Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 2Drury, Dru
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Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 2
Drury, Dru
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_Upper Side._ Antennæ reddish ash-coloured. Head and thorax greyish
brown, with a large patch of a deep chocolate on each shoulder. Abdomen
grey brown, but lighter on the sides. Anterior wings, next the shoulders,
grey brown; but of a dark olive brown towards the tips and external
edges. Near the middle of the posterior edges is placed a large square
spot, of a deep chocolate colour: at the lower corners is a small
triangular one; and a third somewhat larger than the last at the tips.
Posterior wings rose-coloured next the shoulders and anterior edges, but
grey-brown along the external edges; having a short row of black spots
lying parallel thereto, and rising from the abdominal corners.
_Under Side._ Breast and abdomen grey brown, but lighter than on the
upper side. Wings rusty red, immaculate, except a dark border running
along the external edges; and also a faint narrow line crossing them,
from the anterior to the abdominal edges.
MACROGLOSSA PASSALUS.
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.
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