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ill., Ci.,,,,!. /•;,//. xviii. p. i:!ll. n. S (18KC,) ; i<l., /.,-. xix. p. 7'.t (1HK7) : Smitli, 'I'niiis. Amrr. Knl. 



S„<: XV. p. 'JG (IH8H) ; Edw., Jinll. I\ St. A'at. .)/»«. xxxv. p. 38 (IW!)) (liter, rel. to metiim.) ; 



Kirby, Cat. I.rp. Ilit. i. p. Gl'C. u. -Jl (18'.):^) ; Rowl., Eid. AVira v. p. 178 (l8i)4) (larva) ; Cross, 



ibiil. vii. p. 2'J7 (189i;) (N. Ham])sliire) ; Rowl., ihlil. ix. p. I'.ll (18:18) (Missouri) ; id., I.,-, x. 



p. 12 (1899) (Missouri, larva iioticcil) ; Smyth, ICnt. Xiu-s xi. ji. .'.8-t (19IIII) (sumnier form of 



tetiuh). 

 *llem,inx warrjhialis Grote, /!nll. Btiffah Sac. A'. S,: i. p. (1. 18. t. 1. f. 10 ( ? ) (1874) (Michigan ;— 



Mux. ISrit.); id., I.e. ii. p. 224. n. 5 (1876); id., /.-•. iii. p. 220. n. 7 (1877) (Mich. ; Ohio ; Ind.); 



Uutl., /.<: ix. p. ,'121. n. 17(1877) ; Maass., /.,-. xli. p. f.l (1880) (= o.dllari.-^) ■ Jew., Ooiml. K„l. 



xii. p. 2:il (1881)) (Ohio, larva on L»iiirer<i xem/ierrir.) ; id., ISiill. Brmihli/ii Eiil. Sm: iv. p. 17 



(1883) (life hist.); Grote, Caiiiid. Eut. xviii. p. I. 'SO. n. 8 (188(5); id., 1 1 inch- .MiiIIik N. Am. p. 2ti 



(1880); Smith, /.r. XV. p. li.') (1888); Edw., Il>ill. I'. Si. Xat. .!/-«. xxxv. ]i. ;!8 (1889) (liter. 



rel. to nietaui.). 

 Moirmjlosm mnnjiiialix, Pilate, rajiiliu ii. p. (JO (1882) (Uayton, O., common). 



c??. A Slimmer form. Border of forevving sligbtly deutate, or at least 

 (Ti'imliite. (loiicrally somewliat larger tliaii the ]irecediiig. 



c'. J/. (Jifjuiix (liljiniii f. aest. <i.riUari». 



*Se>iia ax'dhirix Grote &. Robinson, Trans. Ainer. Eiit. Su<: ii. p. 180 (18fi8) (Texas ;— Mus. Brit.). 



llemaris axillarh Grote, Bull. Buffalo Snr. N. Sr. i. p. 6. 18. t. 1. f. (1874) ; id.. I.e. ii. p. 224. 

 n. 6 (1875) ; id., /.c. iii. p. 220. n. 8 (1877) (Texas) ; But!., I.e. ix. p. 521. n. 16 (1877) 

 (=grotei); Streck., I.e. p. 140 (1877); Grote, Caimd. Eut. xviii. p. 130. n. 10 (I88G) ; id., 

 Hawk Moths N. Am. p. 26 (1886) ; Edw., Piipilio iii. p. 25 (1883) (N. Jersey) ; Smith, l.c. 

 XV. p. 95 (1888) ; Bcutenm., Bull. Amer. Mua. N. Se. vii. p. 279 (1895) (N. York, very rare). 



*Seiiiii (/rutii Butler, Aiiu. Mot). N. 11. (4). xiv. p. 305 (1874) (Texas ;— Mus. Brit.). 



ikwrotjlossa aethra Strecker, I.e. p. 107 (1875) (Montreal). 



llemaris aethra, Butler, I.e. ix. p. 034 (1877) ; Maass., I.e. xli. p. 69 (1880) (= difflnh) ; Grote, 

 Caiiad. Ent. xviii. p. 130 n. 6 (188(1) ; Smith, I.e. xv. p. 93 (1888) (= diffinis) ; Kirby, Cut. 

 Lep. llet. i. p. 026. n. 22 (1892). 



Hemarif grote/, Edwards, Ent. Anifr. iii. p. 223 (1888). 



c??. A second sniumer form. Border of forewiiig with prominent teeth. 



J/ad. Atlantic; district of Nearctic llegion, from Texas to Canada, in the north 

 westwards to the Pacific. 



In the Tring Mnseum : — 



f. temiis, 60-odd sjiecimens from : S. Antonio, Texas ; Qnincy, Illinois, iv. v. vi. ; 

 Tioga Co., Penu. ; Bnffalo, v. ; Maine; N. AVestminster, Brit. Col., iv. (Wil.son). 



f aest. diffinis 21 c?c?, 8 ? ? i'rom : Texas ; Nelson (Jo., W. Va. (Robinson) ; 

 Iowa, viii. ix. ; Qnincy, Illinois, vii. ; Eureka Springs, Arkansas, vii. ; Canada. 



f aest. a.riUaris 7 c?c?, 2 ? ? from : Enreka Springs, Arkansas, vii. ; Qnincy, 

 Illinois, vii. viii. ix. ; Iowa ; Volga, S. Dakota. 



Ii. ii. (/i//i/u's senta. 



Maerorilossa senta Strecker, Repl. Chief Engineer 1878, Ai>p. p. 1858. t. e. f. 1 (1879) (N. Mexico). 

 Hemaris senta, Grote, Cnnad. Eut. xviii. p.' 130. n. 5 (1880) ; Smith, Lc. xv. p. 93 (1888) (N.Mexico) 



{ = ruhens) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Met. i. p. 027. n. 28 (1892). 

 llemaris rnheus, Hanham, Canad. Ent. xxxi. p. 49 (1899) (Manitoba). 



<S ? . Resembling somewhat diffinis f. tenuis, body slenderer, legs more grey ; 

 abdominal area of hindwiug above reddish distally, with a grey s{)ace, wing-borders 

 altogether more reddish. Middle of tail of the colour of the two previous segments. 



A c? from Bear Creek, Morrison Co., Colorado, Sept. 17th, 1901, 10,000 ft. 

 (Oslar), the only specimen we have from that district, dififers from all our other 

 examples in the wing-borders being obviously broader, dentate, and nearly as bright 



