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Schauf., from Vermont! GarganUia, with eremitus as type, is pro- 

 posed for that species, eremiioides, gordius and luscitiosa. Mr. Kirby 

 seems to have overlooked the fact that Mr. Grote, ten years ago and 

 more, referred Mr. Strecker's species to lugens. Under Hyloicus we 

 find saniptri Strk. as a distinct species ; plebeia, dollii, coloradus, 

 sequoke, strobi and cupressi. Under Lapara we still have homhy- 

 coides Wlk. as sole species and type. Chlae.nogramma has jasmitiearum 

 as type and only species, and Ceratomia, with amyidor, is in the same 

 case. Ellema contains our species only, and Exedriuin has still only 

 one species. Dilophonota ello, oenotrus, melancholica and raeriance, 

 are all credited to America simply, though they are mostly confined 

 to a very limited part of it. Obscura on the other hand, though it 

 occurs in our fauna, is credited only to Mexico and the Antilles. 

 Under Cautethia we have grotei only, and under Anceryx only ed- 

 wardsii. 



The Manducinse, Subfamily V, contains only Manduca Hiib., 

 Tentamen, which replaces Acherontta Ochs., and this is unrepre- 

 sented in our fauna. 



Subfamily VI is the Smerinthinse. Marumba Moore is used in 

 place of Trij)togon, marked preoccupied, and we are given three 

 species: modesta, imperator and cablei. The latter "species" one 

 would suppose had certainly not a leg to stand upon, and why Mr. 

 Kirby gives it unquestioned specific rank here is inexplicable to me. 

 Under Smerinthus we have vancouverensis and ophthalmicus, while 

 under Eusmerlnthus we have oerisii and astarte, though I have shown 

 that they are all but geographical races of one species. Geminatus 

 is given as distinct from Jamaicensis under the same generic term, 

 and here, too, we find viyop)s, a species which I have shown to be 

 structurally distinct. In Faonias we have exaecata as type, and 

 pavonina Geyer as other species. To Calasymbolus, astylus is referred 

 as type, and one other species, oculata, from Mexico, is given a place 

 here with a ?. In Creasonia we find juglandis, hyperbola, robinsonii 

 and pallens, all as good species. Finally, tailing off the list, we 

 have Ai'donotiis lucidus. After such an review of the Sphingidse, 

 a sort of helpless feeling predominates. Is there any use of w^-iting 

 monographs, lists or synopses when they seem to be unused or re- 

 garded as of no avail by such men as Mr. Kirby ? To say nothing 

 of the almost entire disregard of nearly all the original synonymy 

 proposed by me in my monograph of the family, even old, accepted 

 synonyms, established by Mr. Grote are not adopted in all cases. 



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