending far beyond the head ; first and second joints 
very pilose beneath ; third bare, long, slender, lanceolate. Antennae 
rather slender, nearly twice the length of the thorax. Abdomen 
sessile. Legs slender; posterior tibiae rather thickly pilose; hind 
tibiae with four long spurs. Wings narrow. Fore wings with four 
nearly equidistant inferior veins ; second superior vein forked at 
about half its length. Mate. — Antennae nearly filiform, minutely 
setose beneath. Female. — Antennae more slender, slightly sub- 
clavate. 
9. Algeria chrysidiformis. 
Aureo-viridis ; caput antice album ; palpi pallide flavi, basi sub- 
tus nigri ; abdomen albo bifasciatum , apice ochraceum ; pedes 
ochracei , femoribus nigris ; alee ferrugineo ciliatee , antic a 
ochraceeB vitta limpida maculauue discali nigra : posticce 
limpidee . 
Sphinx Chrysidiformis, DeVill. Ent. Linn. ii. 103, 28, pi. 4, f. 18. 
Esp. Schmett . ii. 210, pi. 30, f. 2. Borkh . Eur. Schmett. ii. 
40, 9; 130, 8. Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. 90, 16, pi. 8, 
f. 53. Lang. Verz. 2,74, 593. Haw. Lep. Brit. 71. 
Engr. Pap. d' Eur. iii. 28, pi. 90, f. 118. 
Sphinx haemorrhoidalis, Cyrilli , Ent. Nep. i. pi. 4, f. 3. Rossi 
Faun. Etr. ii. 141. V 
kesia Chrysidiformis, Lasp. Ses. Eur. 15, 8. Ochs. Schmett. ven 
Eur. ii. 143, 10 . God. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. iii. 88, pi. 21, f. 5. 
Boisd. Ind. Meth. 44, 357. Herr.-Schceff. Eur . Schmett. i. 
Ses. pi. 4, f. 23; pi. 6, f. 34. 
