GENUS. GLAUCOPIS, _Fabricius_. (syst. Gloss.) Zygæna, _Fabr. Olim._
Sphinx P. _Drury_.
GLAUCOPIS COARCTATA. Alis flavo-hyalinis, marginibus maculâque anticarum
fuscis, abdomine basi coarctato, maculis aureo-coerulescentibus. (Expans.
Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Sphinx coarctata, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. _Cramer Ins. tab._ 4. _f._
F. G.
Zygæna caudata, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 403. _No._ 58. _Gmel.
Linn. S. N._ 2398. 147. _Pallas Spicel. Zool._ 1. _tab._ 2. _fig._ 8.
[male].
HABITAT: Bay of Honduras (_Drury_). "In America meridionali" (_Fabr._).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ pectinated, and thickest in the middle. Head black,
with a blue spot in front. Neck blue. Thorax black, with an orange spot
on each shoulder. Abdomen black; smallest next the thorax, with a row of
golden blue spots on each side, and another at top; at the extremity is
placed a hairy bristle, about a quarter the length of the abdomen. Wings
yellowish, and transparent. The anterior having a black narrow border
running round all their edges, except the anterior ones; and in the
middle of each is an oblong black spot, joining to the anterior edge,
which reaches almost half across the wing. Posterior wings with a black
border along the abdominal edges and the upper corners; the anterior and
external edges having none.
_Under Side._ Palpi externally white, but internally black. Tongue curled
up. Breast black, the sides being blue. Legs black. Thighs white within,
and blue without. Abdomen, next the thorax, {51}white; the remainder
being black, with four white spots on each side; that next the anus being
the smallest. Wings as on the upper side; except the anterior, which have
a yellowish border running along the posterior edges.
The extremity of the body of the male is furnished with a villose tail, as
long as the body.