102 JOHN B. SMITH. 



subtufts. Antennae black, rather massive. Anterior wings with the costa. sub- 

 sinuate, rounded at base, medially depressed, rising again to apices; external 

 margin very oblique ; internal angle prominent. At extreme base these are cov- 

 ered with olive green hairs; beyond, dark red ; costa and internal margin bor- 

 dered with dark red scales; centrally, the pellucid tegument acquires, in certain 

 lights, a blue reflection. The terminal band is obscure dark red, with its inner 

 margin sinuate, not dentate on the interspaces. The discal cell retired towards 

 the base of wing, is nearly filled with dark red scales and but partially hyaline, 

 but suflBciently so as to allow a distinct longitudinal bar to be seen, traversing 

 the cell, appearing at the inward prolongation of first median nervule. Under 

 surface bright red, much paler than upper surface; terminally, the band is of an 

 obscure tint, but along costa and over apical interspaces the color is brighter. 

 Internal margin bordered with paler, somewhat oclireous red scales, as is also the 

 extreme base of the wing. Secondaries above bright red, largely vitreous ; the 

 hyaline space crossed by six nervules. The narrow terminal band, along exter- 

 nal margin, is deep red, shading to bright red over anal angle and the base of 

 the wing; under surface bright red, paler than upper surface: at extreme base 

 .some ochreous and yellowish white scales. Expands % 2.40 inches. 



Hah.— Florida. 



In the " New Cheek List" Mr. Grote places this as a variety of 

 thysbe, but later retracts this opinion and again claims specific dis- 

 tinctness for it. 



Macroglossa etolus Bd., Sp. Gen. Lep. Het. i, 370; Maassen, Stett. Ent. 

 Zeit. 1880, V, 41, p. 69 = thysbe. 



A free translation of Boisduval's description is as follows : We 

 have never seen this species ; our description is made after a fine 

 drawing which we received from John LeConte. 



This Macroglossa is near the size and shape of thysbe, but it has a 

 little the habitus of bombyliforniis. The primaries are brown, with 

 a transverse band, oblique, transparent, cut by the nervures, sinuate 

 at its anterior margin and dentate at the side which looks to the base 

 of the wing. 



The secondaries are largely ferruginous at the base, marked a little 

 beyond the middle with an oblong, rounded, transparent patch cut 

 by the nervures ; the border is brown. 



The head, thorax and abdomen are of an olive green ; the latter 

 is marked a little beyond the middle with two brown segments, of 

 which the latter is joined by a spot of the same color which is pro- 

 longed to the beginning of the anal brush. This latter is reddish, 

 cut with two fascicles of black hair. We have nothing to say of the 

 under side. 



This is thysbe without any doubt. The description fits some speci- 

 mens perfectly and fits nothing else. The description being made 



