( 90 ) 



a. I', hrontr.s chI/oi.sih. 



Sphinx hroiitfs, Lucas, in Sagra, Ilhl. Cuba vii. p. 2117 (1«50) (Cuba) ; Herv.-Scli,, Canr.yi. HI. 



p. 149 (18(;:i) (Cuba) ; id., l.r. p. 59 (18G5) (syn. partial ; Cuba) ; Grote, Pro,: l-:„I.S„c. I'hil. 



V. p. 311 (1805) ; Dew., MHlh. Mimch. E„l. Ver. i. p. 92 (1877) (Porto Rico) ; MOscbl., Ahh. 



Smk. Nnl. Ges. xvi. p. 110. n. 107 (1891) (Porto Rico ; x//«- ft"')- 

 Rphhu- rabenxh Grote, l.r. v. p. 69. t. \.i.h{^) (1865) (Cuba). 

 IVIuiHit bmnlex, id.. I.e. p. 188 (1865) (Cuba) ; id., /.-■. vi. p. 329 (1867) ; (iiinill., Conlr. KnI. Cnbana 



p. 214 (1881) (Cuba ; Porto Rico). 

 Diladia cubenxh, Grote, l.c, p. 188 (1865) ( = broiil,'s) ; Kirby, I.e. n. 2 (1892) (Culta). 



c? ? . Black lines of nppcrsido (if fovcwiiiji; more promiueut tlian iii the foll(jwiiio: 

 subspecies, third discal Hue better marked, the wing ajipeariiig more variegated. 

 Tooth of penis-sheath (PI. XXIX. f. 32), more pointed, slenderer, than in tlie 

 following form. 



Ha/). Cuba ; Haiti ; Porto Rico ; South Florida. 



In the Tring Museum 3 J'c?, 3 ? ? from: (Juba ; Haiti ; Nassau, Bahamas 

 (Sir G. Carter). 



lu coll. W. Schaus from Bliaui, Florida. 



/>. J', bronti'n brontes. 



Sphinx broiiten Drury, l.c. ; Goeze, Ent. /)ri/lr. iii. 2. p. 219. n. 52 (1780). 



Sphinx pamphilius Stoll, l.c. 



*.\fiicm>iilaculUii-ii Walker, he. (partim) ; Edwards, Ent. Amer. iii. p. 22S (1888). 



IMba p,na/,hil!(x (I), Walker, l.r. p. 2:10 ii. 2 (1856) (" not seen "). 



Diliiilia rolhtri.^, Grote & Rob., Ic. v. p. 164. n. 86 (1865) ; Boisd., Ir. p. 110. n. 50 (1875). 



Sphinx pamphil Its (!), Boisduval, l.c. p. 115. n. 57 (1875) ("not seen'). 



Diludia pamphilius, Kirby, l.c. n. 3 (1892) ("Surinam" err. Inc.). 



<i ?. Tlie postdiscal interspace and a streak before SM^ on the upperside of the 

 forewing are buff or pinkish buff in the c? ; in ? the mesothoracic tegula, the 

 subbasal and distal areas of the forewing, above, aud a marginal patch near anal 

 angle of hiudvving are whiter than in cubensis. 



Hah. Jamaica. 



In the Tring Museum 10 cJc?, 8 ? ? from Jamaica. 



Stoll's .figure of pamphilius refers doubtless to this form, wliicli is often as 

 strongl)' huffish in colour as the figure. 



59. Protoparce sesquiplex (PI. X. f. 4, $). 



*Sphinx sesquiplex Boisduval, O-h.v. Up. Gn/ihniala p. 73 (1870) (Pelder's fig.) ; Feld., Reixe Nnrara 



t. 78. f. 5 (1874) (Mexico ;— Mus. Tring) ; Boisd., Spec. Gen. Up. Hel. i. p. 118. ii. 61 (1875) 



(Mexico ; Guatemala). 

 Sphinx xirix id.. Com. Up. Gitat. p. 73 (1870) {mm. maxim", supervac.) ; id.. Spec. Gin. Up. Hel. i. 



p. 118 (1875). 

 Diludia xexquiplex, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 614. n. 8 (1877) (Guatemala) : Druce, Binl. 



Centr. Anter., Up. Het. i. p. 22. n. 1 (188:!) (" not seen ") ; id., l.c. Snppl. p. 317 (1896) (partim ; 



Guatemala). 

 Phleyelhonlius xesqiiiplex, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 688. n. 19 (1892) (Mexico ; Guatemala). 



S. Ground colour of body and wings whitish smoky grey. Antenna thick and 

 long. Second and third segments of palpus together not much shorter than the 

 first. Pulvillus vestigial. Tenth abdominal tergite (PI. XXVII. f. 27) long, slender, 

 pointed, gradually and slightly curved ; sternite more than twice as long as broad 

 (PI. XXVII. f. 28), trnucate, mesially sinuate, subcariuate on the ventral surface, 

 sliglitly curved upwards. Clasjier gradually narrowed to apex ; dorso-apical margin 



