LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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Fore wings with some blackish and whitish undulating oblique 
bands, with some black marks on the costa and near the exterior 
border, with two straight black lines in the disk, and with a curved 
black subapical line. Hind wings dark brown. Length of the 
body 18 — 21 lines ; of the wings 42 — 52 lines. 
a , b. Sydney. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 
c. Cape York, Australia. Presented by J. Macgillivray, Esq. 
d. New Holland. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 
e. ? From M. Becker’s collection. 
Genus 28. SPHINX. 
Corpus crassum, longum. Caput breve, conicum. Proboscis 
longissima. Antennae setaceae, thoracis longitudine. Abdomen 
thorace duplo longius. Pedes validi, pilosi; tibiae posticae calcari- 
bus quatuor longissimis. Alae longae, angustas, margiue exteriore 
vix denticulato ; anticae acuminatae, apud costain vix convexae, 
margine exteriore perobliquo ; posticae apice subrotundatae. Mas. 
— Antennae serratae. Fcem . — Antennae simplices. 
Sphinx, Linn ., <$rc. 
Agrius, Lethia, et Phlegethontius, p., Hubn . Verz. Schmett. 140. 
Sphinx, p., Linn ., fyc. 
Phlegethontius, p., Agrius, p., et Lethia, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 
140, 141. 
Chromis? Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 138. 
Body thick, long. Head short, conical. Proboscis very long. 
Antennae setaceous, as long as the thorax. Abdomen about twice 
the length of the thorax. Legs stout, pilose, hind tibiae with four 
very long spurs. Wings long, narrow, exterior border hardly den- 
ticulated. Fore wings acuminated, very slightly convex in front; 
exterior border extremely oblique; second inferior vein much 
further from the third than from the first ; third very much further 
from the fourth than from the second. Hind wings almost rounded 
at the tips. Male .— Antennae serrated. Female . — Antennas simple. 
Europe. 
The two following species form two distinct groups in the 
genus. 
