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An unknown or forgotten illustration of North American 

 SPHINGIDiE. 



By Dr. H. A. Hagen. 



The library of the Entomological Department of the Museum received 

 October 1887 some colored plates in 4*° , as presented to Harvard College 

 by Mr. VVm. Calverley, Barnegat, N. J. Of these plates 27 contained the 

 figures of North American Sphingidae and one Papilio Calverleyi. I had 

 never seen the work, and was not able to find it quoted anywhere, so 1 

 applied for information to ]Mr. S H. Scudder and received the following 

 answer : "I can only say, that I received the first five plates from W. H. 

 Edwards in Oclt)ber 1861. I do not think any were ever published." Mr. 

 Scudder docs not know where his copy is, but he believes that it was not 

 color^'d : the plate of the Papilio he has never seen. The plates figure 65 

 Nt)rth American species and about half more from Cuba and were made 

 about from 1861 to 1866. Some figures are very good, some others 

 good, some not w^ell done, prmcipally on the last plates. I dot not know, 

 why it was left unpublished. 



The Sphingid plates have on top the inscription "North American 

 Lepidoptera'" ; in the right upper corner Tab. I and II ; then Plate III to 

 XXVII. Below, the names of the figured species are given ; in the left 

 lower corner, published by J. W. Weidemeyer and S. Calverley, New 

 York ; beginning with PI. Ill the name of VV. H. Edwards is added. In 

 the right lower corner, Ch. Walo lith. and prin., on PI. I to XI and XIV, 

 with the addition Drawn from Nat. on PL X and XI, Ch. Walo fecit PL 

 XII, XIII, XV. XVI, XX, XXI; E. W. Robinson del., W. West imp. 

 PL XVII to XIX ; the PL XXII to XXVII are seemingly made by an- 

 other artist ; on PI. XXIV with D. Wiest lith. Philada, 



Contents of the Plates. 



PI. I. I. Sphynx cinerea J^. — 2. Ceratomia quadricornis (^. 



3. Thyreus Abbotii rf-— 4- Smerinthus geminatus (^. 

 5. Sphynx sordida ^ . 



PI. II. I. Sphynx lu?citiosa ^^. — 2. do. 9- 



3. plebeja $.—4. Sphynx obscura ^. 



5. Chserocampa pampinatrix ^. — 6. do. chserilus 9- 



PI. III. I. Pterogon inscriptum 9- — 2. Thyreus nessus (^. 



3. Smerinthus modesta c5"-— 4- ChDerocampa versicolor 9- 

 5. do. reversed 9- 



PL IV. I. Philampelus Jussieuse 9-^2. Sesia thysbe (^. 

 3. do. diffinis 9- — 4- Smerinthus excaecatus 9- 

 5. Enyo lugubris 9-— 6- Deilephila Galii 9« 



