SPHINX ANT^US. 



Plate XXV. fig. 1. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section : Crepuscularia. Family : Spliingidse, Leach. 



Genus. Sphinx, Auct. 



Sphinx Ant-SUS. Alis anticis cinereis nigro undatis, posticis nigris basi rufis fasciaque fenestrata, capite 

 bicomi. (Expans. Alar. $ . 6 imc— J . 7 unc. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Sphinx Antseus, Drury, App. vol. 2. 



Sphinx Hydaspes, Cram. Ins. tab. W^.fig. A. 



Sphinx Jatrophai, Fubr. Ent. Syst. 111. 1. 362. No. 32. Gmel. Linn. S. N. 3376. 63. Merian Ins. 

 Surinam, tab. 38. 



Habitat : Jamaica (Drury). " In Araericaj Jatropha gossypifolia." Fabr. 



Upper Side. Antennae white underneath, and brown above. Head and thorax dark rusty brown. 

 Abdomen the same on the upper part, but on each side of the second, third, and fourth rings are three 

 yellow spots. Anterior wings dark rusty browii, with several black, waved, and indented lines placed in 

 different parts ; and in the middle, near the anterior edges, are two small, round, white spots placed uu 

 each wing. The middle of the posterior wings transparent like glass ; with a deep brown or black border 

 running along the external edges from the abdominal to the upper corners : the part next the body being 

 yellow. 



Under Side. Breast and abdomen cream-coloured. Legs wliite and bro\vn. Anterior wings, next 

 the body, with two yellow longitudinal streaks ; the remaining parts being red brown (differing from the 

 colour on the upper side) without any other marks or clouds on them. Posterior wings coloured as on 

 the upper side, except in the black border, which on this side is red brown. 



SMERINTHUS JAMAICENSIS. 



Plate XXV. iig. 2. 



Order -. Lepidoptera. Section : Crepuscularia. Family : Sphingidse, Leach. 

 Genus. Smerinthus, Latr. Laothoe, Fabr. (Syst. Gloss.) Sphinx, Linn. 



Smekinthus Jamaicensis. Alis anticis fusco, griseo, olivaceofiue variis, posticis roseis ocello coeruleo nigro 

 marginato. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.) 



Syn. Sphinx ocellatus Jamaicensis, Drury, App. vol. 2. 



Sphinx ocellatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. 1. 305. iVo. 1. Gmel. Linn. Syst. N. 2371. 1. 



Habitat : Jamaica (Drury). '' In Europae America Spirseii, Salice, Pomona." Fabr. 



Upper Side. Antennae pectinated and brown. Head and thorax soft dun-coloured, but dark brown 

 above. Abdomen dun. Anterior wings delicate fine greyish, light brown next the shoulders and tips : 

 the remaining parts being clouded with dark olive brown colours. Posterior wings red in the middle, 

 but along the external edges dun-coloured ; having a large black spot placed near the abdominal corners, 

 the middle of which is blue, and imperfectly resembling an eye. All the wings are angulated. 



Under Side. Breast and abdomen dun. Anterior wings red in the middle ; but along the anterior 

 edges ash-coloured, which runs to the tips where it fonns a crescent, the inner part being dark olive 

 brown ; the external edges are olive brown, but lighter than the crescent. Posterior wings clouded with 

 olive brown and ash-colour ; having a double ash-coloured bar crossing them, which rises at the anterior 

 edges of the anterior wings, and, running circularly, ends at the abdominal edges of the posterior. 



