Plate XXIX. fig. 2.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Crepuscularia. FAMILY: Sphingidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. MACROGLOSSA, _Ochs._ Sesia P. _Fabr._ Sphinx P. _Drury_.
MACROGLOSSA PASSALUS. Alis anticis badio fuscis, in medio fasciâ latâ
pallidiori, posticis luteis margine lato fusco. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc.)
SYN. Sphinx Passalus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
Sphinx Pandora, _Fab. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. 380. _No._ 6.
HABITAT: China (_Drury_). India orientalis (_Fabricius_).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ brown, and thickest near their extremities. Head
and thorax greyish-brown, with a dark line running down the middle.
Abdomen red brown, with two yellow spots on each side. Tail broad and
hairy. Anterior wings, next the body, dark chocolate, occupying a third
part; next to this they are of a light red brown, growing darker as it
approaches the tips. Inferior wings yellow next the shoulders; the apical
half being of a fine dark chocolate.
_Under Side._ Head white. Tongue curled up. Breast and thighs yellow
clay-coloured. Legs, sides, and abdomen dark clay-coloured. Wings, next
the body, yellow clay-coloured; the remaining parts being red brown, with
a faint darker border along the external edges.
{56}GLAUCOPIS? PULCHRA.
Plate XXIX. fig. 3.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Crepuscularia? FAMILY: Zygænidæ.
GENUS. GLAUCOPIS, _Fabr. Latr._ Sphinx, _Drury_.
GLAUCOPIS PULCHRA. Alis anticis nigris, strigis sex fulvis; posticis
nigris basi fulvis; abdomine fulvo annulato. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc.)
SYN. Sphinx Pulchra, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: China.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black, and smallest at their extremities. Head
yellow. Thorax the same, streaked longitudinally with black. Abdomen
black, having one ring near the middle; the extremity of the tail being
yellow. Anterior wings black, with six yellow spots and streaks on each;
one streak being the longest, running parallel and near to the posterior
edge; another is placed on the edge itself. The space between these
streaks and the anterior edge is occupied by the remaining four spots;
the foremost being much narrower than the others. Posterior wings yellow
next the shoulders, with a broad black margin running along the external
edges.
_Under Side._ Tongue curled up. Breast and sides yellow. Legs black.
Thighs yellow. Abdomen yellow; the extremity black, with two yellow
rings. Wings as on the upper side, but the colours less brilliant.