Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 1Drury, Dru
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Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 1
Drury, Dru
Insects -- Pictorial works
_Under Side._ Breast and abdomen very pale clay colour. Anterior wings at
the base pale clay-coloured, towards the middle darker; from thence to
the tips prettily clouded with orange and clay-coloured marks, divided by
dark lines, and many small dark brown spots. Posterior wings along the
interior margin clay-coloured, and along the extreme part of the anterior
edges the same; the remainder of the wings dull orange, faintly shaded
and spotted with brown marks and dots.
{52}ZYGÆNA? THETIS.
Plate XXVI. fig. 4.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Crepuscularia? FAMILY: Zygænidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. ZYGÆNA? _Fabr._ Anthrocera, _Scop._ Sphinx, _Drury_.
ZYGÆNA? THETIS. Coerulea, thorace anticè rubro punctato, alis nigris,
anticis apice, posticis disco, hyalinis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 6 lin.)
SYN. Sphinx Thetis, _Linn. Mantiss_. 1. 539.
Zygæna Thetis, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. 391. _No._ 17. _Gmel. Linn. S.
N._ 2393. 115. (Sphinx T.)
HABITAT: Jamaica.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Head and thorax black. On the neck are two
small scarlet spots just above the eyes, and one on each side below them.
Abdomen silvery shining blue, having a triangular black mark at the base.
Anterior wings dirty black, immaculate; tips whitish. Posterior wings
dirty black, with a white discoidal transparent cloud.
_Under Side._ Breast and sides dirty black. Abdomen white; its sides and
tip dirty black. Wings of the same colour as on the upper side.
MACROGLOSSA ZONATA.
Plate XXVI. fig. 5.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Crepuscularia. FAMILY: Sesiidæ, _Steph._
GENUS. MACROGLOSSA, _Ochs._ Macroglossum, _Scop._ Sphinx, _Fabr. Drury_.
MACROGLOSSA ZONATA. Alis nigricantibus, anticis punctis tribus
subapicalibus, abdominisque fasciâ albis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Sphinx Zonata, _Drury, App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: St. Christopher's.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ dark brown, hooked at the extremities; the under
sides being paler. Thorax and abdomen dark greyish brown; the extremity
of the latter broad and hairy, with a white transverse central fascia;
between which and the extremity are three small lateral white spots.
Anterior wings very dark brown, with three transparent minute spots
beyond the middle; above which, near the anterior margin, is a single
black one. Posterior wings dark brown, immaculate.
_Under Side._ The middle of the abdomen at the base ash-coloured,
extending about half way, narrowing gradually; the middle of each of the
segments being the same. Posterior wings coloured as on the upper side;
the posterior, along the interior margin to the shoulders, being
ash-coloured.
PLATE XXVII.
[Illustration]
SPHINX ALOPE.
Plate XXVII. fig. 1.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Crepuscularia. FAMILY: Sphingidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. SPHINX, _Auct._
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