76 



Excellent descr., by Lintner, in Pr. E. S. Ph., iii (1864), 657- 

 658. 



/Sphinx cinerea. Good descr., by Lintner, in Pr. E. S. Ph., 

 ill (1864), 655 ; another, by Harris, in Ent. Corr., 282, and a 

 poor, small figure, pi. 11, fig. 6. Tlie following description be- 

 longs very probably to this species. 



Head green; lateral bands, running from near its summit to the base of 

 tlie antenna;, dirty white, edged with pink; triangle and antennaj of the 

 same color, excepting the tips of the latter, which are faint brownish red; 

 mandibles black ; other mouth-parts faint brownish red. Body dark green, 

 darkest beneath, with a hoarj- aspect above on the abdominal segments. 

 The seven oblique sphingial bands are dirty white edged above with dark 

 green, and each extends from the anterior edge of the segment, a little 

 below the spiracle, over that whole segment and two-thirds of the succeed- 

 ing, on which it curves backward; the last band extends to the base of the 

 caudal horn. Terminal segment with a scarcely discernible yellowish green 

 edge. Caudal horn pale greenish blue above, pale green below, with two 

 obsolescent stripes of yellowish Avliite; it is reddish at the end, with a black 

 tip, and is covered, especially beneath, with white dots and black specks. 

 Spiracles black, surrounded by a white areola. Jointed legs hairy, faint 

 brownish red, with black spots on the inside and black claws; prolegs 

 fringed with hairs, and all but the anal pair faint brownish red at the tip. 

 Length 77 mm.; breadth 12 mm. 



In younger stages the bands are sometimes pure white, the dorsum white 

 with a greenish tinge, the edging of the last segment purple, a blush of the 

 same extending to the horn, which is purple; the legs are yellowish green 

 marked with red, and the head sometimes brownish white, the bands white. 

 Feeds on Lilac (S//riii(/a vulgaris). Collected on Cape Cod, Mass. (De- 

 scribed in 1859.) (S. H. Scudder.) 



Sphinx gordi-)is. Exceedingly brief descr., by Harris, in 

 Sphinx, 295; same copied, except saying "rusted" instead of 

 " rust-red," by Morr., 198. ' 



Sphinx eremitus. Brief description of young and full descrip- 

 tion of mature larva of an unknown species, by Lintner, in Pr. 

 E. S. Ph., ill (1864), 652-658. Mr. Lintner writes that this 

 is the larva of Sphinx eremitus Huhn. =:^sordida Harr. 



Sphinx lugens. Excellent descr., by F. H. Snow, in Ob- 

 server of Nature, iii (1875), No. 1 ; very brief extract from 

 Snow's descr., by Strecker, xlii (1876), 115. 



Boiha hyJaeus. Figure of Sphinx prim, in Abb., pi. 35. 

 Exceedingly brief descr., probably of Abbot's figure, by Har- 

 ris, in Sphinx, 296 ; anotlier, of Abbot's figure, in Morr., 204. 



