Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 edition. Excerpt: ... opposite the post-apical vein and the medio-central, truncate at the tip and excavated between the angles, or denticulated along the hind margin; the inner margin is deeply concave above the interior angle, which is somewhat prominent. Male.--Antennae densely ciliferous or sub-pectinated, with the articles produced beneath. Female.--Antennae simple. Larva.--The head is semi-oval or pyramidal, with vertex acute. The body granulated, with a caudal horn, and obliquely banded with dorsal thoracic lines on each side. Transformation subterranean. The pupa of Group I. smooth and cylindricoconical, and the position of the larva, when at rest or when disturbed, sphinx like. Species, Group I. Costa of posterior wings concave and dilated toward the tip. 84. Mi/ops.--Hind wings ochre-yellow internally, externally chocolate brown; ocellus black, pupil pale blue. 85. Exrmcatus.--Hind wings rosy internally; ocellus black, pupil pale blue. Costa of posterior wings rounded and entire from base to tip. 86. Modestus.--Olivaceous; hind wings purplish red, with a black patch above inner angle. 87. Geminatus.--Hind wings rosy; ocellus black, with two or three blue pupils. 88. Opthalmicus.--Variety of Geminatus? 89. Asti/lus.--Reddish brown or cinnamon colored; anterior wings with sub-terminal whitish bands. Group ii. Antennae sub-pectinated in the %, simple in 9; hind margin of anterior wings undulating in the %, crenated in the V. 90. Juglandis.--Pale fawn-color. Group I. Hind wings dilated on the costa at the tip.-j-Fore wings angulated and excavated on the hind margin. 84. S. Myops.--Sphinx myops Abbot & Smith, I. 51, pi. 26. Smerinthus rosacearum Boisduval, Sp. Gen. Lcp. pi. 15, f. 4. Smerinthus myops Harris, p. 291, 3. Paonias..."