1865.] • 69 : 



Sphinx Carolina. i 



Sphinx Carolina, Linn, Mus. Lud. TJlric, .346. (1764) 



" " Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. L 52, PI. 25, fig. 1. (1770.) 



" " Fabr., Sp. Ins. II, lU, 21. (1781.) 



" " Fabr., Mant. Ins. II, 94, 24. (1787.) ] 



" " Fabr., Ent. Syst. Ill, 1, 363, 25. (1793.) i 



" " Abbot & Smith, Nat. Hist. Ins. Georg. 1, 65, PI. 33. (1797.) I 



Phlegethoniius Carolina, Hubner, Verz. Schm. p. 140. (1816.) 

 Mandrica ohscura Carolina, Htlbn., Exot. Sch. Sphing. III. (1824.) 

 Sphinx Carolina, Harris, Cat. X. Am. Sph. p. 14. (1839.) 



Walk., C. B. M. Part VIII, p. 216. (1856.) ' 



Macrosila Carolina, Clem., Syn. N. Am. Sph. p. 165. (1859.) i 



iSp^iwa: caT-o/i/ia, H-S., Corr. Blatt, p. 59. (1865.) ' 



One male specimen. Exp. S ,4.10 inches. Length of body,2. 00 inches. 

 Hahitat.—Guhsi, (Poey.) Coll. Ent. Soc. Philad. 



Number 215 Poey's MSS. Catalogue. j 



The specimen sent does not differ specifically from material which I i 



have examined from different parts of the United States. 



Sphinx cingnlata. j 



Sphinx cingulata, Linn., Mus. Leak. 96, 193. (Walker.) ' : 



'• " Fabr., Sp. Ins. II, 151, 48. (1781.) j 



" " Fabr., Mant. Ins. II, 97, 53. ] 787.) • j 



" " Fabr., Ent. Syst. Ill, 1. (1793.) | 



" " Abbot k Smith, Ins. Georg. I, 63, PI. 32. (1797.) 



Sphinx Druroei Donovan, Brit. Ins. XIV, pi. 469. (1813.) 

 Agrius cingulatiLS, Htlbn., Verz. Schm. 140, 1507. (1816.) 



" " Hllbn., Exot. Schm. Lep. II, Sph. III. (1824.) 



Sphinx cingulata, Harris, Cat. X. Am. Sph. p. (1839.) 

 " " Walk., C. B. M. Part VIII, p. 215. (1856.) 



" " Burm., Sph. Braz. p. 12. (1856.) 



Macrosila cingulata, Clem., Syn. X. Am. Sph. p. 164. (1859.) 

 Sphinx cingulata, H-S., Corr. Blatt, p. 59. (1865.) 



Two specimens, % and $ . Exp. % and 5 4.40 inches. Length of 

 body, % 2.20, $ 2.00 inches. 



HahUat.—i^uh-i. (Poey.) Coll. Ent. Soc. Philad. 



Xumber 216 Poeys MSS. Catalogue. 



The specimens sent do not differ specifically from those I have ex- 

 amined from different parts of the United States. 



Sphinx Brontes. (Plate 1, fig. b %.) 



Sphinx Brontes, Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. II, 52. PI. 29, fig. 3. (1770.) 

 Not Sphinx Brontes, Boisd. Sp. Gen. Plate 15, fig. 6. (1836.) 

 Sphinx Brontes, H-S., Corr. Blatt, p. 59. (1865.j 



The specimens sent by Prof. Poey more nearly correspond to Drury's 

 figure of Sjfhiitx Brontes, than any species as yet known to me. I 

 have already stated that Sphinx Brontes of Boisd. is not that of Drury. 

 but is Ccrutomia repentinus Clem., a species of common occurrence in 



