Lepidoptera of Devon and Cornwall. 97 
Common. Frequenting gardens throughout both Devon and 
Cornwall. 
App. — May to October. 
Gen. SXSSIA, Fah. 
70. S. fuciformis, Lin. 
Sphinx Fuciformis, Faun. Suec. 1092, Sys. Nat. ii. 803. 
Sesia Bomhyliformis, Wood. Ind. Ent. t. 4, fig. 21. 
Sesia Fuciformis, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 26, pi. 6, fig. 7.— Staint. 
Man. i. 91. 
Not rare in the neighbourhood of Exeter and Falmouth. 
App. — June. 
Loc. — Fordland-wood, near Exeter, E. P. ; Torquay, Dr. B. ; 
Bickleigh Vale, Mr. J. S. Dell; Falmouth, Faun. Fal. 
71. S. bombyliformis, Esp. 
Sphinx Bomhyliformis, Esp. S. ii. 180, t. 23. 
Sphinx Fuciformis, Wood. Ind. Ent. t, 4, fig. 22. 
Sesia Bomhyliformis, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 26, pi. 6, fig. 4-6.— 
Staint. Man. i. 99. 
Rare. 
App. — June. 
Loc. — Barnstaple, G. F. M. ; Bickleigh Vale, Mr. J. S. Dell; 
Falmouth, Faun. Fal. 
Family— ^GERIIDiE, Steph. 
Gen. SPKSCIA, Huh. 
72. S. apiformis, Lin. 
Sphinx Apiformis, Lin. Sys. Nat. ii. 804. — Faun. Suec. 1093. 
JSgeria Apiformis, Newn. Ent, Mag. vol. i. 74. 
Sphecia Apiformis, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 34, pi. 7, fig. 2-16. 
Trochilium Apiformis, Steph. Illust. Haust. i. 137. 
Sphecia Apiformis, Staint. Man. i. 102. 
Rare. 
The larv'a of this, and of the species next to be referred to, feeds 
upon the wood of living trees ; S. Apiformis being partial to poplar, 
whilst that of S. Bemheciformis prefers willow. 
App. — June and July. 
