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in tlic followiiif; one, ventral process of pciiis-fiinnel more prominent. One of our 

 Kpci'lniens lias llie rinj; of the eve-spot filled in with liliie. 



Hab. Colorado to Lake Superior, i)robal)ly in all the States west of the 

 I\lississii)i)i excejjt the Pacific Coast Region, which is occupied by opltthalmim. 



In the Triiig Mnseniu '.» SS, G ? ? from various places in Colorado, June and 

 July (Oslar). 



c. Spli. ceri.ti/i ophthalmica. 



*Sm,riiithm ophthalmica Boisduval, J}',!!. Snr. Kid. Fr. p. 32 (1855) CCalif. —coll. Charles 

 Oberthiir ; non " Mexico "). 



SnierinthiiK n/ihthalminiK {\), Clemens, Jotirii. Ac. N. Sci. Philad. iv. p. 185. ii. 88 (1869) (var. of 

 fjemin.?) ; id., in Morris, N^h Lep. N. Am. p. 211. n. 5 (1862) ; Grote & Rob., Proc. Enl. Sue. 

 Philail. V. p. 100. n. G8 (18(1.5) (Western distr.) ; Boisd., -1«h. Snc. Enl. Bel;/, xii. p. 67. n. 72 

 (1869) ; Grole, linll. liuffal,, S„c. N. II. i. p. 23 (1873) ; id., Lr. ii. p. 227. n. 41 (1875); 

 Lintn., Enl. Contr. ii. p. 125 (1873) ; Edw., Proc. Cahf. Ac. Sci. y. p. 91 (1H76) ; id., /.,■. vii. 

 p. 21 (1877) (larva); Butl., Trans. Zool. Soc. Land. ix. p. 692. n. 2 (1877) (Calif.; imn 

 " Mexico ") ; Grote, I.e. iii. 223. n. 42 (1877) (Calif.) ; Butl., Papilio i. p. 104 (1881) ; Grote, 

 Canud. Ent. xviii. p. 133. n. 50 (1886) (Calif.); Smith, Tra/w. Amer. Enl. Soc. x\. p. 221 

 (1888) (Cal. ; Vane; Oreg. ; Wasliingt. ; Edw., Bull. U. St. Nat. Mks. xxxv. p. 43 (1889) 

 (lit. rel. to metam.) ; French, Oniafl. Ent. xxiii. p. 143 (1891) (larva and pupa); Beutenm., 

 ihiil. p. 200 (1891) (larva). 



Snicritithns opihal miens (!), Morris, Cat. Lrp. N. Am. p. 20 (1860) ; Strecker, Lep. Rhop. Iht. p. 52 

 (1873) ; id., /..-. p. 58. t. 7. f. 4. ((J). 5. ( ? ) (1873) (Calif. ; Washingt.. 



Smcrinlhns ophtalmicus (!) Boisduval, Spec. Gin. Lep. liet. i. p. 33. n. 2.3. t. 1. f. 1 (/.) (1875) (Calif.; 

 larva). 



*Smcrinthiis nincimrericnsis Butler, I.e. sub. n. 2 (1877) (Vancouver I. ;— Mus. Brit.). 



Smerinthn.'' crry.iii form ophthalmicus, Smith, /.'•. p. 240 (1888). 



Smcrinthus ojihthdlmicm var. vaucniiverensis (!), Smith, I.I.e.c. 



Smerinthns ranco,ircren.iis (!), Kirby, Cal. Lep. Het. i. p. 711. n. 3 (1892) (Vancouver). 



S ?. Harpe slender distally, asymmetrical, almost pointed ; dorso-apical ridye 

 of clasper triangular, more or less obtuse (PI. XXXIV. f. 27) ; tooth of penis- 

 sheath sharj), rather long, slightly oblique. Variable in the ground-colour, generally 

 ])aler than astarte, from which the darker individuals do not seem to be 

 distinguishable. 



a'. Spli. ctvisyi ophthalmica f. ophthalmica. 

 Synonymy as above. Forewing above ashen grey. 



//. Sjth. ccrisi/i ojjhthalmica f. pallithdiis. 



Smerinlhus pallididus, var., Edwards, Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci. \i. p. 91 (187li) (Calif.). 

 Smerinthns ophlhahuicHs var. pallidnhis Grote, Bull. Buffalo Sue. .V. H. iii. p. 223. sub n. 42 (1877) 

 (Calif.); id., Canad. Ent. xviii. p. 133. n. 50(1886) ; Beutenm., Bidl. Amer. Mus. N. H.iv. 

 p. 174 (1892) (^l^/pes of Hy. Edwards). 



Forewing above more or less grey-vinaceous-cinnamon. 

 The two forms are not seasonal according to the dated material examined. 

 IJal). South California to Vancouver I. 

 In the Tring Museum 17 c?cJ, 10 ? ? from : California ; Oregon ; Washington. 



</. Sph. ccrisi/i saliceti. 



Smerinlhus ophthalmica Boisduval, I.e. (1856) (Mexico, non Calif.). 



Smcrinthus ophthalmicus id., Ann. Soc. Ent. Bel;/, xii. p. 67. n. 72 (18(;9); Butl., I.e. (1877) ; Druce, 

 Binl. Centr. Amer., Lep. Het. i. p. 17. n. 1 (1881) (partim ; Mexico). 



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