Sphinx Medea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 363. No. 23. (1793.)
Habitat: Africa (Drury). "Africa æquinoctiali" (Fabr.).
Upper Side. Antennæ yellow brown. Head olive green, with a cream-coloured stripe running on each side to the wings. Thorax and abdomen olive green; the latter having six small cream-coloured spots on each side near the anus. Anterior wings entirely olive green. Posterior orange-coloured, edged with black.
Under Side. Tongue spiral. Sides, breast, and abdomen paler green than on the upper side. Wings next the shoulders dark orange, but green at the extremities. Posterior wings greenish and mottled, the fringes being yellow.
ÆGERIA? PLUMIPES.
Plate [II]. fig. 3.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Crepuscularia? Family: Ægeriidæ, Steph.
Genus. Ægeria, Fabr.? Sesia, Latr. Sphinx, Drury.
Ægeria? Plumipes. Alis cyaneis, abdomine fulvo-cingulato, apice barbato; pedibus fulvis, femorum posticorum apice plumoso. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.)
Syn. Sphinx plumipes, Drury, App. vol. 3.