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dorsal surface, behind the large plate (or plates) which bears the re- 

 spiratory processes, but only six appear in front, the others being hidden 

 by the forming wings and legs. The segments narrow posteriori)', termi- 

 nating in a fin-like anal segment. Each segment bears on its posterior 

 margin a complete circle of spinous processes, which perhaps assist in 

 holding it securely in an upright position wherever it attaches itself. A 

 pair of respiratory trumpets arise from the anterior portion of the body, 

 consisting of two parts, a short, much crumpled pedicle and a many 

 times longer horn, expanded at the base but narrowed toward the tip, 

 where it ends in a number of circular foramina. A single large trachea 

 passes through the trumpet, opening by the foramina just mentioned. 

 The surface of the trumpets is greatly roughened by transverse folds. 



The female of Protambulix carteri R. and J. 



T.v WILLIAM C. WOOD, Xe\v York. 



Protambuli.r carteri is described by Rothschild and Jordan 

 in their recent work on the Sphingidae (Vol. I, p. 180), the 

 species being named from two male specimens, one taken in 

 Nassau, N. F., Bahamas, by the late Governor, Sir Gilbert 

 Carter, and the other from Biscayne Bay, Fla. 



Having recently received from Miami, Fla., a pair of this 

 little known Sphingid, I have thought that a description of 

 the female might be of interest, since, so far as I know, it 

 has not yet been described. Rothschild and Jordan's descrip- 

 tion, which is brief and confined mainly to the points of dis- 

 similarity between P. strigilis and P. carteri, omits to state that 

 the latter is quite different in appearance. While strigilis is 

 bright, and rather vividly marked, carteri is dull and obscure 

 in general appearance. 



Protombulix carteri R. and J. 



Female. Head brown-vinous, palpi red-fulvous, eyes black, thorax, 

 vinous above and laterally, lappets greenish brown shading off through 

 ochraceous to dirty white at lower end ; a small rubiginous patch at base 

 of costa, and bel<>\v metathoracic tuft. Antennae a little more slender 

 than in the male, light brown above, ochraceous below, length 13 mm. 

 Abdomen tawny brown above, fringes of tergites vinous, vinous on 

 sides, and ycllnwi^h below. Femora red-fulvous like palpi, tibi:e and 

 tarsi grey. Primaries much broader than in the male (greatest breadth 

 ? 19 mm, c? 16 mm.) the costal outline arcuate, while in tin- male it is 

 slightly sigmoid. The primaries are of an even, concolorous tawny 



