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CHLORION CYANEUM Dahl. 



? || Sphex cczrulea Linn., Sys. Nat., i2th ed. ( I, p. 941, 1766. 



? || Sphex ccsrulea De Geer, Mem. Hist. Nat. Ins., Ill, p. 589, pi. 30, fig. 



6, 1773- 

 || Sphex cczrulea Drury, 111. Nat. Hist. Ex. Ins., II, p. 75, pi. 39, fig. 8, 



1773- 



? Sphex cyanea Fab. Ent. Syst., II, p. 201. 1793. 

 ? Pepsis cyanea Fab. Syst. Piez., p. 211, 1822. 

 Chlorion cyaneum Dahl., Hym. Eur. , I, p. 24, 1843. 

 Chlorion cyaneum Dahl. Hym. Eur., I, p. 435, 1845. 

 ? Sphex ccerulea Lepeletier, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., Ill, p. 336, 1845. 

 Chlorion esrarium Patton, Can. Ent., XI, p. 133, 1879. 

 Sphex ( Chlorion} nearcticus Kohl, Ann. natur. Hofmus. Wien, V, p. 186, 



1890. 

 Sphex (Chlorion} occultus Kohl, Ann. natur. Hofmus. Wien, V, p. 187, 



1890. 

 Chlorion cceruleum Ashmead, Psyche, VII, p. 65, 1894. 



List of Sphingidae, Saturniidae, and Ceratocampidae 

 observed at Raleigh, N. C. 



BY C. S. BRIMLEY. 



I. SPHINGID^E. 

 Hemaris thysbe Fab. 



Common in gardens in summer on flowers of larkspur, pe- 

 tunia and verbena. Dates, 1900, July 13 to August 15, Sep- 

 tember 12. 1901, June 13 to August 20. 1902, June 25 to 

 August 15. 



Hemaris thysbe ruficaudis Kirby. 



Common in woods in spring on flowers of bush honeysuckle 

 {Azalea), wild pinks {Phlox}, and on wild plum {Prunus 

 chicasa) blossoms. On March 27, 28, and April i, 1903, was 

 common on a lilac bush in my garden. Other dates were 

 April n, 18, 27, 1903. 



Amphion nessus Cram. 



One caught on flowers of yellow jessamine {Gelsemiunt) t 

 April 27, 1899. 



