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<??. Rlackisli lirowu bonier of liiiuhviiig iiaiTow. Alidomeii with black 

 (lots below as in tlie two preceding; forms. 



llnh. West Indies and I^lorida, Central America. 



In the Tring Museum 2 cJc?, 1 ? from : Cuba; Haiti. 



d'. E. lassaKxi f. impunctata nov. 



\aV& mmiandc \ rather smaller on an average ; the abdomen witiiout black dots 

 on the underside, which is rather paler ; the brownish black border of the hiudwing 

 well defined. 



Hab. Venezuela southward to Tucuman. 



In the Tring Museum 7 c?c?, 5 ? ? from : Aroa ((////'•) and Blerida, Venezuela ; 

 Reyes, Bolivia, vii. '95 (Stuart) ; Tucuman. 



294. Erinnyis ello. 



Merian, MeUim. Li^. Sunn. t. 64 (1719) (^emcx). 



Sj)hhi.r ello Liune, Si/sl- A'"'- ed. x. p. 401. n. 11 (1758) ; id., Uus. Lud. Uli: p. 351 (17G4) ; Houtt., 

 y<ilui-l. JIhl. i. 11. p. 437. D. 11 (1767) ; Linne, Syst. Nat. ed. xii. p. 800. n. 13 (1767) ; Drury, 

 Jlliistr. Ex. Jus. p. 59. t. 27. f. 3 (1771); id., /.<•. Index (1773) ; Miill., Naturs. v. 1. p. 639- 

 n. 13 (1774) ; Fabr., Syst. Eiit. p. 638. n. 7 (1775) ; Stoll, in Cram., Pajj. Exot. iv. p. 22. t. 301. 

 f. D (1780) ; Goeze, Ent. Beytr. iii. 2. p. 163. n. 13 (1780) ; Fabr., Spec. Ins. ii. p. 143. ii. 17 

 (1781) ; id., Mant. Lis. ii. p. 94. d. 20 (1787) ; Gmel., Syst. Nut. i. 5. p. 2375. n. 13 (1790) ; 

 Fabr., in Illig., Muy. Ent. p. 88. n. 43 (1807) ; Swain?., Zool. lllustr. i. t. 81 (1822) ; Drury, 

 ed. Westw., lllustr. E.v. Ins. i. p. 54. t. 27. f. 3 (1837); Harris, in Sillim., Jmirn. Sc. Art 

 xxxvi. p. 297. n. 14 (1839) : Menetr., Enuia. Corp. Jviin. Jfiis. Pclr. ii. Siijipl.p. 90. n. 1493 

 (18,57) ; MovT\Si,Cat.Lep.N.Am.p.l8 (1860) ; Baer, Bull. Soc. Ent. France p. 173 (1878) (larva). 

 Erinnyis elhi, Hiibner, Verz. heh. Schm. p. 139. n. 1489 (1822) ; Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philiid. v. 

 p. 73 (1865) ; id. & Rob., I.e. p. 167. n. 107 (1865) (Cuba) ; Auriv., Kovul. Sr. Vet. .!/,■. I/umll. 

 xix. 5. p. 133. n. 169 (1882) (reretis. Lip. Miis. Lml. rir.). 

 Dihphonota ello, Burmeister, Sphiny. Br(i.'<. p. 69 (1856) ; Giotc, I.e. -si. p. 329 (1867); id.. Trans. 

 Anier. Ent. So,: iii. p. 185 (1871); id.. Bull. Buffalo Soc. N. Sc. i. p. 27 (1874); id.. I.e. ii. 

 p 228. n. 67 (1875) ; Bull., Tran.'n. Zool. Soc. Loml. ix. p. 603. n. (1877); Grote, I.e. iii. p. 225. 

 n. 69 (1877) (New York ; Penn. ; S. States) ; Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lnml. p. 483. n. 58 (1878) 

 (Jamaica) ; Burm., Dcfcr. Rep. Argent, v. p. 331 (1878) ; id., I.e. Atlas p. 32. t. 12. f. 2 (I.). 7 

 {p.) (1879); Druce, in Biol. Centr. Amer., Lep. Het. i. p. 19. n. 1 (1881) ; Gundl., Contr. Ent. 

 Cuhaua p. 222 (18«2) (larva) ; Fern., Siihing. N. Enijl. p. 51. n. 22 (1886) ; Holl., Canad. Ent. 

 xviii. p. 103 (1886) (larva); Grote, Canad. Ent. xviii. p. 136. n. 92 (1886) (West Indie.s 

 northward) ; id.. Hawk Moths N. Am. p. 46 (IH86) ; Smith, Trans. Anitr. Ent. Sor. xv. p. 156. 

 t. 8. f. 6 (genit.) (1888) (Florida southward ; westward to Calif. ; northward occas. to N.Y. 

 & Mass.); Edw., Bull. U. St. X. .Vus. xxxv. p. 48 (1889) (lit. rel. to metam.) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Lep. Het. i. p. 696. n. 1 (1892) ; Ilothscli., Nov. Zdoi,. i. p. 95 (1894) ; Moffat, Canad. Ent. 

 xxvii. p. 172 (1895) (London, O.) ; Druce, I.e. Suppl. p. 313 (1896) ; Beutenm., Bull. Anur. 

 Mus. N. 11. vii. p. 296. t. 4. f. 1. 2 (1897) (N. York); Row)., Ent Xexvs x. p. 11 (1899) 

 (Missouri, Oct. 10) ; Kaye, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. p. 139 (1901) (Trinidad). 

 Anreryr. ello, Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. .1/. viii. p. 224. n. 4 (1856) ; C\cm.,Juwn. Ac. N. Sei. Philad. 

 iv. p. 175. n. 73 (1859); id., in Morris, %». l.ep. N. Am. p. 200. n. 1 (1862); Herr.-Sch., 

 Corresp. Bl. p. 59 (1K65) (Cuba) ; Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lep. Met. i. p. 120. n. 1 (1875) (larva) ; 

 Moscbl., Verh. Zool. Bot. Cres. Wien. xxvi. p. 346 (1876) (Surinam) ; Dew., Mitth. Miinch. Ent. 

 Vcr. i. p. 92 (1877) (Porto Rico) ; id., Zeitselir. ges. Natura: Hi. p. 169 (1879) (hvrva noticed ; 

 Cuba); Pilate, Papilio ii. p. 66 (1882) (Dayton, O., one (j') ; Edw., Ent. Amer. iii. p. 165 (1887) 

 (larva) ; Suell., Tijdschr. Ent. xxx. p. 33 (1887) (Curavao). 

 Dilophoniita ello A., Bonninghausen, Iris xii. p. 121. n. 32 (1899) (Rio de Jan.). 

 Diloplionota ello Ii., id., I.e. n. 33 (1899) (Rio de Jan.). 

 (V) irdnplwnota spec, Peters, lllustr. Zeitsehr. Ent. iv. t. 4 (1899) (larva). 



d ? . Perhaps the commonest Sphingid of tropical America. The c? witii a 

 black mesial band from base to ape.x of the grey fore wing varying in widtli, the 

 ? without this band, or only traces of it indicated. Not easily confounded with 



