SYNTOMIS PHEGEA. Viridi-atra alarum punctis fenestratis, anticarum sex,
posticarum duobus; abdomine cingulo luteo. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Sphinx Phegea, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 2. 805. 35. _God. Lepid. du Franc.
pl._ 22. _f._ 14.
Zygæna Quercûs, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. 388. _No._ 6.
Syntomis Quercûs, _Latr. Genera Crust. et Ins._ 4. _p._ 213.
Sphinx du Pissenlit, _Engram Pap. d'Eur_.
HABITAT: Germany.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black, filiform, with the tips white. Head and
thorax black. Abdomen dark green, almost black; on the top, next the
thorax, is a deep yellow spot like gold, and near the extremity a ring of
the same golden yellow extends just below the sides. Anterior wings dark
green; having six transparent spots, one next the shoulders, two in the
middle, and three next the tips. Posterior wings of the same colour as
the superior, with two transparent spots on them.
_Under Side._ Breast and abdomen dark green; on each side the breast are
two golden yellow spots. All the wings are coloured and marked as on the
upper side.
{49}GLAUCOPIS FENESTRATA.
Plate XXV. fig. 3.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Crepuscularia? FAMILY: Zygænidæ, _Leach_.