Transactions Volume 15 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ...with one pair of spurs, posterior with two pairs. Primaries somewhat elongate trigonate, apex rounded, outer margin oblique; secondaries trigouate; venation of the normal type. The genitalia of the & are somewhat peculiar; the supra-anal plate is transversely flattened, the hook but little curved, somewhat bulbous just before tip; the inferior process is slender, cylindrical, curved, with a bulbous tip. The side piece is elongate, narrowing to the tip; no distinct elasper. Messrs. Grote and Butler placed this genus with Anceryx and Dilophonota; later, Mr. Grote places it in the " Caudiberbes" in deference to the opinion of Mr. Hy. Edwards, who says, as to its location near Anceryx, " This appears to me to be an error, its coloration, shape of wing, extremely long tongue and tufted abdomeu bearing a closer resemblance to the Macroglossince." Boisduval also places it with the latter group. In coloration it is quite as close to Dilo-phonolu as to any Macroglossid, while the long tongue is a typically Sphingid feature. The antennal structure alone, however, would remove it to the locality Messrs. Grote and Butler assigned to the genus, though it does undoubtedly present resemblances to Macro-The alxlominal tufting is slight and of no consequence. The genus is easily recognized by its small size and lack of all peculiar characters. One species occurs in our fauna: grotei Hy. Edw., Pap. ii, 10, CnuteMa; Gundlach, Cont. Ent. Cuba, 179. Cantethia; Edw., Entom. Amer. iii, 164. noctulformis I H. S., Ex. Schmett. ii, fig. 552, tEnosatulra; Cuba, p. 21, (Eaotnndra; Grt., Anu. Lye. N. H. viii, 202. Gtutethia; Bd., Sp. Gen. Het. i. 319, (Enosandra; W. H. Edw., N. Am. Ent. i, 103; Bnt1., Pap. i, 105, an sp. dist. noeluiformit Wlk. " General color of primaries...