ÆGERIA TIBIALIS. Alis anticis fuscis immaculatis, posticis hyalinis;
tibiis posticis plumosis testaceis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 1½ lin.)
SYN. Sphinx tibialis, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
Zygæna tibialis, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. 404. _No._ 62. _Gmel. Linn.
S. N._ 2399. 151.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black, slightly pectinated; being thickest towards
the extremities, and ending in a point; where, by the assistance of a
microscope, may be observed a small tuft of hairs. Head ash-coloured.
Thorax and abdomen dark hair colour; the latter being encircled with
small white rings. Anterior wings narrow, and of a dark hair colour,
without any marks or spots. Posterior hyaline. Cilia dark brown.
_Under Side._ Palpi yellowish. Tongue curled up. Breast and abdomen
yellowish, having some grey hairs placed between them. Fore and middle
legs dark brown. Hinder legs remarkably hairy; being scarlet on the out
sides, and black on the inner and under sides, with some white tufts
intermixed. Wings as on the upper side.
{53}GLAUCOPIS PHOLUS.
Plate XXVIII. fig. 3.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Crepuscularia. FAMILY: Zygænidæ.