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l)ii:Lriii,u:i,, N. Queensland (A. S. Meek), and Townsville (Dodd). In the P.ritisl 

 IMnsenni and tlie Hope eollectiiin at, Oxford iVoni N.\V. Aiistrulia, neiiijldxiurlHiod 

 111' Slicid()(dc l{iver. 



4. Herse cingulata. 



Merian, /».<. Siirin. t. 04. fig. infer. (1719). 



Sj>liinx cniirulvnli var, Drury, lUiiMi: E.r. /»s. i. p. 04 c^ Index, t. 25. f. 4 (1770) (St. Christopher) ; 

 Cram., Pap. E.r. iii. p. 55. t. 225. f. 1 (1782) ; Abbot & Smith, Lfj,. Geovnia p. GH. t 32 

 (/., p., ;.) (1797) ; Fabr., Sust. lint. p. 544. n. 27 (1776) (sub syn.) ; id., Sp<'<'-. Inx. ii. p. 150. 

 n. 40 (1781) (sub syn.) ; id., }fiiiit. Jtis. ii. p. 97. n. 50 (1787) (syn. cit.) ; id., Kiil. %</. iii. 

 1. p. 374. n. 54 (1793) (sub syn.) ; Esper, Sriimett. ii. p. 53 (1779) (sub syn.) ; Walk., List 

 Lep. Ins. li..\l. viii. p. 212. n. 1 (185G) (sub syn.) ; Moore, in Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Lap. .UiiK. 

 K.I.C.i. p. 267. n. GIG (1857) (sub syn.) ; Misk., Pror. Pinj. Sor. Qumixl. vii. p 23. n. 38 

 (1891) (sub syn.); Meyrick, Fitiim, llnn-ai. i. 2. p. 193 (1899); Dyar, Cawid. E,it. x.Kxii. 

 p. 15li (1900) (Hawaii). 

 SpliitLc ciiiijuUita Fabricius, .S'j/.s/. Ent. p. 545. n. 29 (1775) (Am.); id., Spir. Inx. ii. p. 151. n. 48 

 (1781) ; id., Mant. Ins. ii. p. 97. n. .02 (1787) ; Gmel., %s^ Nat. i. 5. p. 238G. n. 1G4 (1790) ; 

 Fabr., Ent. Si/st. iii. 1. p. 375. n. 5G (1793) (Am. mer.) ; Harris, in Silliman,, ./ouiv/. Scirnce <5 

 Art xxxvi. p. 293. n. 1 (1839) (Middle & South. States) ; Burm., Sph!ng. Bras. p. G9 (185G) ; 

 Walk., List Lip. Ins. B.M. viii. p. 215. n. 3 (18511) (Jamaica ; St. Domingo : Mexico) ; Lucas, 

 in Sagra, Hist. Ciiha vii. p. 296 (1857) (Cuba) ; Monetr., Enuin. Corp. Anim. .Mns. Petmp., 

 Leji. p. 90 n. 1490 (1857) (Brazil ; Sandwich Is.) ; Morris, dit.Lep. N. .-Im.p. 18(18G0); Lintn., 

 Proc. Ent. Sue. Phil. iii. p. G50 (18G4) (good descr. of larvae); Herr.-Scb., Corresp. 131. v. p. 59 

 (18G5) ; (Grote & Rob., Proc. Ent. Soc. Pliilad. v. p. G9. (18G5) (Cuba) ; Boisd., Com. Lep. 

 Guatemala p. 74 (1870); id., Spec. Gen. Lep. Net. i. p. 95. n. 32 (1875); Moschl.,' Verh. 

 Zool. Pot. Ges. ]Vi,n xxvi. p. 34G (I87G) (Surinam) ; Dew, Mitth. .Miincli. Ent. Ver. i. p. 92 

 (1877) (Pt. Rico); Burm. , />*rr. /iVy;. Arrjent. V. Lep. p. 322. n. 3 (1878); id., he. Atlas 

 p. 31. t. 12. f. 1. G (1879) (larva, pupa) ; Grey, Can<i(l. Ent. xi. p. 140 (1879) (Albany Co., 

 N.Y., June 2nd). 

 Splii.n.r nffinis Goeze, Ent. Beijir. iii. 2. p. 215 n. 41 (1780). 

 Agritis cinguldins, Hiihuer, Sinn ml. E.r. Selim. ii. t. 1G5 (1S0G-); id., Ver:. hel-. Sehm.\i. 140. n. 



1507 (1822). 

 Macrosila cingulata, Clemens, Juurn. Ac. Nat. Se. Pliil. iv. p. KU (1859) ; id., in Morris, Syn, Lep. 

 N. Am. p. 188 (18G2) ; Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vi. p. 329 (18GG) (Cuba) ; id., Trans. Am. 

 Ent. Soc. iii. p. 185 (1870) (Cuba) ; id., Can. Ent. iii. p. 101 (1871) (Alabama) ; Thaxt., Psyche 

 i. p. 30 (1874) (Mas.s., vii. one specim.) ; Grote, Ball. Buffalo Soc. N.II. ii. p. 227 (1875) 

 (N. York to Cuba) ; Gundl., Contr. Ent. Cul.ana p. 211. n. 100 (1881) (Cuba) ; Moff., Can. Ent. 

 xiii. p. 250 (1881) (Long Point, Can.) ; Albr., Ent. Xeirs vi. p 145 (1895) (Los Angeles). 

 Sphin.r (Iruraei Donovan, Brit. Ins. \iv. p. 1. t. 4(;9 (1810) ; Steph., ///. Brit. Ent., Hansl. i. p. 120 



(1828) (England, imported). 

 Sphinx pungens Eschscholtz, in Kotzebue, Rtisr iii. p. 218. t. 11. f. 28 (1821). 



Phlegethontius cingulata, Grote, Bull. Buffalo Soc. X. II. iii. p. 224 (1877) ; Mart., Trans. Dept. Agr. 

 llUn. xviii. App. p. 158 (1880) (larva); Fernald, Can. Ent. xvi. p. 21 (1884) (Maine, ix., 

 2 specim.) ; id., Sphing. N. Engl. p. 35 (I8SG) (Orono, viii.) ; Grote, Hawk ^roths A'. .Im. p. 40 

 (188G) (West Indies northw. to Canada) ; Edw.. Bull. U.S.A. Nat. .Uhs. p. 47 (1889) (liter, rel. 

 totransf.) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Hel.\. p. G89. n. 35 (1892) ; Dyar, Ent. Neu-s vi. p. 95 (1895) (life 

 hist. ; Honolulu) : Bonningh., Iris xii. p. 110. n. 1 (1899) (Rio de Jan.). 

 Proloparce cingulatti, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 608. n. 18 (1877) (Jamaica ; Haiti ; 

 N. Granada ; Mexico) ; id., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 484. n. G3 (1878) (Jamaica) ; Smith, 

 Trans. Ann. Ent. Soc. xv. p. 170. t. 8. f. 9 (genit.) (1888) ; Trum., Ent. News vii. p. 29 (1897) 

 (S. Dakota); Pit. & Bioll., Lep. llet. Costa Rica p. 11 (1897) (Irazu ; Candelaria) ; Ilamps., 

 Ann. Mag. N. II. (7). vii. p. 251 (1901) (Nassau, Baham.). 

 Macrnsila (Sphi?ix) cingidata, Mann, Psyche ii. p. 75 (1877) (liter, rel. to metam.). 

 Sphinx {Protoparce) cingulata var. decolora Edwards, Papilio ii. p. 11 (l882) (Indian R., Florida, in 



colls. Edw. & Neumoeg.) ; id., Bull. Am. Mas. N.IL iv. p. 170 (1892) (Indian R.). 

 Prot(}parce cingulata var. decolorata {\), Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xv. p. 170 (1888). 



S ? . Some of the older writers on Lepidoptera considered this to be a variety 

 of conrulvuli, and qnite recently the same ojnuion has been advanced by a few 

 anthors, who — most likely — did not compare tlie insects side by side. In appearance 



