III cdll. Scliiiiis and cull. |)(i;.,Miiii IVoiii .liil;i|iii, Vera Cruz. In coll. iStaudinger 

 from " Mexico." These Mexican specimens are a trifle darker than tliose iVora 

 New IMexico. 



'.!'.•. Hyloicus istar sp. nov. (I'l. XII. i". 2, ?). 



Sphhucliigeiis VValkor, Li.-<1 Lr/>. Ins. 11 M. viii. p. 210. n. 11 (tH.^G) (pnrtini, teste Builcr!). 

 Sjihiiu- Sdi-tlkla v:ir. A, Clemens, Joiirn. .\i: X. Sri. Phihid. iv. p. 17(1. n. G.'i {\9,'j'.)) (Jalapa). 

 Sphin.r Ictccojihiaild, Butler (mm Ulemuns, ISf)!)), Trans. ZnoL S<,<: l.i.ml. ix. p. OlS. n. 2 (187!1) 



(Oaxaca) ; Drucc, n\oL Centi: Amrr., Lrp. llel. i. p. 2,'i. u. 1 (IH8.'i) ("not seen") ; Smith, Eid. 



Amer. iii. p. 153 (1887) (Mexico). 

 Sphinx arulromcdae, Schaus (now BoisJuval, 1870), Kill. AVic.s vi. p. 14:i (18'J.")) (partial); Druce, 



/.<•. Siqipl. p. 31B. n. 3 (a) (ISOCi) (partim). 



(??. Larger than separatus, the black middle strij)e of the mcsothoriicic 

 tegnla almost merged together with the black upper edge, the inter.sjiace between 



these Hues being dark brown; pronotum without yellow spots. Forewing washed 



with russet on the disc ; no black longitudinal line in the apical half of the cell ; 

 black oblique antemedian band from base of M' to inner margin very prominent, 

 consisting of tv/o lines only, the third proximal line being vestigial between 

 M- and SM'-' and not traceable beyond SM-, while in s^'paratus all three lines reach 

 inner margin ; five costal marks (costal parts of five lines, of which the three 

 proximal ones are vestigial) between base and apex of cell, second and third mark , 



much closer together than the first and second. Distal border of hiudwiug 



narrower than in separatus, the black median baud broad, nearly as wide at R^ 

 as the distal border ; fringe with large brown spots. 



Underside similar to that of separatus, rather darker, the forewing and body 

 somewhat washed with russet ; abdomen with a series of black middle spots, of 

 which only the second is large. Body less stout than in separatus, armatnre of the 

 legs similar, but the spines of the foretibia comparatively shorter. Antenna of 6 

 not so stout, that of ? not so obviously clubbed. 



S. Tenth abdominal sternite narrow at the base and broad at the end as in 

 geminus, minutely sinuate. Harpe intermediate between those of geminus and 

 separatus, decidedly shorter than in the former, and longer than in the latter. 

 Penis-sheath as in separatus. 



?. As in praelongus (I'l. XX. f. 1.5) with a lobe in front of the vaginal 

 cavity, the lobe not distinctly sinuate. 



Early stages unknown. 



Hah. Mexico. 



In the Tring Museum 3 c?(?, 2 ? ? from "Mexico," one of them from Oaxaca, 

 June (AV. iSchaus) ; tgpe : Mexico, ? . 



Also in other collections, confounded with lugeiis, geminus, separatus and 

 ereiiiitoides. 



Hi' I. Hyloicus praelongus sp. nov. (PI. XII. f. 1, S). 



S ? . Closely resembling istar, with which it agrees in structure ; decidedly 

 more greyish white, the two black streaks of the mesothoracic tegula clearly 

 separated by a grey interspace ; forewing more elongate, coming in shape near 

 that of lanceolata ; markings as in istar, but the cell with a black apical streak, 

 (SM') marked with a white dash outside the double antemedian line. 



? Vaginal jdatc (PI. XX. f. 15) hollowed out distally, the edges raised, mouth 

 of vagina concealed in ventral view by a sinuate lobe with rounded angles. 



