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C A L L IM O R PH A ’ THALLO.
P la te 41. fig. 2.
S e c t io n . N o c t u r n a ?
F a m il y . A r c t i id ® , S tep h en s?
G e n u s . C a l l im o r p i ia ? L a tr e ille . Sphin.x, Z in n .
Cii. S p . C . alis oblongis integerrimis nigris antic is fasciis d u ab u s , posticis u n ic a flav is; capite
rnbro. E x p a n s . a la r. 2 u nc .
C. with o blong entire b la ck wings, an te rio r pa ir sh ad ed with b 'u e a t th e base, and
with two p a le yellow fasciee; poste rior wings with a p a le yellowish space, head
red. E x p a n s e o f th e wings 2 inches.
S y n . P ap ilio Th a llo , L in n . S y s t. N a t. 2 . 756. F a b r . E n t . S y s t. 3. 1. p . 173.
Sp h in x pec tinicornis, L irm . S y s t. N a t . 2. 807. F a b . E n t . S y s t. 3. \ . p . 399. E d w
a rd s A v e s , 3 6 . t. 226.
P h a le en a tibe rina , Crame r, t. 32. f . C .D .
S p h in x T ha llo, Donov . I s i edit.
Donovan entered into a lengtliened observation, shewing that Fabricius had given a
Papilio Thallo in all his works when no such Papilio was in existence, and that Edwards'
figure o f the insect in question was derived from a mutilated or mended specimen. The
former error is, however, rather to be attributed to Linnæus, who introduced all the confusion
by describing Edwards’ figure both as a Papilio and Sphinx.
The figures o f Crarner and Edwards do not precisely agree ; in the former, the
disk o f the posterior wings is yellowish, with a deep border o f black : in the other, the
y ellow occupies only a space near tbe base, and forms a scmi-lunar mark near the anterior
margin o f those wings. Donovan suspected, with Cramer, that they are but the two
sexes o f one species. Cramer says both his specimens came from China, from whence
Donovan's insects were also received. The real affinities o f this and some other allied species
are very perplexing, they seem, however, to connect tlie Zygænidæ with the Arctiidæ.