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. GLAUCOPIS? ASTREAS. Plate XXVIII. fig. 4. ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Crepuscularia. FAMILY: Zygænidæ. GENUS. GLAUCOPIS, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ (Zygæna, _Fabr. olim._) GLAUCOPIS? ASTREAS. Alis subhyalinis albidis, maculâ mediâ apiceque fuscis, thorace nigro maculato, abdomine roseo. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc.) SYN. Sphinx Astreas, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. Noctua Astrea, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 2. _p._ 19. _No._ 35. _Gmel. Linn. S. N._ 2534. 593. HABITAT: Bengal (_Drury_). New Holland (_Fabricius_). _Upper Side._ Antennæ filiform, light brown, being thickest in the middle. Head cream-coloured, spotted with black. Neck the same, with a red cleft in the middle, and a black spot on each side. Thorax cream-coloured, spotted with black. Abdomen scarlet. Anterior wings transparent, whereof a third next the tips is opake and of a light hair colour, running about half way up the anterior edge of each wing; where is a streak of the same colour running half way across the wing. Anterior and posterior edges dark cream-coloured. Posterior wings transparent, the anterior edges and upper corners being dark cream-coloured. _Under Side._ Palpi white externally, but red within; the extremities being black. Tongue curled up. Breast white, with a black spot on each side. Legs red. Under sides of the thighs white. Abdomen cream colour; having a narrow white streak on each side, whereon are several black spots. Wings coloured as on the upper side. This insect is evidently the type of a subgenus, sufficiently distinct from any of the preceding. {54}SYNTOMIS FENESTRATA. Plate XXVIII. fig. 5. ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Crepuscularia? FAMILY: Zygænidæ. GENUS. SYNTOMIS, _Illig. Latr._ Zygæna, _Fabr._ Sphinx, _Drury_. SYNTOMIS FENESTRATA. Alis fuscis, anticarum maculis quatuor, posticarum unicâ hyalinis, abdomine fulvo nigroque annulato. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 2 lin.) SYN. Sphinx fenestrata, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. Zygæna fenestrata, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 392. _No._ 21. _Gmel. Linn. S. N._ 2394. 119. (Sphinx). HABITAT: China.