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. Apparently New Species of Mexican HETEROCERA. 

 J5v Henry Edwards. 

 (No. 5.) 



The species described in the following paper were collected (as in- 

 deed were the rest of the scries 1 in the province of Vera Cruz by William 

 Schaus, Esq., Jr., and as I find no reference to them in any hooks at 

 my disposal, 1 conclude them to be new, and so describe them. The 

 four forms of Sphingidae have been compared by Mr. Schaus himself 

 with the collections in the B. Museum, and are undoubtedly unknown 

 to science. In all cases, unless otherwise indicated, several specimens 



have been examined. 



Fam. SPHTNGID^. 



Chcerocampa turbata n. sp. 



Rather pale fawn color in the ground color of the wings, primaries with a deep 

 brown, strongly marked, and very characteristic oblique stripe running from the in- 

 ternal margin near the base, quite to the apex but becoming a little fainter as it reaches 

 that position. This stripe is geminate, united at the internal margin. There is a 

 small black discal spot, some darker fawn shades about the disk, and some waved 

 dark fawn color submarginal lines. The secondaries have their ground color a little 

 paler than the primaries, with a broad median shade of brown, and the margin 

 ately of the same color, becoming obsolete as it reaches the anal angle. Costal 

 margin also shaded with brown. Beneath both wings are yellowish fawn color, 

 covered with numerous black irrorations, and blackish shades, the margins faintly in- 

 dicated by browni h bands There is a submarginal row of distinct black spots, 

 common to both wings. Thorax above olivaceous fawn color, with the sides whitish. 

 Abdomen wholly fawn color. Thorax, legs, and abdomen beneath, paler than qbove. 

 Antennae with the shaft whitish above, pectinations fawn color. Head same color as the 

 thorax, with the sides whitish. — No. 13. Exp. wings, 68 mm. Length of body, 40 mm. 

 This appears to be allied to C. fugax Bdv. 



Diludia lanuginosa 11. sp. 



Primaries greenish drab, mottled with brown over the whole surface. There arc 

 indications of 5 slightly waved brown lines, the two nearest the base being only ap- 

 parent at the costa, the remaining 3 being more distinct — the first slightly arcuate, 

 and not reaching the internal margin, the second distinctly waved, becoming inwardly 

 arcuate from median nervure to internal margin, the outer line more deeply toothed, 

 and from it runs a slightly bent brown line quite to the apex. The fringe is pale 

 drab, the intersections of the nervures marked with brown. Secondaries very pale 

 fawn-drab, with brown shade which resolves itself into three brownish slightly dent- 

 ately-waved bands, none of which reach the anal or abdominal margins. Underside 

 of both wings fawn-drab, with faint median band common to both wings. Antennae 

 lawn-drab above, brownish beneath. Thorax concolorous with primaries. Abdomen 

 olivaceous fawn color, grizzled with black and brown, a faint brown line at the junct- 

 ion of each segment, and triangular brown patches along the sides of the 3 basal 

 segments these gradually becoming lines upon the posterior segments. — No. 25. 



Exp. wings, 85 mm. Length of body, 42 mm. 



Protoparce dilucida n. sp. 



Of the group to which Carolina and Cestri belong, but much darker than these 

 or any other spei ies known to me. The ground color of the primaries appears to be 

 Entomologica Americana. Vol, hi. 14 August, 1887. 



