( 526 ) 



on J). 38 in respect to Cnllkorc cli/meiui : "... on rencontre des taches qni ont du 

 r!i])j)ort avec les chiffros 8H. Si de lii on se plairait a prendre nn nom ponr cc 

 Papillon, on le nommerait le Porte nom lire des Indes occidentales. ... II est 

 d'Esse<inebo." [Black type onrs.] On the same pa^^e lie drives tiie West Indies as 

 habitat of the Sonth American Eunicn eurotu, which he figures also fmrn the 

 collection E. de Marre. 



From this it is quite clear (1) that the localities in E. de Marre's collection 

 were not reliable (the same api)lies to otlier collections from which Cramer received 

 specimens for his work); (2) that the localities oi jajtu- (N. York) and pholus 

 (W. Indies) got changed, the Neotro])ic /'a/j/jt- having come from '"the West Indies," 

 and the Nearctic pholus from New York ; (3) that the term " West Indies " was 

 used so loosely as to include Surinam, where japix occurs. (See also Frotoparce 

 brontes.) 



S ? . The external discal line of the forewing becomes sometimes more distinct 

 and loses the teeth. 



(?. Tenth tergite lounded-trnncate ; sternite rather slender, obtusely ])ointed. 

 Friction-scales of clasper truncate, not large ; harpe (PI. XLVIII. f 13) ending in a 

 nearly straight, oblique process, which is somewhat flattened on u[)perside at end 

 and here armed with numerous minute teeth. liight and left processes of penis-sheath 

 dentate (PI. LIV. f. 18), the left one much the smaller; dentition individually 

 variable ; ajncal edge of sheath not always oblique as in figure, but often equally 

 curved right and left. 



?. Eighth tergite truncate, not sinuate (PI. XLI. f. 12). Vaginal plate 

 (PI. XLI. f 11) evenly rounded at the sides and apex ; lateral and anterior edges 

 of orifice raised into a smooth ridge. 



Larva like that of Am.pcloeca myron, but thorax with white dorso-lateral line, 

 and the pale dorsal mesial patches with dark centres found in ^1. mi/ron absent. — 

 Food-plants : same as those of A. myron. 



Pupa as in A. myron. 



Hah. Atlantic district of Nearctic Pegion: (Canada to Georgia (probably farther 

 south), westward to the Mississipjii basin. 



lu the Tring Museum 3 larvae, 1 pupa, 27 S$, 14 ?? from: Iowa, 

 Massachusetts, Long Island, Pennsylvania. 



CXXIII. ACiOSMERYX.— Typus : ancem. 



Sphinx, Stoll, in Cramer, P(qj. Exot. iv. p. 124 (17H1). 



Enyo Hiibner, Varz. beh. Schnt. p. 132 (1822) (partim; type ; jupix). 



Philampehcs, Walker {nun Harris, 1839), List Lep. lu-^. B. M. viii. p. 173 (185G). 



Zonilia id. {iwn id , IS.-iG) /.,■. xxxi. p. 34 (1864). 



Daphiiiisa Murray {nan Walker, 1856), Cist. Ent. i. p. 178 (1873). 



AcosiMry.c Boiaduval, Spa: Gen. Lcp. Hit. i, p. 214 (1875) (type : i.iaci:ns). 



i'i. Geual process anguliform, curving backwards, nearly reaching tip of 

 pilifer. Palpus large, rounded in side-view. Antenna setiform, slender, gradually 

 thinning apicad, hook long, gradually curved ; end-segment very long, filiform, 

 rongli-scaled, penultimate one longer than vertically broad. No eyelashes. Si>ines 

 of abdomen numerous, the short ones pale, rather weak, the long ones stronger. 

 Midcoxal merum rounded behind ; long spurs twice the length of the short 



ones ; midtarsus with comb, spines of same not long ; hiudtibia heavily scaled. 



Forewing sinuate between SC^ and SC^ 



