LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
85 
k. Moulmein. From Archdeacon Clerk’s collection. 
l. Madras. Presented by W. Elliot, Esq. 
m. n . China. Presented by J. Reeves, Esq. 
o. North India. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
p , q. Hong Kong. Ffom Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
r. Moreton Bay, Australia. Presented by J. Gibbon, Esq. 
10. Sesia Cunninghami. 
Viridis , subtus testaceo-alba ; abdomen fascia rufa , subtus rufum 
maculis albis ; fasciculus apicalis subtus niger ; alee limpidee , 
viridi submar ginatce. 
Macroglossa Cunninghami, Boisd. MSS . 
Probably a variety of S. Hylas . 
a, b. Australia. Presented by J. Hunter, Esq. 
Genus 2. MACROGLOSSA. 
Corpus robustum, fnsiforme, pilosum, subdepressum. Caput 
saepissime latum. Palpi brevissimi. Proboscis longissima. An- 
tennae subclavatae, apice attenuatae. Abdomen apice fasciculatum, 
thorace multo longius. Pedes sat graciles ; tibiae posticae calcari- 
bus quatuor longis. Alae opacae, plus minusve angustae ; anticae 
apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae aut subacuminatae, margine 
exteriore perobliquo. Mas . — Antennae subtus serrato setosae, tho- 
race paullo longiores. Fcem . — Antennae thorace non longiores. 
Sphinx, p., Linn.; Fabr. ; Gmel. ; Scop.; Esp. ; Hubn. ; Schr. ; 
Ochs. 
Sesia, p., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ; Rossi. 
Psithyros et Cephonodes, Hubn. Verz. Schmett . 131, 132. 
Macroglossum, Scop. Ins. Cam. 414. 
Macroglossa, Ochs.; Boisd.; S.teph. ; Curt. 
Body stout, fusiform, pilose, somewhat depressed. Head gene- 
rally broad. Palpi very short. Proboscis very long. Antenna 
subclavate, attenuated at the tips. Abdomen tufted at the tip, 
much longer than the thorax. Legs moderately slender; hind 
tibiae with four long spurs. Wings opaque, more or less narrow. 
Fore wings straight in front, rounded or slightly acuminated at the 
tips, very or extremely oblique along the exterior border; inferior 
veins from the first to the fourth successively more remote from 
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