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111- whether he relied njwn former authors. Of these Hulst says that occasionally a 

 tliird spot is indicated by a few scales, while Clemens and Packard state that the 

 eye-mark has " two or three blue pupils." Clemens, however, confoiuided ci'risifi 

 and jamaicensiii : the "three blue pupils" being referable, in our opinion, to 

 n'risi/i\ the "two blue pupils" io jamaicensis f. norm, (icmiiiata.s. W Fernald's 

 statement of the occnrrence of a third spot in jamaicensis is based upon actnal 

 observation, or is a loose repetition of Hulst's statement, then tripurtitus of Grote 

 is the name of the aberrant specimens of jamaicensis which have the first spot 

 indicated ; if Fernald, however, derived his information from Clemens, tripartitus 

 is a mere synonym of cerisi/i. We refer to this matter especially with a view of 

 showing that precision is no less necessary when introducing a new name than 

 when describing a new fact. 



Larva pale green, granules the same colour or whitisii, side-bands pale yellow, 

 tlie last bright yellow ; horn bluish. — Food-plants : Cherry and other Prunas, as 

 well as a variety of other trees. 



Pupa glossy, abdomen punctured, the punctures here and there connected by 

 ccirrugations. 



Huh. Xewfonndland, Canada to Virginia and Arizona, Iowa. 



Drnry's locality "Jamaica" was erroneous. Several N. York species of 

 Fothergill's collection were said by Drury to be from Jamaica, while otiiers that 

 came undoubtedly from Jamaica were represented as being from New York (see 

 1'. brontes, p. 89). 



Several authors have referred to the " one-spotted " specimens as var. 

 jamaicensis. If the name Jamaicensis is to be employed for some specimens, it 

 must be employed for the whole species as well. Those who object to the name on 

 the ground of it being a misnomer may console themselves with the fact that there 

 is a place Jamaica in the State of New York. 



In the Tring Museum 4 larvae, I pupa, 03 cJc?, 31 ? ? from Newfoundland to 

 Georgia and Colorado. 



LXXXII. CALASYMBOLUS.— Typus : astijlu-'i. 



,%,h;ii.r, Drury (,inii Linne, 175S), llhistr. Ex. Ent. ii. Index (1773). 



Ptiuiiids Hiibner, IV;:. heh. Sriim. p. \-i2 (1822) (partim ; includes ocellida, type of Splirn.r). 

 Siiieniilliiis, Lepelletier & Serville (nun Latreille. 1802), Enc. Melli. x. p. 441 (182;)). 

 Ciih,.s!/,„bolus Grote, Bull. Buffalo Soc. X. Sci. i. p. 23 (187:!) {nom. imUscr.!) ; id., Ic. iii. p. 223 

 (1877) (type : astylug). 



c? ? . Very close to Sphinx, from which it differs in the high crest of the head 



and the jieculiar shaj)e of the hindwing. Foretibia without thorn at apex. 



Scaling of head raised to a crest between the antennae. Costal margin of hindwing 

 distally dilated frontad into a broadly rounded, more or less prominent lobe, vein C 

 following the curve of the margin. Eye-jiatch of hindwing with one blue spot, 

 which is generally central, seldom standing near the pro.ximal edge of the patch. 



cJ. Antenna and tenth abdominal segment in structure essentially as in Sph. 

 ocellata. Clasper without the dorso-apical ridge fotmd in the American species of 

 Sphinx, its dorsal margin nearly straight (PI. XXXIV. f. 28. 29. 3i)) ; harpe with 

 a single, bluntly rounded, distal lobe, its upper edge more or less sinnate before 

 end and rough with tubercles or spines proximally of the sinus. Penis-funnel much 

 more extended veutrad than in Uphinx, produced ventrally into a conical process 



