164 
SMALL ELEPHANT HAWK- MOTH. 
occurred in so many difFerent localities, that it must 
be pretty generally distributed over England. Tbe 
neigbbourbood of Birmingbam, Salisbmy, and Lon- 
don, bave at times afforded it in some plenty. 
HUMMING-BIRD HAWK-MOTH. 
Macroyhssa SteUatarum, 
PLATE XII. Fig. 1. 
Sphinx Stellatanim, Xf««n . ; Donovan^y\\, PI. 155.— Humming- 
bird Sphinx, Harris^ Aurel. PI. 24.— Macro. SteUatarum, 
Ocksen., Stephens, 
The present genus and that immediately following, 
are at once distinguisbed from tbe other Ilawk- 
motbs by having a tuft of scaly hairs at tlie extre- 
mity of tbe abdomen. Macroglossa is fiu-ther cha- 
racterized by having the short abdomen strongly 
tufted on tbe sides, the wings opaque, and tbe 
suctorial trunk of great length, at least equal to 
that of tbe body, — a circumstance w'bich has sug- 
gested the generic name*. Tlie only species found 
in Europe is that represented on tbe adjoining 
plate. It measures from twenty to twenty-four 
lines between tbe tips of the anterior wings, which 
are of a dusky brown, with several tran.sverse waved 
bands, most of them obsolete, except two near tbe 
middle, which are of a deep black, with a dot of 
tbe same colour in tbe space between. The hinder 
* From long, and the tongue. 
