lepidoptera hetekoceka. 
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streaks on each side at the base, and with a row of white spots along 1 
each side. Fore wings with several slight dark brown bands, and 
with an indistinct exterior glaucous band. Hind wings brownish 
black, with the costa and a streak along the exterior border testa- 
ceous in the male, whitish in the female. Length of the body 
14—16 lines ; of the wings 24 — 28 lines. 
a. Australia. From the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake. 
b. Australia. From Mr. Strange's collection. 
c. d . Moreton Bay. Presented by — Gibbons, Esq. 
Genus 3. PROSERPINUS. 
Corpus crassum. Caput obtusum. Proboscis longiuscula. 
Palpi breves, robusti. Antennas subclavatae, thorace paullo longiores. 
Abdomen thorace longius, apice subfasciculatum. Pedes graciles ; 
femora et tibiae pilosissima ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis’ 
Alas mediocriter latae, apud marginem exteriorem excavat.ae ; anticae 
apice subhamatae. Mas. — Antennae subserrato setosae. Fcem . — 
Antennae simplices. 
Sphinx, p., Fabr.; Schr. ; Esp. ; Illig. ; Htibn. ; Panz. 
Proserpinus, H'ubn. Verz . Schmett. 132. 
Macroglossa, p., Ochs. 
Pterogon, Boisd. Bid. Meth. 32; ed. 2, 46. Icon. Hist. Up. 
Spiling . 64. Duponch. 
Body thick. Head obtuse. Proboscis rather long. Palpi 
short and thick. Antennae subclavate, a little longer than the tho- 
rax. Abdomen rather longer than the thorax, very slightly tufted 
at the tip. Legs slender; femora and tibiae very pilose; hind tibiae 
with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad, excavated along 
the exterior border. Fore wings slightly hooked at the tips ; second 
inferior vein much further from the third than from the first ; third 
much further from the fourth than from the second. Male.— An- 
tennae minutely serrate-setose. Female. — Antenna; simple, a little 
more clavate than those of the male. 
1. Proserpinus (Enother.®. 
Cano-viridescens ; antennce apice alba ; thorax plagis duabus 
tngonis lateralibus viridibus ; ala anticte fascia obliqua satu- 
rate viridi, gutla discali nigricante, margins exteriore viri- 
descente ; poslicte lutece,fusco late marginata, ciliis albidis. 
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