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63. ALGERIA TlPHIiEFORMIS. 
Nigra ; antennae ante apicem albce ; abdomen rufo bifasciatum ; 
alee limpidee , anticce marginibus fasciaque nigris. 
Sphinx Culiciform is, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 549, 8 ; Sp . Ins. i. 156, 14. 
Sesia Culiciformis, Fabr. Ent. Syst . iii. 1 , 384, 19. Rossi , Faun. 
Etr. ii. 165, 1063; Ed. Illig. 265, 1063. 
Sphinx Tipuliformis, var ., Esp. Schmett. ii. 5, pi. 37, f. 7. 
Sphinx Tiphiaeformis, Borkh. Eur. Schmett. ii. 174, 13, f. 4, 5. 
Hiibn. Sphing. 87, 4, pi. 7, f. 42. 
Sesia Tiphiaeformis, Lasp. Ses. Eur. 25, 16, f. 13, 14. Ochs. 
Schmett . von ii. 163, 19. Boisd . Ind. Meth. 30 ; ed. 2, 
43, 342. 
Setia Typhiaeformis, Meig. Syst. Besch . Eur . Schmett. ii. 117, 22> 
pi. 61, f. 12. 
France. Italy. 
North America. 
Group PARANTHRENE. 
64. Algeria Bassiformis. 
Mas. Nigra ; caput postice rufo hirtum ; palpi rufo , pilis non - 
nullis subtus nigris ; antennae rufae , subpectinalce ; thorax tes- 
taceo ? bivittatus ; abdomen maculis dorsalibus testaceis ; tibiae 
posteriores testaceo unifasciatae, anticce necnon tarsi anteriores 
rufa ; tarsi postici testacei ; aloe anticce purpurascentes , vitta 
basali limpida , strigaque antica rufescente y posticae limpidee 
subluridae . 
Male. Black. Head with red hairs behind. Palpi red, with 
some black hairs beneath. Antennae red, minutely pectinated, very 
slightly thickened towards the tips, very much longer than the tho- 
rax. Thorax with two testaceous (?) stripes. Abdomen with testa- 
ceous (?) dorsal spots, much narrower than that of P. vespiformis. 
Posterior tibiae with a single testaceous band ; fore tibiae and ante- 
rior tarsi red ; hind tibiae and hind tarsi much longer than those of 
IE . vespiformis ; hind tarsi testaceous. Fore wings purplish, with 
a limpid basal stripe, and with a reddish streak in front. Hind 
wings limpid, with a lurid tinge; ciliae cupreous. Length of the 
body 6J- lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 
a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
