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CATALOGUE OF 
iEgeria, p., Fabr. ; Leach; Steph. 
Sesia, p., Ochs.; Laspeyres ; God.; Boisd. 
Synanthedon, Hubn Verz. Schmett. 129; Newm. Ent. Mag. i. 77. 
Body rather slender. Proboscis rather short. Palpi slightly 
ascending, acuminated, extending somewhat beyond the head ; first 
and second joints slightly pilose beneath ; third lanceolate, nearly 
bare, shorter than that of Pyropteron. Antennae moderately stout, 
rather less than twice the length of the thorax. Abdomen sessile. 
Legs slender ; hind tibiae moderately pilose, with four long spurs. 
Wings narrow ; second inferior vein a little nearer to the first than 
to the third ; third and fourth contiguous at the base ; second supe- 
rior vein forked at before half its length. Male . — Antennae nearly 
filiform, serrated and pubescent beneath. 
16. Algeria CEstriformis. 
Cyaneo-nigra ; caput antica Jlavum ; palpi jlavi , nigro varii ; 
thorax fascia antica vittisque quatuor flavis ; abdomen Jlavo 
quadrifasciatum ; pedes jlavi , femoribus nigris , tibiis nigro 
fasciatis ; alee limpidee ciliis nigric antibus, anticce costa 
apieeque nigricantibus, fascia rufa nigro marginata . 
, Engr. Pap. d’ Eur. iii. 37, pi. 92, f. 125. 
Sphinx CEstriformis, Naturf. vii. 189, 3. Esp. Schmett . ii. 181, pi. 
23,1.3. Borkh. Eur. Schmett . ii. 40, 10; 130,9. Hubn. 
Samml. Eur. Schmett. Sphing. 90, 13, pi. 7, f. 43. Haw. 
Lep. Brit. Fuessly , A. Mag. i. 116, 117. 
Sphinx Cynipifonnis, Esp. Schmett. ii. 214, pi. 31, f. 3, 4. Borkh. 
Eur. Schmett. ii. 41, 11. Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Sphing. 
90, 14, pi. 19, f. 95. Haw Lep. Brit. 
Sphinx Asiliformis, Naturf. vii. 108, 2. Borkh. Eur. Schmett. ii. 
130, 10. 
Sphinx chrysorrhaea, Don. Hist. Nat. Brit. Ins. iv. pi. 116. 
Sphinx Tipuliformis, Borkh. Syn. i. 132, 9. 
Sesia Vespiformis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1 , 385, 23. Rossi , Faun. 
Etr. ii. 165, 1065 ; Ed. Illig. 266, 1065. God. Hist. Nat. Lep. 
Fr. iii. 96, pi. 21, f 8. 
Sphinx Vespiformis, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 101, 20. Wien. Verz. 
Schmett. 44, 5. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2389, 31. Vieweg , 
Tab. Verz. i. 17, 8. Fuessly , N. Mag. ii. 2, 203, 6. Illig. N. 
Ausg. dess. i. 29, 5 ; Mag. ii. 38, 5. 
Setia Vespiformis, Meig. Syst. Besch. Eur. Schmett. ii. 113, 16, pi. 
61, f. 8. 
