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V. On the Lepidoptera of the Amazons, collected by 

 Dr. James W. H. Trail, duriwj the years 1873 

 to 1875. By Arthuk Gardiner 13utler, F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S., &c. 



[Read December 5tli, 1877.] 

 (PI. III.) 



Part IL— SPHINGES and BOMBYCES. 



The motlis recorded in tlie present paper were, almost 

 without exception, taken by Dr. Trail in the cabin of the 

 steamer, into which they were attracted by light; and 

 considering that in this manner no less than 166 species 

 of Sphinges and Bomhyces alone were obtained, it only 

 shows how much may be done in this way by any col- 

 lector who really gives his heart to the work. 



Of the 166 species here enumerated, no less than 84 

 prove to be- new to science, and so varied are they in 

 structure that I have been compelled to erect 18 new 

 genera to accommodate them ; of these 23 new species, 

 two of Avliich were also new genera, have already been 

 described and figured in " Illustrations of Typical Speci- 

 mens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the 

 British Museum. Part I. ;" the remainder are described 

 in the present communication. 



HETEROCERA. 



Family SPHINGIDJE. 



Ambulicin^, Butler. 



Ambulyx, Walker. 



1. Ambulyx strigilis. 



Sphinx strigilis, Linnteus, Mant. Ins. i. p. 538 ; 

 Drury, 111. Exot. Ent. i. p. 62 ; pi. 28, fig. 4 (1770). 

 Para, 9th March, 1875. 



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