LEFT D OPT ERA HETEROCERA. 
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1. LaPARA BOMBYCOIDES. 
Cinerea ; alee anticce linea obliqua angulosa strigisque nonnullis 
lanceolatis ; posticee fuscescentes , basi pallidiores , ciliis albis. 
Cinereous. Fore wings with a zigzag oblique black line, and 
with several lanceolate black marks. Hind wings brownish, paler 
towards the base ; ciliae white. Length of the body 10 lines ; of the 
wings 24 lines. 
Canada. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Genus 34. ACHERONTIA. 
Corpus crassum. Proboscis brevis, distincta. Palpi validi, 
brevissimi. Antennae subfiliformes, serratae, thorace breviores. 
Abdomen thorace duplo longius. Pedes breves, crassi ; tibiae pos- 
ticae calcaribus quatuor mediocriter longis. Alae longiusculae, sat 
angustae, margiue exteriore integro ; anticae vix acuminatae, apud 
costam subcouvexae, margine exteriore perobliquo vix convexo, 
margine interiore recto ; posticae apice rotundatae. 
Acherontia, Ochs . ; Steph. ; Curt. ; Boisd. ; Meig, 
Acherontia, p., H'ubn. 
Sphinx, Linn., Src. 
Brachyglossa, Boisd. olim. 
Body thick. Head short, rounded in front. Proboscis short, 
distinct. Palpi stout, very short. Antennae subfiliform, serrated, 
shorter than the thorax. Abdomen about twice the length of the 
thorax. Legs short, very stout; hind tibiae with four mode- 
rately long spurs. Wings rather long and narrow; exterior border 
entire. Fore wings hardly acuminated, slightly convex in front, 
very oblique and very slightly convex along the exterior border; in- 
terior border straight ; inferior veins much as usual. Hind wings 
rounded at the tips. 
Europe. 
1. Acherontia Atropos. 
Cinereo-nigra ; antennee apice albce ; thoracis discus cervinus , cine- 
reo varius ; abdomen f asciis nigris maculisque lateralibus 
luteis ; alee anticce f asciis undulosis nigris , strigis nonnullis 
guttaque discali cervinis aut albidis ; posticee lutece vittis , 
duabus nigris. 
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