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satisfied with the classification and arrangement of British 

 moths and butterflies now in use, which in the main accords 

 with the system adopted on the continent. I have, however, 

 been urged to publish a new edition of the ' Entomologist 

 Synonymic List ' giving all the changes in nomenclature intro- 

 duced since 1884. Such a compilation would be expensive to 

 print, and I am afraid would hardly meet with general support. 

 It has occurred to me, however, that something provisional 

 might be attempted, and I have therefore made the following 

 rough jottings and extracts from ' A Synonymic Catalogue of 

 Lepidoptera-Heterocera,' by Mr. W. F. Kirby, and ' Fauna, 

 British India, Moths,' by Sir George F. Hampson ; together with 

 reference, where necessary, to ' A Handbook of British Lepi- 

 doptera,' by Mr. Edward Meyrick. — Eichard South. 



SPHINGES. 



SPHINGIDiE, Bdr. 



(Subfamily Acherontiin^e, Hampson ; Manducin;E, Kirby.) 

 Acherontia atropos, Linn. — Hampson and Meyrick retain 



this species in Acherontia, Ochs., but Kirby places it in Manduca, 



Hiibn. (Tentamen, p. 1 (1810?)). 



(Subfamily Springing, Hampson and Kirby.) 

 Sphinx convolvuli, Linn. — Included by Hampson in Proto- 

 parce, Burmeister, of which rustica, Walk., from Brazil is the 

 type. Kirby sinks Protoparce in Phlegethontius, Hiibn. (type 

 sexta, Joh., from America), and convolvuli is No. 36 of the forty- 

 one species referred by him to the genus. Meyrick refers to the 

 species under Sphinx, Linn. 



Sphinx ligustri, Linn. — The type of Sphinx, Linn. 

 Sphinx pinastri, Linn. — According to Kirby this is the type 

 of Hyloicus, Hiibn., which Hampson includes in Protoparce, 

 Burm. Meyrick places this species in Sphinx, Linn. 



(Subfamily CHOjiROCAMPiNiE, Kirby, [Chjeo.] Hampson.) 

 Cho3rocampa elpenor, Linn., and C. celerio, Linn. — Hamp- 

 son retains both species in Chcerocampa, Dup., giving the first- 

 named as the type ; but Kirby sinks this genus in Theretra, 

 Hiibn. (type T. nessus, Drury), to which one hundred and fifteen 

 species are referred, including elpenor (No. 1) and celerio (No. 31). 

 Meyrick places both species in Deilephila, Ochs. 



Chosrocampa porcellus, Linn. — Kirby gives this as the type 

 of Metopsilus, Duncan (Nat. Libr. Brit. Moths, p. 154 (1836). 

 Some of the Indian species included in this genus by Kirby are 

 referred by Hampson to Theretra, others to Choerocampa, one to 

 Ampelophaga, and one to Gurelca ! Meyrick refers porcellus to 

 Deilephila, Ochs. 



