EUPYRRHOGLOSSUM; SESIA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
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The ground-colour is darker above and beneath. A large, well marked form from St. Vincent, Guadelupe and 
Dominica. — Moss describes the larva of the form restitute to be whitish or apple-green with a narrow white 
median stripe and 7 oblique white lateral stripes bordered above with dark green, often also yet with black: 
head and horn bluish-green. When alarmed the front body is raised and 2 or 3 large black and yellow moon- 
spots are visible on the ventral side of the segments. It lives on Rubiaceae such as Ourouparia guianensis, but 
mostly on Coffea arabica and liberica. 
P. lefebraei Luc. (= lefebvrii H.-Schaff.) (98 B e). Very similar to lusca lusca and with the same genital lefebraci. 
apparatus, the dark antemedian band of the forewing is rudimentary, and the hindwing lacks the yellow inne''- 
marginal spot. Larva not described, according to Gundlach it also lives on Rubiaceae. Cuba; Haiti. 
P. jamaicensis Rothsch. likewise resembles lusca and its genital apparatus is neither very different, only jamaicen- 
the clasper is broader. It chiefly differs in a large yellow discal spot on the forewing beneath. Jamaica. sls - 
P. glaucescens Wlcr., only known from a single type, resembles the form tenebrosa of lusca. Thorax glaucescens. 
greenish-yellow above, the 5th and 6th abdominal segments spotted white laterally, ventral side lighter than 
in tenebrosa. Forewing with a broad antemedian band distinctly defined on both sides; the brown submarginal 
line is regularly bent and begins 2 mm distant from the apex at the costal margin. Hindwing without a yellow 
band, with a reddish-yellow submarginal spot at the anal angle. Haiti. 
47. Genus: Eiipyrrlioglossum Grt. 
Structure exactly like that of Sesia, but veins 7 and 8 of forewing are not fused at the ends. Only 
2 species: 
Type: E. sagra Poey. 
E. sagra Poey ( = harpyia Schauj.) (98 B e) is a most characteristic species; body mouse-coloured above, sagra. 
brown laterally, abdomen with a brown dorsal line. Forewing brown with black markings and a white hyaline 
spot before the centre of the margin in the black submarginal band which begins about 8 mm before the apex 
and is sharply broken in the upper third. Hindwing jet-black with a uniformly narrow straight yellow trans¬ 
verse band and yellow fringe. Mexico to Rio Grande do Sul and Cuba. — Larva, according to Moss, brown, 
dorsally more pinkish-brown, with a darkei brown dorsal line and similar 7 oblique stripes on the rings 8—11 with 
emerald-green spots below them; the black horn is very coarsely granulated. It lives on Sabicea aspera 
(Rubiacea.) 
E. corvus Bsd. (= ceculus Btlr.) (98 B f) is much more like a Perigonia with very slender and narrow corvus. 
wings. Fore wing brown with darker transverse markings and a feebly and regularly bent submarginal band. 
Hindwing yellow with a black base and marginal band. Nicaragua to Bolivia. Moss presumes the larva to be 
very similar to that of sagra, but green, on Rubiaceae, but it did not develop. 
E. venustum R. & J . is near corvus, but easily separable from it by the broader and much lighter venustum. 
greenish yellow band of the hindwing, by the light maize-coloured pectoral side of the thorax, and by numerous 
blackish-brown lines on the fore wing above. Thorax blackish-brown with 2 lead-coloured stripes. Fore wing 
narrower and longer than in sagra, blackish brown, with a leaden gloss between the transverse lines, with 7 
antemedian and 5 postmedian blackish brown lines, the latter lines somewhat dentate, in a feeble S-curve, 
the 5th line being broadest, united with a submarginal line before vein 4 and extending together to the anal 
angle. Length of forewing: 31 mm. Rio Madeira (Amazons). 
48. Genus: Sesia Fair. 
Head broad, palpi with a short point. Antenna scarcely thickened towards the apex, with a slender 
terminal book. Margins of wings entire; the veins 7 and 8 of the forewing are fused at the ends. The genus 
contains 5 species with a relatively very strong body, anal end with a strong fan-like tail and with relatively 
narrow and small, though very strong wings. Only American. 
Type: 8 . tantalus L. 
S. ceculus Cr. (98 B f) and the following gehleni are the only species with a yellow band of the ceculus. 
hindwing. Forewing dark brown with a darker basal half and several dark submarginal bands, often with a 
narrow hyaline subterminal spot which may also be just as often absent. Hindwing black with a narrow orange 
band widening anal wards. Abdomen spotted orange laterally. Mexico to Bolivia and South Brazil. Moss has 
