( -137 ) 



fj. Penis-slieath (PI. LIV. f. 9) much more similar to that of tantalus than 

 to that of fadus ; the spiues at the left side of the sheath short, arranged in two or 

 three rows ; two or three apical spines, i)roximal ones about ecpial, distul one lonuer ; 

 whij) shorter than m fadus. 



Hal). Neotropical Kegion, extending occasionally into the Nearctic Kegion ; not 

 (in the West Indies ?. 



lu the Tring Jlnseum 20 specimens from : Oaxaca, Mexico, vii. (Schans) ; 

 Costa Kica (Underwood); Bogota ; Canca R., Colombia ; Salinas, Beni K., Bolivia, 

 vii. (Stuart) : Miranda, Matto Grosso, i. 'y9 (Stuart) ; Sapucay, near Villa Kica, 

 Paraguay (Foster) : Tucnman ; Petropolis ; Venezuela. 



373. Sesia fadus. 



Sphinx fail us Cramer, Pup. E.r. i. p. 95. t. 61. f. C (177;')) (Surinam); Gmel, Syst Xat. i. 5. 



p. 2387. n. il6 (17'J0). 

 Ses/a /m/us, Fabricius, .S^*<r. Ins. ii. p. 154. n. 5 (1781) ; id., M<ii,l. Ins. ii. p. '.»0. n. -i (1787) ; id., 



E,it. .SV- i"- 1- P- ^'^- I- -t (1793). 

 Aellopiis fddii.'t, Hiibner, Vcrz. bek: Schm. p. 131. n. 14U8 (18-_'_') ; Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phllail. v. 



p. 41 (1865) (distinct) ; But!., Trans. Zool. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 530. n. 2 (1877) (partim) ; Maass., 



Stelt. Ent. Zeit. xlix. p. 52 (1880) (= iunUihts ex err.) ; Smith, Trans. Ainei: Ent. Soc. xv. p. 119. 



t. 4. f. 5. 6. 7 (genit.) (1888) (partim) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 634. n. 2 (18<12) (partim) ; 



i.l., in Allen's Nat. IJbr., Moths iv. p. 10 (1897) (partim). 

 Miicrnfjlossnm anmilosnm Swainson, Zool. lllustr. iii. t. 132. f. 1 (1823) (Brazil). 

 Macrofiliissa Ijalteata Kirtland, in Sillim., .luurn. Sc. Art (2). xiii. p. 337. fig. (1852) (Ohio). 

 Macroglossa titan, Burmeister, Spliing. Bras. p. 73. n. 3 (1856) (partim; Colombia; Venez. ; 



Guiana; N. Brazil): Lucas, in t^agra, lEist. Cuba vii. p. 288 (185G) (partim); Men., Enum. 



Corp. Anim. Mus. Petr., Lep. p. 95. n. 1579 (1857) (Haiti) ; Herr.-Sch., Corrt:'<p. Bl. p. 56 



(1865) (Cuba) ; Boisd., .S>fc. (yen. Lep. llet. i. p. 358. n. 43 (1875) (partim) ; Moschl., Verh. 



Zool. But. (ies. Wien xxvi. p. 351 (1876) (partim ; Surinam) ; Gundl., Contr. Ent. Cubmui 



p. 174 (1881) (/. on Rubiaceae) ; Bates, ed. Clodd, Natur. Awaz. p. 93. fig. (1892). 

 Macroglossa tantalus, Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 88. n. 4 (1856) (partim) ; Clem., Jourii. 



Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. iv. p. 131. a. 6 (1857) (partim); Morris, Cat. Lfp. N. A. p. 17 (1860) ; 



Clem., in Morris, Syn. Lep. N. A. p. 151. n. 2 (18C2) (partim). 

 Macroglossa fadus, Walker, I.e. viii. p. 89. n. 7 (1856) ; Boisd., I.e. p. 359. n. 44 (1875). 

 .iellopiis titan, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. v. p. 41 (1865) (Cuba) ; id. & Rob., ibid. v. p. 150. n. 8 



(1865) (partim) ; Grote, Trans. Amer. Ent. Sue. iii. p. 184 (1871) (partim) ; id., Bull. Buffalo 



Soc. N. Sr. i. p. 19 (1874) (Te.xas ; partim) ; id.. I.e. ii. p. 224. n. 13 (1875) (partim) : id., I.e. 



iii. p. 221. n. 15 (1877) (partim); Burm., i»(.srr. Bep. Ari/ent. v. X'. 3.58 (1S78) (partim) ; 



Bonningb., Iris xii. p. 135. ii. 78 (1899) (partim : Rio de Jan.). 

 Aillopus tantalus, Druce, Biol. Centr. Amer., Lep. Het. i. p. 1. n. 1 (1881) (partim) ; id., I.e. Snppl. 



p. 298 (1896) (partim ; Mexico to Panama). 



Cramer's figure was doubtless taken from a greasy spiecimen in which the 

 white belt was not visible. 



S ? . Discal spots of forewing partly double, spots IV — R' being always more 

 or less com])li'lely divided into two luunles each, spot SC" — R' always present ; 

 subtransparent median sj)ots marked aliove and below. Foretibiu and -tarsus 

 normal 



c^. Penis-sheath (PI. LIV. f. is) with the whip long, bearing two or three 

 tubercles before the tip ; apical sjiines of sheath two or three in number, the most 

 distal one the longest ; spines at left side lo/it/, seven to nine in number, arranged 

 in a simjle row. 



llab. Neotropical Region, inclusive of Cuba and Haiti ; occasionally northward 

 into the Nearctic Region. 



lu the Tring Museum :U specimens from : Cuba ; Guatemala; Peru; Bolivia ; 

 Paraguay; Matto (irosso ; Espirito Santt) ; .Surinam: British (luiana ; Venezuela. 



