NARROW-BORDERED BEE HAWK-MOTH. 171 
insect in this country, but has been found in some 
plenty in one or two places, and occasionally in 
others. Mr. Curtis mentions Enborne, near New- 
bury, Berlcsliire, as one of its localities, and it is 
said by Mr. Stephens to hare been taken in lire 
New Forest. 
BEE CLEAR-WING. 
TrochUium Apiforme, 
PLATE Xni. Fig. 1. 
Si)liinx Apiformis, Linn. ; Donovan, i. PI. 25 ; Linn, Tram. 
iii. PI. 3. figs. 1 — 5 .®geria Apiformis, Leach Hornet- 
moth, Harris' Expos. PI. 3, fig. 7 Trochilium Apiforme, 
Curtis' D. E. viii. 372. 
The two genera which next present themselves to 
our notice constitute the family of the JEgeridse. 
Their affinity to the Sesi® will at once be traced in 
the transparency and similar neuration of the ttings, 
while the absence of the anal horn in the caterpillar 
evinces a considerable aberration from that group, 
as well as from the typical structure of the Sphin- 
gidm. They possess a pair of simple eyes, or stem- 
mata, placed on the hinder part of the head, similar 
to what are observed in many Hymenoptera and 
Diptera. Other points of analogy to the insects 
just named may be discovered, and this general 
resemblance is attempted to be indicated by naming 
