GLAUCOPIS? PHALÆNOIDES. Alis anticis cinereis apicem versus
subpellucidis, posticis parvis truncatis maculâ basali obscurâ. (Expans.
Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Sphinx Phalænoides, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Bay of Honduras.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ pectinated and grey, being smallest at the
extremity, which is white. Head grey. Neck white. Thorax ash-coloured.
Abdomen pale yellow. Anterior wings ash-coloured next the shoulders, and
along the anterior and posterior edges; the remaining parts being nearly
transparent. Posterior wings singularly shaped; ash-coloured next the
body, but the anterior parts are subpellucid. On these parts is placed a
small triangular spot, of different colours when held in different
directions, in some being yellow, in others ash-coloured.
_Under Side._ Tongue curled up. Breast yellow. Sides and abdomen white.
Anterior wings appearing more pellucid than above. Anterior and external
edges white; and near the shoulders is placed a white oval spot on each.
Posterior wings ash-coloured, but round the edges are white; appearing to
be less pellucid than on the upper side. The triangular spot is scarcely
discernible on this side.
{55}PLATE XXIX.
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