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Florida, and agrees with examples of E. camertiis, Cramer, in the 

 Museum collection from Mexico. I am, however, quite prepared 

 to believe that this red form is merely a common sport of the 

 Linnean species. 



.Ampelophaga versicolor. Harris. 



I am very much interested in seeing this species for the first 

 time; judging by Strecker's figure only, I referred it to Elibia, but 

 (as he has himself declared) " the only point in common be- 

 tween " E. dolichus " and versicolor is the pale dorsal line," 

 though strictly speaking, Strecker should have said the only 

 salient point, since, to mention another point, they are both 

 Sphingid<r. 



Now, that I have examined and compared versicolor in the 

 chitine, (I suppose I must not say " in the flesh" ) I find that it 

 agrees in every detail of structure and nearly every detail of pat- 

 tern with AmpJielopliaga rubiginosa, of Bremer, from China and 

 Japan. 



From OtHS choerilus and inyroji, Avipelophaga is distinguished 

 by its less falcated and less distinctly sinuous (the German word 

 '• geschwungen" best expresses the character) outer margin of the 

 primaries, fuller secondaries, well defined dorsal line on the body 

 and more curved banding of the primaries. I mention the color 

 characters because they usually represnt a sub-generic if not a 

 generic value. 



Chcerocampa tersa. Linn. 



An example from Florida sent by Mr. Edwards comes 

 nearest to specimens in the collection from Mexico. 



Deilephila lineata. Linn. 



So far as I have hitherto been able to judge, this moth does 

 not vary in anything but size, 66 to lOO millimetres in our ex- 

 amples. 



Philampelus achemon. Drury. 



Mr. Edwards has sent us the pale variety of this beautiful 

 species, and although I have no remarks to make about it, I may 

 perhaps be permitted to speak of another New World Sphingid, 

 recently referred by Dr. Burmeister to this genus. 



Quite recently, through the generosity of Walter de Roths- 

 child, (the eldest son of Sir Nathaniel) we acquired a specimen of 

 the P. Eos of Burmeister from Buenos Ayres, and I am quite sat- 

 isfied from a careful comparis6n of this species with the whole of 

 our Sphinges that it is either an Ambiilyx or a genus extremely 

 close to it, and has no affinity to Philampelus. 



Smerinthus opthalmicus. Boisd. 



I am glad to find that I rightly identified this species in my 

 " Revision of the Sphingidae," although at the time I had very 

 little doubt about it. 



Sphinx chersis, var. oreodaphne. H. Edw. 



If this form is constant to any district, I see no reason why 



