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II. Catalogue of the Sphingidae of North America. 



Sij^ce the North American species of Spliingidae were enumer- 

 ated in 18G8, by the late Mr. Coleman T. Robinson and myself, a 

 few additional species have been discovered in our Territory, and are 

 here included. A very few generic changes have been also found 

 necessary, and are here introduced. No authentic captures of Phil. 

 Satellitia, or Dil. Brontes, have been reported from any part of our 

 Territory. These were formerly retained among our species, for the 

 reason that they occur near our southern borders, as also, partly, 

 that some of our own species had been mistaken for them, as will 

 in fact api^ear from an examination of synonymy here acknowledged. 

 The geographical limits here accepted, and the signs used, are the 

 same as those adopted in the List of the Lepidoptera of North 



America. 



Aug. R, Grote. 

 Buffalo, April 21, 1873. 



SPHINGIDAE. 



Subfamily, BOMBYLIAE (Ilubuer). 



Tribe, Vulgares {Iliibner). 



ARCTONOTUS, Boisduval (1852). 



Type: Arctouotus lacidus, Boisduval. 



IncMus, Boisduval. 

 California. 



LEPISESIA, Grote (1865). 



Type : Maeroglossa flavofa.sciata, Bnrnstoii MS. 

 flavofasciat.ij Grote. 



Maeroglossa flavofasciata. Walker. 

 Canada. 



Bl-L. EUF. POC. NAT. SCI. (3) MAY. 187.3. 



