GENUS. AGLAOPE, _Latr._ Sphinx, _Drury_.
AGLAOPE PLUMIPES. Nigricans, thorace maculis abdomineque fasciis albis,
alis immaculatis, tibiis posticis plumosis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Sphinx plumipes, _Drury, App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Bay of Honduras.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black, but whitish at the tips; being thickest in
the middle. Head black, with a white spot in front between the antennæ.
Neck black, with three white spots on it. Thorax black, with several
white spots thereon. Abdomen black, with several narrow white rings.
Wings dark brown, immaculate.
_Under Side._ Palpi white. Tongue spiral. Breast black, spotted with
white on its sides. Abdomen black, having one broad white ring on it, and
several narrow ones. Legs long and black. Thighs white. Hinder legs
furnished with tufts of hairs of a black colour, placed in such manner as
to resemble the shaft of an arrow; the legs, above and below these tufts,
being white. Wings coloured as on the upper side.