November llj CLARK — NEW SPHINGIDAE 75 



Fore wing below: Black from base more than half-way to the distal 

 margin, then warm red. A light-colored stigma at apex of cell. A median 

 and two postmedian lines extend from the costal to the inner margin. The 

 median one is 10 mm., and the outer of the postmedian ones is 5 mm., 

 distant from the apex on the costal margin. The wing is shaded darker on 

 the distal margin. 



Hind wing below : Warm red, unicolorous. No markings except a light- 

 colored stigma at the apex of the cell and three lines similar to those on the 

 fore wing. 



Macroglossum tenimberi sp. nov. 



Al. ant. long., 9 , 24 mm. Al. ant. lat., 9 , 9.5 mm. Marg. ext., 9 , 

 14 mm. 



Habitat— Terumher Islands, Dutch East Indies. One female in coll. 

 B. Preston Clark, received from Mr. Donckier de Donceel, Paris. 



This form is allied to M. phocinum and M. buruensis, being closest to the 

 latter, which it simulates in color. 



Head and thorax deep olive. Abdomen above blackish olive, third and 

 fourth segments lighter in color, and each with a pair of black basal spots. 

 No yellow side patches. Side tufts white; last two large. Second and third 

 abdominal tergites tipped with white, forming two narrow belts, the an- 

 terior one more prominent. Palpi and breast dirty gray, rest of abdomen 

 below brown. 



Fore wing above: But one distinct band, antemedian, narrowing cos- 

 tally; second antemedian, and first and second discal lines, faint; two 

 subapical patches, SC4-R1, faint. Hind wing above unicolorous. Both 

 wings below brown, with no white at the base. Marginal band of each 

 wing lighter in color. Fore wing reddish along the inner margin from the 

 base two thirds of the distance to the hinder angle. 



Xylophanes mulleri sp. nov. 



Al. ant. long., cf, 32 mm. Al. ant. lat., cf , 11.5 mm. Marg. ext., cT, 

 18 mm. 



Habitat. — Misantha, Mexico. One male in coll. B. Preston Clark, 

 taken in May, 1914, given me by my friend, Mr. Roberto Muller. 



A form allied to X. eumedon, X. resta, and X. tersa. 



Palpi red, shading to green on second segment, third segment gray. 

 Antennae brown. Head, thorax, and abdomen above, olive brown. Fringe 

 of mesothoracic tegulae pink. A red line on each side of mesothorax. 

 Thorax below orange. Legs and abdomen below pink, with a darker pink 

 side stripe. 



