50 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv 



ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE LARVAE OF FIVE 

 DOMINICAN SPHINGIDiE. 



By a. Hyatt Verrill, 

 Roseau, Dominica, B. W. I. 



The accompanying plate has been prepared from sketches of 

 Dominican caterpillars which I made from nature. The adults were 

 determined by Dr. Dyar of the U. S. National Museum. The follow- 

 ing species are represented : 



Fig. I. Xylophanes tersa Linnaeus. 



2. Protoparce harterti Rothschild. 



3. Ma dory X oicliis Cramer. 



4. E pis tor h/guluis Linnaeus. 



5. Pholus labrusccE Linnaeus. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW AMERICAN 

 LEPIDOPTERA. 



By Harrison G. Dyar, Ph.D., 



Washington, D. C. 



Family PAPILIONID^. 



Papilio belus Cramer, variety ingenuus, new. 



Fore wing without spots ; hind wing above dark-green throughout, the subcostal 

 spot large, pale yellowish green ; four discal spots below, successively smaller, the 

 last vestigial, orange yellow, contrasting in color with the subcostal spot. Fore wing 

 below with diffuse yellowish spots above anal angle ; hind wing with six rather thin 

 red submarginal spots, the white admarginal dots small. 



One male, Orizaba, Mexico (R. Mueller). 

 Type. — Cat. no. 10221, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Similar to P. belus varus Koll, from Honduras, but the spots on 

 the hind wings are of two colors. 



Family HESPERHD.E. 



Thymelicus erynnioides, new species. 



$ . Fulvous above, the fore wings blackish at base and with a broad outer 

 border broken subapically by three small fulvous dots ; stigma large, slightly curved, 

 reaching from vein one to the base of three, black edged above and with a black patch 

 below. Hind wings broadly fulvous on the disk, the black edging narrow. Hind 

 wings below fulvous, the anal area lighter ; a straight row of white spots across the 



