NORTH AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 75 



III. — Leucophlebides, with the single (Indian) genus Levco- 

 phlebid. 



IV. — EuRYGLOTTiDES, with the genera Megnofon, Macrosila [not 

 as used by American authors], Amphonyx, Euryglottis^ Sphinx, 

 Aiicerj/.r, Pachylia, Zoniliii, Madoryx. 



The term SpJdnx is used in an extremely wide sense, including the 

 ti-enera Phleffethontms, Sphinx, Dolba, Byloicus, El/nyia, Daremma 

 and Diludia of our lists. Quite unusually PacliyUn is placed far 

 from Philampelus, of which it is certainly a close ally. 



V. — Deilephilides, with the genera Deilephila, Elibia, Ambu- 

 lyx, Philampelus, Aleuroi}, Everyx, Eiichloron, Acosmeryx, Eucheryx, 

 Chcerocampa , Pa riacrn . 



Of these Chcerocanq)a presents a great diversity of forms, thirteen 

 groups being recognized, some of which had been before, or have 

 been since recognized as good genera. 



VI. — Macroglossides, with the genera Temnora, Lapara, Arc- 

 tonotus, Tylognathus, Epistor, Trichocolou [Deidamia], Qeyton, As- 

 pledon, Pterofjon, Pogocolon, Angonyx, Perigonia, Mievolopha, Thyrens, 

 Macroglossa, Sataspes and Dasysphinx. 



The excuse for placing Lapara [^EUeiiui] with this tribe must be 

 sought in the statement that the genus and species w^ere unknown to 

 him in nature, and it affords at the same time a drastic commentary 

 upon the misleading character of the description, that the species, 

 which is a synonym of this, should be placed so far from it in a clas- 

 sification based upon characters not used in the original description 

 of the species. 



The Smerinthini here lead the series, and the lead is through the 

 3Iaerogloss(e into the Sesiides. 



In 1875, in the second volume of the Bull. Buff. 8oc. Nat. Sci., 

 Mr. Grote gives a " New Check List of North American Sphinges" 

 decidedly differing from that given in the previous volume. Tlie 

 arrangement here is as follows : 



SPHINGES Linn, restr. 

 Caudiberbes Borkh. 



Hemaris, Hcemorhagia, JEllopos, Euproserpimis, Aretonoius, Lepi- 

 sesia, Proserpimis, Amphion, Thyreus, Enyo, Deidamia. 



