nji. 



( 67 ) 



Basal third of hiiulwiiig not grey, 



aud not sharply coutnistiiig with 



brown outer two-thirds . . .v. 

 V. Ground colour of body and wini^s 



creamy buff, no white stigma on 



forewing ; no black line on thorax (ifi. /*. hi- 

 Ground colour more whitish grey ; 



forewing with white stigma . . 'c. 



w. Pronotum and anterior part < if tegulae 



brownish black ; black spot at 



each side of metauotum bordered 



with russet-pink and buff ; no 



black streaks K'' — M' on forewing oS. P. bront.es. 

 Pronotum 'with black band wliich 



connects tlie black streaks of 



tegulae x. 



X. Forewing heavily marked with black 



lines ; a patch before oblique 



apical line, and ground-colour of 



disco-marginal area R' — W, ex- 

 tending to costa between postdiscal 



and second discal lines, greyish 



white ; no black streaks R'^ — M', 



or these streaks short and not 



very distinct ; distal margin con- 

 cave before hinder angle . . 62. F. lichenea. 

 Forewing much less heavily marked, 



the white colour more extended, 



two long black streaks R^ — M" . 63. P.Jtorestaii. 

 Forewing more uniform in colour, 



much less white, oblique apical 



line not broadly bordered with 



white in fiout . . . .64. P. lanuginosn. 



'■u. Protoparce sexta. 



Sphinx sci-ta Johansson, Aiii'kii. Anid. vi. p. 410. n. 81 (ITGB) (Carolina ; Jamaica). 



Sphinx Carolina Linnt', Mux. Lnd. Ulr. p. 34C. n. (17G4) (Carolina ; Jamaica) ; id., Si/xl. \at. 

 ed. xii. p. 798. n. 7 (1767) ; Fabr., Syst. Ent. p. 53'J. n. 'J (1775) ; id., Spvc. Inx. ii. p. 144. n. 21 

 (1781) ; id., Mant. Im. ii. p. 94. n. 24 (1787) ; id., En/. Si/st. iii. 1. p. 3G3. u. 25 (1793) ; Gmel., 

 Sysi. Nat. i. 5. p. 2377. n. (1790) ; Walk., L!xt L,p. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 21(5. n. 4 (1850) ; Boisd., 

 S2>ec. Gen. Lep. Het. i. p. 70. n. 1 (1875). 



Manduca ohxrura Carolina, Hiibner, Saniml. Ex. Schni. i. t. 170. f. 3. 4. (1806 ). 



PUegethontius Carolina, id., Vcrz. bek. Schm. p. 140. n. 1503 (1822). 



Macrosila Carolina, Clemens, Joiirn. .\c. N. Set. Philad. iv. p. 165. n. 59 (1859). 



Protoparce carnlina, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix. p. 607. n. 1 1 (1877). 



Phlegethontius scrta, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 688. n. 13 (1892). 



<? ?. Second segment of palpus as broad as long, ronmled vontrally. Antenna 

 long, stout in cJ, hook rather short. Foretibia short and broad, a little longer than 

 first tarsal segment, which bears externally four large spines, besides some small 



