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Show 192 INSECTA. .lEGooERA, Lat. Where the antennre are also destitute of the tuft of scales, but evidently thickened in their middle and fusiform; the second joint of the inferior palpi is furnished with a bunch of hairs, projecting in the form of a rostrum. The abdomen terminates in a simple point. The wings are tectiform ~nd entirely covered with scales. Their metamorphoses are unknown(!). The fourth and last section of the Sphinges, that of the ZYG.IE· NlDES, is composed of Lepidoptera, in which the antennre, always terminated in a point destitute of a tuft, are sometimes simple in both sexes, fusiform or resembling a ram's horn, and sometimes but slightly thickened in the middle, almost setaceous, pect.inated in both sexes, or at least in the males, and where the inferior palpi are of a moderate size or small, almost cylindrical, and always formed of three distinct joints. The wings are almost tectiform, and exhibit transparent spots in many. There is no terminal brush to the abdomen. The spurs of the posterior extremity are generally small. The caterpillars live exposed on various leguminous plants. They are cylindrical, usually pilose, without a posterior horn, similar to those of different species of Bombyx, and form a fusiform or ovoid cocoon of silk, which they attach to the stems of plants. The habits of these Insects have been well described by M. Bois-Duval, in the work I have just mentioned. These Lepidoptera have been distin· guished in France by the names of Sphinx-beliers, Papillons-pha-lenes, &c. I ; ZYGlENA. The Zygrenre are not found in the western continent. Their antennre are simple in both sexes, and terminate abruptly in a fusiform club, or one resembling a ram's horn; their inferior pal pi extend be· yond the clypeus, and are pointed at the extremity. Z. filipendul::e; Sphinx filipendulre, L.; Rres., Insect., I, Class II, Pap. Noct., lvii. Black or bluish-green; six red spots on the superior wings; the inferior ones red, with their posterior margin the colour of the body. (1) Bombyx venulia, Fab. See Lat., Gen. Crust. etlnsect., IV, P· 211; Dalm., Anal. Entom., P· 49; it would perhaps be more in conformity with the natural order, if this subgenus were placed near Agarista. LEPIDOPTERA The caterpillar is • 193 se1'ies of blacks lemon-yellow, sJi htJ . glossy, elong t xots along the body Itg . y pilose, with five Its surface is ~v~·in~;dd fusiform coc~on o:p:~s a straw-colour·ed, in July(l). e or plaited. The e stems of plants. • perfect Insect a ppear·s SYNTOMIS Ill' Only differinoo r, ' Ig. tl · k o u om Zyg . uc ' and insensibl fi . rena .tn tbe autcn . shorter and b y Usiform and sl d nee, wlnch are not o tuse(2). . en er. TIl e I. nferior palpi arseo ATYOHIA, Hoff. Ill' . Where the Ig. th antennce are . e males), accordin Simple (in the females) . Jose and ext d g to the sex. the . fi . ' 01' brpectinate c· en con · 1 ' In er1or . 1 . m short, and the ext SI~ crabJy beyond the c1yp pa pi ar·e densely pi-ver rem1ty of ti cus. The · y strong spincs(3)· The le posterior tib.I re I. s furni. swhmedg s a· r·c Wlt1l Pnoonxs Fab Ap ' . proaches Atychi . shor·ter and not hair a 1? the antennce; but tl . posterior tib. y. rhe wings . I le Inferior palp' . p Ice are small are ong, and tl I are . ataticea· 8nh. . le spurs of the II p _, r mx ataticea L p . ! . 255, iii, 8-lo ' . ; . turquoise De Wings brown· ant . Body glossy green , . Geer, Insect. I set;£ ' tl1 ose of' the fet nnre of th e male with 't as If g. ilt; . fi ' In erior . n the other Lepido e~ales somewhat senate;o series of black sexes are b. p era of this d. . . Ipectinated or furnished wi:l:I:i~n, the antennre of both . ouble row of 1 ~----~~JrT c ongated ( 1) ' • • Lat., Gen Cr France. . ust. etinsect.' IV 211· . . (2) ' , See also the H' N See the same works tst. Nat. des Lepid de ear the S . . • in h'• s Europy nLt om.t des co mcs t h e genus p other Zy . • eptd. Index Method SICOTRoE, established b but a sin glrerudes ~nits monilifo ., and, according to h' J': 1\~. Dois-Du~·al, g e spectes p rm antenna: a d . Jm, distmct fi .&1. Duvauncel. • . .Duvancelii, found . n Immaculate wings. It rom. aU (3) Lavt ' lb'd Ill Bengal by l'tl. ])' d comprises 1 ., IV, 214. Iar :~nd the late OL. IV.-z • J I'J |