GLAUCOPIS PHOLUS. Atra, alis omnibus basi fulvis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 3
lin.)
SYN. Sphinx Pholus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
Zygæna Pholus, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. 406. _No._ 27. _Gmel. Linn. S.
N._ 2399. 155. (Sphinx).
HABITAT: New England, New York, Maryland, Virginia, Carolina.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black, and thickest in the middle. Head, eyes,
thorax, and abdomen black. Shoulders and half the superior wings deep
orange yellow; the apical half black. Posterior wings, next the body,
paler yellow; the remaining two-thirds black.
_Under Side._ Tongue curled up. Breast, sides, abdomen, and legs black.
Wings coloured as on the upper side, but not quite so brilliant.