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 '~;74. Calasymbolas excaecata. 



Sphinx excaecata Abbot it Smith, L-p. (rtturi/iti. i. p. 4'J. t. 2i> (7., /;., /. ) (17'.t7). 



J'liua/as ej-meratiis, Hiibner, IVre. hek. Schm. p. 142. n. 1521 (1822) ; (Irote, Bull. Ihiffalo Soc. N. H. 

 i. p. 2;! (1873) ; Thaxt., /'sz/c/ie i. p. 29 (1874) (Newton, Ma>is., vi. Beg. vii.) ; Grote, i.e. ii. 

 p. 220. u. 38 (187')) ; But!., Trans. Zaol. Sac. Land. ix. p. 690. n. 1 (1877) ; Grote, I.e. iii. 

 p. 223. n. 41 (1877) (Canada to Southern Sts.) ; Hill, I'apdio iii. p. 27 (1883) (Adirondack.s) ; 

 Fisch., Canad. Eid. xvi. p. 17 (1884) (Buffalo ; on iiaVi.c and TiVuC) ; Fern., ihkl. p. 21 (1884) 

 (Orono, Maine, rare, vi.) ; id., Sphhaj. N. Kngld. p. 73. n. 35. t. C. f. 1 (!88()) ; Grote, I.e. 

 xviii. p. 13.!. n. 51 (:880) (Can. southw.) ; id., Hawk .Uotlis N. Am. p. 36 (1886) (vi. vii., I. on 

 R'isaci-ae, etc.); Suiith, Trans. Amer. Ent. Sne. xv. p. 226. t. 11. f. 10 (genit.) (1888) (east. 

 U. St., Canada, common, two broads) ; Beutenm., Canad. Ent. xxiii. p. 14 (1891) (metam., 

 two broods) ; Dyar, in Riley, /»t.s. Life. iii. p. 322 (1891) (N. Y., electr. light) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Lep. Ilet. i. p. 712. n. 1 (1892) (N. Am.) ; Cross, Ent. News vii. p. 297 (1890) (N. Hampsh., 

 common) ; Hanh., Canad. Ent. xxix. p. 292 (1897) (Manitoba) ; RowL, Ent. Newi ix. p. 189 

 (1898) (Missi.ssippi ; common ; two broods ; food ; pupa brown) ; Fyles, Rept. Ent. Soc. 

 Ontario xxx. p. 104 (1900) (Quebec). 



Paan/as pavanina Geyer, in Hiibn., Sainnd. Ex. Sehnt., Zutr. p. 12. f. 835. 830 (1837). 



Hiiierinthux ej-eiiej-ata, Harris, in Sill., Joiirn. Sci. Art xxxvi. p. 290. n. 1 (18.'!9) ; id., lii.t. Lnj. Veif. 

 p. 230 (1841) ; id., ed. Flint, Tm. Inj. IV/. p. 327. f. 155 (1802) ; Fitch, Rejit. In^. X. York iii. 

 p. 341, in 7'/Y(«s. N. y. St. Af/r. S. xvi. (1850). 



Paunia.H parvn/nm, Grote, Hall. ihiffaU, Sue. N. 11. i. p. 23 (1873) (= rnY/«v .?) ; Kiiby, Cit. Up. 

 Het. i. p. 713. n. 2 (1892) (Penn.). 



Snierinthux exeaecatus, Walker, Li.it Lrp. Inx. Ii. .U. viii. p. 246. n. 8 (1850) (X. Y.; Can.; W. Can.); 

 Clem., Jotirn. Ae. N. Sci. P/iilad. xv. p. 182. n. 85 (18.".9) (Penn. ; Mass. ; Georgia) ; Morris, 

 Cat. Lip. X. Am. p. 20 (1800); Clem., in Morris, Syn. Lep. N. Am. p. 208. n. 2 (1802); Lintn., 

 Proc. Ent. Soe. Philal. iii. p. 065 (18iU) (larva, pupa) ; Grote & Rob., Proc. Ent. Soc: Pliilad. 

 V. p. 100. n. 70(1805) (Atlantic distr.) ; Reed, Canad. Ent. i. p. 40 (1869) (sound of larva) ; 

 Pack., Guide Sttidi/ /«.'-■. p. 275 (1809) (descr. partly erron.) ; Bowl., Canad. Ent. iii. p. 143 



(1871) (Quebec, vi., vii.) ; Lintn., Ent. Cmtr. i. p. 179 (1872) (N. York, larva) ; id.. I.e. p. 192 



(1872) (N. Y., vi.) ; Streck , Lep. Rhop. Het. p. 51. 54. t. 7. f. 1 ((J) 2 ( ? ) (1873) (Atlant. 

 Sts. ; Ohio : Kentucky ; Indiana, etc.) ; Boisd , Spec. Gen. Lep. Het. i. p. 38. n. 28 (1875) ; 

 Caulf., Canad. Erd. vii. p. 241. n. 7 (1875) (Montreal, vi., vii.); Worth., ibid. p. 16 (1878) 

 (Chicigo, vi.) ; Pilate, Papilio ii. p. 66 (1882) (Dayton, O., common) ; Fletch., Canad. Ent. xv. 

 p. 203 (1883) (on Pop. balsam, and alba) ; Saund., Ins. Inj. Emits p. 85. n. 31. f. 83 (/.). 84 (/.) 

 (1883); id., Canad. Ent. xvi. p. 9. f . 1.2(1884) (life hist.); Beutenm., Ent. -Iwrr. i. p. 196 

 (188.-,) (food-plants) ; Edw., Bnll. X. St. Nat. .Uns. xxxv. p. 43 (1889) (lit. rel. to metam.) ; 

 Beutenm., Bu/l. Amer. .\fns. X. H. vii. p. 314. t. 7. f. 4 (1895) {I,, p., i., food-plants); Heath, 

 Camid. Ent. xxxii. p. 94 (19011) (Manitoba, vi.). 



Smerinthus paroninns, Grote & Rob., Prae. Ent. Soc. Pliilad. v. p. 100. n. 69 (1805) (" Pennsylvania"); 



Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lep. Het. i. p. 37. n. 27 (1.S75) ; Edw., Ent. Amer. iii. p. 223 (1888). 

 Smerintliiis excaccatus (!), Soule, Psi/ebe viii. p. 155 ( 1897) (/. on Spiraea, unusual food). 



6 ? . Distal margins of lioth wings scallojied, the lobes of tlie forewing promi 

 iieiit ; fringe white, brown at the tijjs of the veins. 



S. Antenna nearly as long as in Sphinx cerisyi, the lateral expansions 

 prominent. Clasper almost evenly rounded at end (PI. XXXIV. f. 29) ; harpe 

 obviously sinuate dorsally before end, the lobe thus formed oljliquely truncate, its 

 upper angle rounded. Penis-sheath with two teeth before apex, close together^ 

 unequal ; a patch of long thin spines, jiointing proximad, on the membrane of the 

 duct (PI. XXIX. f. 44). 



?. Vaginal orifice large, anterior margin raised to a ridge whicii is deejjly 

 cleft mesially, tiie lobes thus formed prominent (PI. XV. f. lU). 



Larva pale green, deeper in tint below, side-bands yellowish, last one brighter, 

 granules prominent ; red spots, dorso- and ventro-lateral, varying in size, often 

 abi^ent. — Food-jiiaiits : on a great variety of trees, Prtinus and other Rosaceae ; 

 Corylus ; Carpinus ; etc. 



