( 72 ) 



t(. I'. (iKiiHinciiKiniUit iia hlackliin-iii. 



*Prolopfircr hiackbunii Butler, ICil. Mn. Mur/. xvii. p. C> (1880) (Honolulu ;— Mus. Brit.) ; Blackh., 



Anil. .\f,i(/. .V. //. (;')). vii. p. 31!) (1881) (descr. of larva). 

 PhlrijelliuiitiuK bluckhuiiii, Kirl)y, Cut. Lqi. Il>t. i. p. CSH. n. 18 (1892). 

 Sphinx celem, Meyrick, Fuumi lldinii. i. ■>. p. llCi (18!t'.)). 



cJ V . The series of white triiuiynlar j)ostdiscal sjxjts on tlie ujjperside of the 

 forevving extending to tlie costal margin. 



Not diiFerent in strnctiire from the Nearctic form. 



Larva described b}- Blackbiirn, I.e. ; it agrees a{)parently perfectly with the 

 Nearctic larva. 



llab. Sandwich Islands : Honolulu, Oaliu. 



1 cJ 1 ? in the British Museum. 



b. I', qui nqiiemaculatus quinquemaculatus. 



Sjjhhij- qiihiquemfindatun Haworth, /.«•. ; Wood, Iml. Eiit. p. 24G. t. 53. f. 23 (1839) ; Harris, ed. 



Flint, Ins. Inj. Vetj. p. 320. f. 142. 143. 144 (1802). 

 Sphin.r Carolina Donovan {miii Linne, 1764), Brit. Iii". xi. t. 3C1 (1800) ; Harris, in Sillim., Journ. 



Sci. Art xxxvi. p. 294. n. 2 (1839) (partim). 

 PMegethontlux celm^ Hiibner, I.e. ; Fern., Spking. N. Engl p. 33. n. 12 (1880) ; Grote, Hawk Moths 



N. Am. p. 40 (1880) ; Edw., Bull. U. St. Nat. Mii.^.'xxxv. p. 40 (1889) (liter, rel. to transf.) ; 



Beutenm., Bull. Amer. Mus. A', U. iv. p. 65 (1892) (larva). 

 Sjiliiii.r quinquemaculata (!), Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 217. n. 5 (185G) (U. St.) ; Jaeg., 



Lifr N. Am. Ins. p. 189 (18;")9) ; Morris, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 18 (1800) ; Lintn., Prac. Ent. 



Snc. Phil. iii. p. 048 (1804) (larva, pupa) ; Grote & Rob., Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. v. p. 103. 



n. 82 (1805) (Atlantic district!) ; Tenn., Manual N. Hist. p. 392. fig. (1807) ; Beth., Caymd. 



Ent. i. p. 17 (180!)) ; Riley, Missouri Rept. i. p. 95. f. 38 (1869) ; Glov., Rapt. U. St. Dept. Agr. 



p. 80. fig. (1870) ; Reed, Rept. En. Soc. Out. p. 419. fig. (1871) ; Cook, Rept. Stale Board 



Ayr. Mich. xii. p. 117. fig. (1873) ; Gentry, Canad. Ent. vi. p. 88 (1874) (Germantown, Pa., 



larval var. in autumn) ; Pack., Cumin. Ins. p. 197. fig. 239 (1874) ; id., Half-hours with Ins. 



p. 205. fig. (1877) ; id., in Hayd., Rj>t. p. 780. fig. (1877) ; French, Trans. Dept. Agr. Illin. xv. 



p. 109 (1877) ; Beth., Camid. Ent. x. p. 218 (1878) ; Ball., Ins. Lires p. 95. fig. (1879) ; Beth., 



I.,: xii. p. 101. fig. (1880) (life hist.) ; id., Re2Jt. Ent. Soc. Out. p. 25. fig. (1880) ; Mart., Tran.1. 



Dept. Agr. Illin. xviii. App. p. 104 (1880) ; Reed, Rept. Ent. Soc. Ont. xii. p. 05 fig. 



(1882) ; Lintn., Papilio iv. p. 145. n. 3 (1884) (R. Grande, Texas) ; id., Rept. Massach. 



Board Agric. p. 180 (1885); Ili\ey, Insect Life iii. p. Ill (1891) (remedy against larvae); 



Kent, in Riley, Insect Life iii. p. 337 (1891) (Roxie, Mississippi, larva abund.) ; Johnst., 



Canad. Ent. xxx. p. 72 (1898) (Hamilton, Ont. ; common). 

 Macrosila quinquemaculata, Clemens, Joiirn. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. iv. p. 166. n. 60 (1859) (U. St. 



incl. Calif.) ; id., in Morris, Si/n. N. Am. Lep. p. 190 (1802) ; Lint., Ent. Contr. i. p. 192 (1872) 



(N. York, ix.) ; Thaxt., Psyche i. p. 30 (1874) (Newton, Mass., vii.) ; Worthingt., Canad. Ent. 



X. p. 10 (1878) (Chicago, E. ix.-x.) ; Behr., Papilio ii. p. 2 (1882) (California); Albright, 



Ent. News vi. p. 145 (1895) (Los Angeles). 

 Macrosila celeus, Edwards, Proc. Calif. Ac. N. Sci. vi. p. 92 (1875) (Calif.). 

 Protoparce celeus, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Land. ix. p. 607. n. 9 (1877) ; Smith, Trans. Ann. Ent. 



Soc. XV. p. 165. t. 8. f. 7. 8. (genit.) (1888); Dyur, in Riley, In.'<ect Life iii. p. 322 (1891) 



(N. York, at electr. light) ; Cross, Ent. News vii. p. 297 (1896) (N. Hampshire, rare) ; Trum., 



Ent. News viii. p. 27 (1897) (S. Dakota) ; How., Yearh. U. St. Dep. Agr. p. 126 (1898). 

 Macrosila (Sphin.r) Carolina, Mann, Psyche ii. p. 73 (1877) (partim ; descr. of /. by Scudder). 

 Sphinx maculata (!), Grote, Papilio iii. p. 110 (1883) (err. typ.). 

 Phlegethontius quinquemucidata, Beutenmiiller, B\dl. Am. Mus. N. II. vii. p. 297. t. 4. f. 3. (1897) 



(N. York, 2 broods ; descr. of /., p. (fc i.). 



c??. The series of greyish white postdiscal triangular spots of the upperside 

 of the forewiug abbreviated costally. 



Ilab. United States, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ; Canada ; southward to 

 Mexico. 



