( fl« ) 



oiii's ; till' lorctai-siis is Hoiiii^wliat longer in ? tiiuii in S , iind has more small 

 external siilnlorsal .sj)ines. Mid- and hindtihiae as long as the respective first 

 tarsal segments. Spines of abdominal stcruites weak. 



cJ. Tenth tergite of abdomen somewhat dilated before end, which is strongly 

 convex above, apex sinuate (PI. XXVII. f. Ki, distal view); side-margins of 

 sternite dilated before end, cnrved upward, tiie dilated triangular portions 

 leaning towards each other ; tip of sternite rounded ; harpe with a long ventral 

 pointed jirocess, which is slightly curved (1*1. XXXVI. f. 4. o. 0), and a broad upper 

 jM-ocess or lobe which lies on the surface of the clasper is more or less triangular, 

 and has the apical and dorsal margins dentate ; the size of this lobe is variable. 

 I'enis-sheath with a short, broad, acute, terminal tooth as in petuniae. 



? . Plate of seventh abdomiiuil sternite about as broad at base as long, truncate. 

 Autevagiual lobe broad, obtuse, rounded triangular, with the indication of a mesial 

 sinus, concave proximally as a rule, the impression bordered proximally at each 

 side by an oblique low ridge or fold, which is sometimes very inconspicuous. 



Larva with oblique lateral bands. Tongue-case of pupa straight, reaching about 

 halfway to end of wing-cases. — Food-plants : Solanaceae. 



Ilab. America. 



We can distinguish four geographical forms : 



r jamaiccnsis from the West Indies : Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, Bahamas ; 

 sexta from Canada to Honduras ; 



1\ sexta 



j pa.jjhus from Costa Ilica to Argentina ; 

 I caestri from Chili. 



Tlie differences between these forms are very slight, ccwstri alone being fairly 

 constant and more easily recognisable. 



a. P. sexta jamaiceufiis. 



Browne, Hist. Jamaica p. 438. t. 43. f. 7 (1756). 



Sphinx Carolina Auot. vetust. (partim) ; Walk., List Lfp. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 211'!. ii. 4 (185i))(pai'tiui); 



Luc, in Sagva, Hist. Cuba vii. p. 29(5 (185(i) ; Herr.-Sch., Corresp. HI. iii. p. 59 (181)5) (Cuba) ; 



Grote, Pror. Ent. Snc. Phil. v. p. 37 (18G5) (Cuba) ; Boisd., S/kc. Gen. Up. Hit. i. p. 70. n. 1 



(1875) (partim). 

 Sjiliinxpaphus, Munetries, Ehum. Corp. .iiilm. Miis. Pelr., Lrp. p. 89. n. 1482 (1857) (Haiti). 

 Macrosiki Carolina, Grote & Rob., /.«■. p. 1(32. n. 81 (18G5)(Cuba) ; Gundl., C'i/;(^-. Ent. Cnbana p. 210. 



n. 99 (1881) (Cuba ; larva, pupa). 

 Protojiarce Carolina, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lund. ix. p. 007. n. 11 (1877) (partim) ; Dew., Mitth. 



Miinch. Ent. Vcr. iii. p. 92 (1877) (Porto Rico); id., in Wieg., -l/vA. Xatunj. p. 12 (1878) 



(Cuba, larva). 

 *Protoparcejaiiiaicensis id.. I.e. p. 008. n. 12 (1K77) (^Jam:iica ; — Mus. Brit.). 

 Phleyethontiusjamaiaensis, Kirby, Git. Lip. Het. i. p. G88. n. 12 (1892) (Jamaica). 



S ?. Differs from sexta sexta in being duller in colour, in the forewing being 

 generally more russet, and the hindwing more brown. The difference is not 

 constant. 



S- Dentate lobe of hari)e as broad as in the uortliern continental form sexta. 



Larva with the black dots proximally of the side-bands not ipiite so distinct as 

 i n sexta, sometimes absent (in our Jamaica larvae). 



llab. West Indies : Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, Bahamas. 



In the Tring Museum some larvae and 16 c?c?, 19 ? ? from : Jamaica ; Haiti; 

 Nassau, Bahamas (Sir G. Carter). 



