LEPIDOPTERA HETEROOEBA. 
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Genus 1. SESIA. 
Corpus vobustum, fusiforme, pilosum. Caput plus minusve 
latum. Proboscis longa. Palpi brevissimi. Antennae subclavatae, 
apice attenuatae, thorace paullo longiores. Abdomen apice fascicu- 
latum, thorace plus minusve longius. Pedes longiusculi, sat gra- 
ciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alas vitreae ; anticae 
apud eostam rectae, apice subacuminatae, margine exteriore perob- 
liquo. Mas . — Antennae subtus serrato setosae. 
Sphinx, p., Linn. 
Sesia, Fabr . Syst . Ent. 547 ; Steph. 
Macroglossa, p., Ochs. ; Boisd . 
Hemaris, Dalm. Sp. S. 215. 
Cephonodes, Hubn. p., Verz. Schmett. 131. 
Body stout, fusiform, pilose. Head more or less broad. Pro- 
boscis long. Palpi very short. Antennae subclavate, attenuated at 
the tips, a little longer than the thorax. Abdomen tufted at the 
tip, more or less longer than the thorax. Legs rather long and 
slender ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings wholly or partly 
vitreous. Fore wings straight along the costa, slightly acuminated 
at the tips, extremely oblique along the exterior border; second in- 
ferior vein hardly nearer to the hrst than to the third ; third thrice 
or four times further from the fourth than from the second. Hind 
wings slightly notched by the bind end of the exterior border. 
Male . — Antennae serrate-setose beneath. 
Europe. 
1. Sesia Bombyliformis. 
Cervina , subtus testacea ; abdomen fascia lata rubra , fasciculis 
lateralibus posticis testaceis , apicalibus nigris ; alee limpidee y 
basi cervince , marginibus et anticarum apicibus late rubris , 
anticce striga discali rubra. 
, Engr. Pap. d’Eur. iii. 24, pi. 89, f. 117; pi. 90, f. 
117. Roes. Ins. Bel. iii. pi. 38, f. 2, 3 ; iv. pi. 34, f. 1, 2, 4. 
Geoffr. Ins. Par. ii. 82, 5. 
Sphinx Fuciformis, Wien. Verz. 44, 1. Esp. Schmett. ii. 118, pi. 
14, f. 1. Boric. Eur. Schmett. ii. 52, 133, 176, 1 ; Rhein. Mag. 
i. 313, 137. Sulz. Ins. 36, pi. 15, f. 90. Donov. Nat. Hist. 
Brit. Ins. iii. pi. 87. Hubn. Sphing. 93, 2, pi. 9, f. 55 ; Larv. 
Lep. ii. Sphing. iii. Leg. A, a, f. 2, a, b. Fuessl. Schwarz , Ins. 
