JIVrEKCllIlUA VARIA. 1.39 



wliok' It'iif^tli liv a l>r(i;ul nearly even bund or margin of rcildisli brown, tbe siime colour as on llio under side of the usual female 

 I'unn. 



A Itliougli tlicro waa some sliglit disarrangenit'Dt in Ilif fj;tMH'ral sexual Miak'e-M|i of Ibis individual still it bad sense enough to 

 assert its uuinbcxjd, tiiougb bv so doing it sacrificed bolb liberty and life ; it flew into an open window attracted by a captive virgin female 

 wliieb had tbat day emerged from tbe ebrysalis. 



I'"or bolb ibe above remarkable insects, as well as numberless other kindnesses extending tbrongb long years, am I indebted to 

 my old I'rieiul Herman Sacbs who bred the first and captured the second at bis residence in Hoboken, New Jersey, some years ago; 

 and as I now gaze at tlieui many and many a pleasant recollection arises of tbe days of "auld lang syne." 



From tbe state of Maine I received a male example in wbicb the median or second subnunginal line is crimson like the outer 

 one instead of black as in all other examples I have ever seen. 



Another male, from Maryland, lias llie ocellus of seiondaries entirely black without any shining blue, or while discal mark. 



Two females have the lower edge of the ocellus of sei'oudaries resting on the black transverse line. 



One female has upper surface of primaries pniplisb grey, transverse lines and discal marks white. Ocellus of secondaries of 

 imiueiise size lilling nearly the whole space interior to the black line ; under surface of this example is greyish yellow. It is from Oliio. 



A female in Mus. Comp. Zool., Cambridge, is of small size and has ihe ocellus of secondaries suffused and irregularly spread 

 over a great portion of the wirg. 



In collection of Mr. J. Meyer of Brooklyn is a female of very large size in which the upper side primaries are ornamented with 

 rays of darker colour which start from the base and diverge outwards wider and wider until their ]ioints reach nearly to the exterior 

 margin. 



In Mr. Neumcegen's coll., also in my own, are female examples with the upper side of primaries pale grey or ashen; one of 

 these was taken near Morristown, N. Jersey, the other I bred from larva found here. 



HYPERCHIRIA LILITH. Nov. Sp. 



(PLATE XV, FIG. 17 ?. 



Female. Expands 2f inches. 



Head, thorax and legs dark Indian red ; abdomen same colour with the exception that the segments 

 ahovc are cdocd with a somewhat yellowish hue. 



I'ppcr snri'ace ; primaries dark reddish brown more inclined to red at the base, and somewhat paler and 

 tinged with gi-ev at outer margin; discal mark scarcely discernible; a darker inconsjiicuous transverse median 

 line or rather shade. Secondaries brownish not as dark as the primaries, broadly bordered at abdominal margin 

 with dull crim.son ; a large central ocellus formed by a distinct black ring enclosing shining blue or steel 

 colour and with a small white discal mark, the black and blue do not merge into each other as in H. Varia 

 but the black ring is not wide and is clear and distinct on its inner edge as on the outer ; outside the ocellus is 

 a brotul bliick line, between this latter and the exterior margin is another broader line of reddish brown; the 

 exterior margin is also bordered with the same colour. 



Under surface dark Indian red shtided towards exterior margins with brownish ; transverse lines as in 

 //. Varia ; on primaries a very large black ovtil discal spot with small white round spot in centre, on seconda- 

 ries a small wdiite discal spot. 



Hab. Georgia. 



I have only had the opportunity of examining the ftmales, of which there were eight or nine, all bred at one time; the male, 

 of which there were only a lew examples, was described to me as being much like the female, but the primaries darker or more grey- 

 ish and the secondaries paler. Of the eight or nine females bred I have examined six, and all are remarkably alike, piresenting 

 scarcelv anv difi'erence from each other in size, shape or colour. The wings are broader and shorter than in H. Varia, which is the 

 nearest allied species. My friend did not take any particular note of the larva more than tbat they were of the Farm type and that he 

 found them feeding on some small weed which soon gave out, he then fed them on wild cherry which they ale readil)' until they were 

 ready to change into the chrysalis state. This could scarce be a local form oi H. Varia as the latter species I received from the same 

 locality and bred at same lime in large numbers of both sexes which were in all respects the same as tho.se found in Penna., N. York 

 and other more northern localities. I have every hope that 1 will in a future plate be able to depict the male of this beautiful insectas 

 mv informant is confident that he has in chrysalis state another brood of it. 



1 have named ibis species after a lady of considerable celebrity in ihe olden time long ago, to wit: No less a personage than 

 Adam's first wife Lilith, the mother of the giants, who was eventually turned into a demon, us has been not unfrequently the case 

 with members of her sex in subsequent limes, not long ago. •;• 



ON THE NORTH AMERICAN SPHINGID.E IN MR. A. G. BUTLER'S REVISION OF THAT 

 FAMILY PUBLISHED IN TRANS. ZOOL. SOC., LOND., VOL. IX., PART 10,(1877). 



Among the various works of interest to the Entomologist that have of late years appeared, two come in for considerable atten- 

 tion : the "Sphingides, Sesiides, Castnides," by Dr. Boifdnval (1874), and ihe "Revision of the f^phingida'," by Mr. Butler (1877); 

 as the latter is later and in a measure a revision of the former, I will more particularly direct my .'ittention and remarks to its contents, 

 contenting myself for the present by expressing my delight at the wonderful correctness of the drawing and beauty of colouring of the 

 figures in the work of Dr. Boisduval. 



Page 517, No. "2 Lepisesia victoria, Grote Bull. Buft'. Soc. Nat. Sei., ii, p. 147, (1874). British Columbia." 



Was described from a faded example of Ptcrogon Clurkia, Bdl. In appendix p. 634 Butler makes the correction in a measure, 

 thus: "Said to be identical with Pterogon clarkia of Boisduval ; see Bull. Buff. Soc, ii, p. 225." 

 On p. Ill of this work I have slightly alluded to Ihe above. 



