SPHINX. (Sesies. Tecte.) 6 5

«51. 2.— Fab. Ent. Syst. 358. 10.— Fab. Syst. Ent. z. 537. 4.

—Fab. Mant. Ins. 2. 93. 9.— Fab. Spec. 'Ins. 2 . 141. 9.—

De Geer Gen. Ins. 35.34.— Donov. Br. Ins. 325.— HarrisAur. t. 20 figura majores. — Wilks, pi. 23.— Hiibner Scbmet.no. 72. pi. 15.— Esper Scbmet. 2. t. 3.— Roes. Ins. 1. pbal. 1.t. 2.— Sepp. Ins. v. 1. 2. t. 6.— Merian Eruc. pars 2. pi. 21.

—Albin's Ins. t. 10.— Barbufs Gen. pi. io.fi. 3.— Raj. Ins .

151. 1.— Seba Tbes. 4. 53. G. et 4. 59. f. 3.— Scbaf. Icon.

100.fi. 1. 2. et 203. fi. 4.

Habitat rarius Larva in Tilia Europea et Ulmo campestre,m. Aug. Puppa sub Terra. Imago m. Mai. Tiliaceis et Ul-mosis.

Expansio alarum 3 unc.

Descriptio. Larva solitaria caudata scabra, antice attenuataviridis striis obliquis sanguineis flavisque. Fab.

Puppa fusco-rufescens asperiuscula.

Imago. Thorax albicans, fasciis tribus olivaceis, antice con-fluentibus. Abdomen cinereum. Ala antica griseae, subinderoseo-griseae, subinde ferrugineae, fascia media fracta ex ma-culis duabus transversis majusculis subquadratis fusco-oliva-ceis vix confluentibus ; fimbriaque lata olivaeea ad marginemposticum ; lituraque alba vel albida apicis. Ala postica adangulum ani emarginat® griseae, fascia postica obscura fus-cescente, quas ?d angulum ani nigrescit.

(a) ** SESIiE ( Humming-birds and Ciear ■’tvings). Abdo-mine (apiforme et crabroniforme exceptis) valde barbato.

Alis (stellatarum exceptis) fenestratis, volatu diurno.f Tecta; ( Humming-birds ). Alis squamis minutistectis, et inde opacis.

S. S. (The Humming-bird) Abdominis lateribus albo nigroque Stellatarum.variis, alis anticis fusco-cinereis strigis duabus atris, posticis 14.ferrugineis.

Linn.

(a) Obs. All the 1 species which compose this section, ex-cept the first, are called internal feeders by Aufelians: i. e.their Larva feed internally on the pith or young wood of vari-ous trees ; but more especially the currant, willow, poplar, andarbele. The eggs are supposed to be deposited by the parentfemales externally on the shoots of the trees, and the youngLarva, when hatched, are said to eat their way into the pith,and there form themselves cylindrical lodgements, in which,

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