SPHINX STRIGILES. 



Plate XXVIII. fig. 4. 



Order; Lepidoptcra. Section; Crepusciilaria. Family; Spliingidae, Leoc/i. 



Genus. Sphinx, And. 



Sphinx Strigiles. Alls integcrrimis griseis, margine externo anticarum obscuro ; posticis fulvis strigis tribus 

 transversis fuscis. (Expans. Alar. 5 mic. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Sphinx Strigiles, lAnn. Mant. p. 638. Cramer, tab. 106./. B. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. 1.304. No. -2%. 

 Gmel. Linn. S. N. 2377. No. 66. 



Habitat : Jamaica. 



Upper Side. Head, thorax, and abdomen fawn-coloured ; having on each abdominal segment a semi- 

 circle of a paler colour. A brown red spot is placed on each side the thorax, near the base of the upper 

 wings, which are fawn-coloured ; having a round spot of olive brown on each near the shoulders, and another 

 on the middle of the posterior margin, between which and the anterior angle is a patch of a blueish 

 brown ; from this angle to the tip runs a small narrow border of 3'ellow brov\qi, with several short, faint, 

 brown circular marks placed on different parts of the wing. Posterior wings pale orange ; having three 

 brown, narrow, waved lines crossing them in the middle, and with a narrow brown border. 



Under Side. The mouth, thorax, thighs, abdomen, superior and inferior wings are all of a red clay 

 colour. The border, along the external margin of the anterior wing, is of a much paler colour. Several 

 reddish brown lines and marks are also placed on different parts of the wings. 



SPHINX SATELLITA. 



Plate XXIX. fig. 1. 5 .—fig. 2. $ . 



Order ; Lepidoptera. Section ; Crepuscularia. Family : SpliingidiE. Leach. 



Genus. Sphinx, Auctorum. 



Sphinx Satellita. Alis integris, fuscis badio griseoqiie variis, anticis pimcto nigi'o ocellari sesquialtero 



maculaque triangulari ad angulum analem nigra; posticis basi griseis. (Expans. Alar. 4| imc. ^. — 



65 unc. 5 .) 

 Syn. Sphinx Satellita, i»m. Jlfon^ 7). 539. Fab.Eiit.Syst.WX.l.^lO.No.i-i. Gmel. Lhin. S. N.^SO'i.Ti. 



Sphinx Licaon, Cramer. ? 

 Habitat : Jamaica. 



Female. — Upper Side. Head and thorax pale olive brown, with dark brown dorsal and lateral lines ; 

 the latter edged with white, extending to the abdomen, where two small white streaks run obliquely across it. 

 Abdomen light olive brown, paler on its sides ; with two rows of dark brown dorsal spots, reaching almost 

 to the extremity. Anterior wings olive grey ; but from the middle of the anterior margin runs a shade 

 of olive brown, ending at the external margin, and continuing towards the tips. Two small black dis- 

 coidal spots, and a large squarish spot on the middle of the posterior margin of a very dark red brown : 

 from whence to the shoulders extends a shade of paler brown. Posterior wings, next the shoulders, 

 grey, but at the anal angle reddish ash colour ; from whence runs a row of small black spots, which lose 

 themselves in a very dark, brown, olive colour, occupying a large part of the wings near the exterior 

 angle. Cilia pale brown. 



Under Side. Thorax, thighs, and abdomen dark brown. Wings reddish brown, the posterior palest ; 

 and along the abdominal edges ash-coloured. There are very few marks of any sort observable on 

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