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a. C. itntacus mrdor. 



Merian, I„k. Surin. t. 3. & 38. (1705) (imago). 



Sphhij- hydimpii), Cramer, Pap. Ex. ii. p. 31. t. IIS. f. a (1777) (.Surinam ; artefact !). 



Sphiiur mediii- Stoll, in Cramer, J.c. iv. p. 21,'). t. 3114. f. A (1782) (Surinam). 



Sphhu- Injdaxiifx (!), id., /.-■. 



Sph'iii.1- aniinuc Shaw, Xatm: Mhcell. xiv. t. 500. ^>C<1. (180-). 



Aiiiphoiiyj- (\)Jcitriijihiir, Boisduval, Cons. Lep. Gualeiiiuhi p. 75 (187il) (" Linne " as author !). 



Amphoiiyx wov/i;;-, Butler, Trwix. Zonl. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 5il9. n. 4 (1877) (Mexico); Schaus, E/if. 



News vi. p. 142 (1895) {= tapay^isit) ; Druce, Binl. Ccnti: Anirr., Lep. IIH. i. p. 17. n. 2 (1881) 



(Jalapa ; Valladolid ; Yucatan ; Ecuador ; Guiana). 

 Amphonyx tapayusa Moore, Proc. Lirerp. Soc. xxxvii. p. 245. t. 7. f. 1 (/.) (1883) (Brazil, E. D. Jones). 

 AmphiDiy.!- antaeus, Moschler, Vcrh. Zool. Bot. Ge^. Wieu xxvi. p. 345 (187G) (Surinam \=jiilniphiie = 



hyda.ijics= ntpdor) ; Edw., Eiil. Amer. ii. p. 103 (1887) (pupa). 

 Cocytius inedof, Kirby, I.e. p. G8G. n. 1 (18'.)2) (Mexico : S. Amer.). 



Cocytius liiidaapua, id.. I.e. n. 2 (1892) (Surinam) ; Rothsch., Nov. Ztioi.. i. p. ;il (1894) (= ;«-,/../•). 

 Coeyliiis aidaeus, Kirby, I.e. n. 3 (1892) (partim) ; Bonningh., Iris xii. p. 113. n. 11 (1899) (Rio de 



Janeiro ; larva !). 

 Cocytius tapayusa, Kirby, I.e. p. 687. n. 9 (1892). 

 Cocytius elueutius, Troschel, Ent. News xi. p. 334 (1900) (Chicago, Oct. Gth). 



(??. The contiueutal form. Darker than the following, the forewing' more 

 variegated ; the black markiugs more promiueut ; the yellow patch of the hindwiug 

 deeper sinuate as a rule. 



Hal/. Florida to South Brazil. 



In the Triiig Museum 1 pupa, and 12 c?c?, 3n ? ? from : Mexico ; Co-ita Rica ; 

 Venezuela, etc. 



b. C. antaeus antficus. 



Sphinx antaeus Drury, I.e. 



Amphiony.r (]) jalrophae, Lucas, in Sagra, Hist. Cuha vii. p. 299 (1851)) (Cuba). 



Macrosihi anthaeus (!), Herrich-Sch., Corresp. Bl. p. 59 (18G5) (Cuba). 



Aiiiphonyx antaeus, Grote & Rob., Proc. Ent. Son. Phil. v. p. GO (1865) (partim ; Cuba) ; iid., I.e. vi. 



p. 329 (18GG) ; Bull., Trans. Zool So,: Lond. ix. p. 599. n. 3 (1877) (Haiti ; syn. partim) ; 



Dew., MittJi. Miinch. Ent. Ver. i. p. 92 (1877) (Surinam) ; Gundl., Cnntr. Ent. Cuhami p. 20G 



(1881) (syn. partim ; Cuba, descr. of larva) : Dyar, Proc. U. St. N. .Uus. xxiii. p. 256 (1900) 



(Florida ; descr. of stages of larva). 

 Cocytius <(«/«««.*, Kirby, I.e. n. 3 (1892) (syn. partim ; Antilles) ; Rothsch., I.e. 



The insular form. The differences between this and the jireceding subspecies 

 are by no means constant. 



1/(1 L Antilles. 



In the Tring Museum 1:3 S<i,2 ? ? from : Jamaica : Nassau, Bahamas (iSir 

 G. Carter). 



35. Cocytius lucifer spec. nov. 



*Amphonyx morgani, Boisduval {non Walker, 1856), S/iee. Gen. Lep. Ilel. i. p. GG. n. G (1875) 



("Sierra Leone" err. hie. : — coll. Charles Oberthiir). 

 *Amphony.c riruhiris Butler, Proc. Ziml. S,,c Lund. p. 11. n. 22 (1875) (partim ; ? ) ; id., Trans. 



Zool. Soe. Lond. ix. p. 599. n. 2. t. 94. f. G ( ? ) (1877) (/»(/, .0 ; Druce, Iliol. Ceulr. A„i., Lep. 



Het. i. p. 18. n. 3 (1883) (partim). 

 Cocytius rirtilaris, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 686. n. 6 (1892) (partim) ; Rothsch., Nov. Zool. i. 



p. 91 (1894) ; id.. I.e. p. 541 (1894) (Aroa). 



The <S of rivnlaris described before the ? by Bntler, /.'"., belongs to ('. diijioncln'I. 

 The insect erroneously identified by Boisduval as Walker's morgani, and described 

 by him as such, I.e., is the present species. 



