Dec. | 
1916 CLARK—-NEW AMERICAN SPHINGIDAE 47 
Xylophanes mirabilis sp. nov. 
Plate VI, figure 1. 
Al. ant. long., 1, 54 mm. Al. ant. lat., oc’, 20 mm. Marg. ext., <7, 
26 mm. 
Locality.— Antioquia, Colombia. One male in coll. B. Preston Clark. 
Palpi yellow. Head, thorax and abdomen above olive green, the latter 
with white scales along the sides, thickening to a white fringe on the three 
last tergites. Antennae olive green above, red below. 
Wings, upper side: Fore wing olive green like thorax, of color similar to 
X. adalia, with three black patches. One, sub-basal, 2 mm. in diameter; 
the second, longitudinal, beyond apex of cell, 2 mm. wide and 3 mm. in 
length, separated in the middle by the vein R2, and with a black stigma 
at its inner end; the third at hinder margin near the outer angle, 2 mm. 
in length and 1 mm. broad, and running diagonally inward from the hinder 
margin costad. A thin brown line from the outer side of the sub-basal 
patch curves irregularly toward the costal edge, becoming very faint before 
reaching it. The fore wing is crossed by two heavy transverse lines, the 
inner running from midway of the inner margin to a point on the costal 
margin one third the distance from the apex to the base, and slightly in- 
curving below the cell in an S-shape to SC5, at which point it is sharply 
angled basad to the margin. The outer line runs straight from a point on 
the inner margin midway between the inner line and the hinder angle to a 
point half-way between SC5 and the costal margin. Here it divides and 
becomes faint, one division being sharply angled inward to a small black 
subapical dot on costal margin 9 mm. from the apex, while the other 
division runs sharply distad to the apex. Both the inner and outer trans- 
verse lines are accentuated by faint black vein dots. There is a series of 
black submarginal vein dots about 2 mm. from the distal margin, with a 
light blue wavy line basad of them. The ciliae also are dark at the veins. 
Inside the outer transverse line is a narrow light blue line running its whole 
length; while inside the inner transverse line on the inner margin is a light 
blue shade, extending obscurely toward costal margin. 
Hind wing brownish black, with a faint brown submarginal band, and a 
narrow brown marginal band. Also a brown fold at the anal angle. The 
ciliae are pale, and black at the veins, as in the fore wing. 
Under side: Both wings vinaceous brick-red similar in color to X. belti, 
very lightly irrorated with black scales in the outer half. Both wings with 
a green dentate distal border about 4 mm. broad, and wider between the 
