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AMBTJLYX, Boisduval. 

 Ambnlyz strigilis. 



Sphinx strigilis, Linn., Mant. I, 538. 



" '• Drury, Exot. Ins. I, 62, PI. 28, fig. 4. (1773.) 



" '• Fabr., Sp. Ins. II, 144. 22. (1781.) 



" " Cram., Pap. Exot. II, 14, PI. 106, fig. B. (1782.) 



" " Fabr. Exot. Syst. Ill, 1, 364, 26. (179.3.) 



Pholus " Hubn.. Verz. Schm. p. 134. (1816.) 

 Ambulyx " Walker, C. B. M. Part VIII, p. 121. (1856.) 

 " " Burm., Sph. Braz. p. 14. (1856.) 



" " Clemens, Syn. N. Am. Sph. p. 152. (1859.) 



" " H-S., Corr. Blatt. p. 57. (1825.) 



Two specimens, % and J . Exp. % 4 00, $ 4.30 inches. Length of 



body 1.75 inch. 



Habitat.— Vnhfi, (Poey.)* Coll. Ent. Soc. Phil. 



Numht-r 542 Poeys 3ISS. Catalogue. 



Ambnlyz Ganascus. 



Sphinx Ganascus, StoU, PI. 35, fig. 3. (1787.) 

 Amplypterus Ganascus. Hiibn., Verz. Schm. p. 133. (1816.) 

 Ambulyx Ganascus, Walk., C. B. M. Part VIII, p. 121. (1856.) 

 «• " Burm., Sph. Braz. p. 15. (1856.) 



** " Clem., Sph. N. Am. Sph. p. 153. (1859.) 



" " H-S., Corr. Blatt. p. 57. (1865.) 



Two specimens, % and 9 . Exp. % 3.75 inches. Length of body 1.60 

 inch. 



Habifai. — Cnhsi, (Poey.) Coll. Ent. Soc. Phil. 

 Number 96 Poey's MSS. Catalogue. 



This genus shows certain remote affinities to Smerinthus. Amplyp- 

 terus Hiibu., (^Ambh/pterus Walk., Clemens) contains discordant ma- 

 terial, while A. Ganascus is regarded evidently as the typical species 

 of his genus by Hiibner. 



PSETJDOSPHINX, Burmeister. 

 Pseudosphinx Tetrio. 



Sphinx Tetrio, Linn., Mant. 1, 538 (Burm.) 



" " Fabr., Sp. Ins. II, 145, 27. (1781.) 



" .HascJrMia/, Cram., Exot. Ill, 90, PI. 246, fig. F. (1782.) 



" Tetrio, Fabr., Mant. Ins. II, 96, 30. (1787.) 



" " " Ent. Syst. Ill, 1, 366, 32. (1793.) 



Hyloicus Hasdruhal. Hiibn., Verz. Schm. p. 139. (1816.) 

 Sphinx Asdrubal, Poey, Cent. Lepid. (1832.) 



Macrcnla Hasdrubal, Walker, C. B. M. Part VIII, p. 202. (1856.) 

 Pseudosphinx Tetrio, Burmeister, Sph. Braz. p. 8. (1856.) 

 Macrosila Hasdruhal, Clem., Syn. N. Am. Sph. p. 161. (1859.) 

 Macrosila Asdrubal, H-S., Corr. Blatt. p. 59. (1865.) 



The present species is amply generically distinct from either Am- 

 phont/j or Sphinx. Prof Burmeister has described the larva of I'. 



