130 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The female, in its appearance, approaclies nearer C. (jucrciperda than 

 any other of our species. 'I'he collar and thorax are black, edged with 

 grey scales. Tlie abdomen is black above, interspersed with grey scales 

 toward its tip, and more thickly beneath. The primaries are black over 

 rather more than their inner lialf, with some grey scales a little within the 

 centre of the wing ; the centre portion of the wing beyond the reniform 

 is greyish. The wing is traversed by broken, black, transverse lines, of 

 which twenty or more can be counted on the costal margin ; three or four 

 of those on the outer portion are more continuous and conspicuous than 

 the others. The fringe is marked with black scales opposite the veins. 

 The secondaries are nearly transparent, darker along their inner margin, 

 showing some faint reticulations, which are more conspicuous beneath. 



The male strongly resembles the female, instead of presenting the 

 marked contrasting differences found in C. robitiice and C. qiierciperda. Its 

 wings are only a little more projected apically than in the other sex. 



Expanse of wings of the pair in my collection, ^ 2 inches ; % 2.5 

 inches. Length of body, % .95 inch. ; ^ 1.20 inch. 



Subsequently to the capture of the above, several additional examples 

 have been taken in the same locality. On the i8th June four specimens 

 were collected by Mr. Meske. 



NOTICE OF MR. BUTLER'S REVISION OF THE SPHINGID^. 



BY A. R. GROTE, 



Director of the Museum, Buffalo Society Natural Sciences. 



The object of this notice is to call the attention of American Ento- 

 mologists to a most excellent and complete "Revision of the Family 

 Sphingidc-e," by Arthur (). Butler, of the British Museum, which has 

 appeared in the Transactions of the Zoological Society, London, in quarto 

 form. A proper arrangement of the Sphingidai of the world is a work- 

 requiring both extensive material and great experience and tact, of which 



