November 11] CLARK — NEW SPHINGIDAE 71 



but is angled at R3. Veins SCl-Ml, inclusive, proximal to this line, are 

 less sharply white with dark dots than in /. australis. 



Hind wing above: Marginal band narrower than in /. australis: 3 mm. 

 wide at anal angle, 4 mm. at inner angle. 



Fore wing beneath : Brown, imicolorous. Yellow band along inner margin 

 more extended than in /. australis. 



Hind wing beneath: Yellow basal area more extended than in /. aus- 

 tralis, extending obscurely to SC2. Dark marginal border narrow, only 

 1 mm. wide at hinder angle, as compared with a width of 4 mm. in /. 

 australis. 



Hemeroplanes ramsdeni sp. nov. 



Al. ant. long., cf, 29 mm.; ?, 30 mm. Al. ant. lat., cf, 11 mm.; 9. 

 11.5 mm. Marg. ext., cf, 15 mm.; 9, 15.5 mm. 



Habitat. — Guantanamo, Cuba. One male and one female (type) in 

 coll. B. Preston Clark, given to me by my friend Mr. Charles T. Ramsden, 

 who has males and females in his collection. 



Closely related to H. parce Fabr., which it resembles in its maculation. 

 It is a smaller insect; the tip of the fore wing is blunter and less acuminate. 



Mesothoracic tegulae prominent, light brown, with a dark brown border 

 mesially and sharply tipped with white posteriorly. Abdomen above with 

 a heavy dark brown median line fading away anally. 



Fore wing above : The patch of lunules on the costal margin so promi- 

 nent in H. farce and in H. inuus, is in this species reduced to a smaller light 

 brown area with traces of lunujes. The silvery marking is shaped like a 

 thin leg, from the knee down, with the foot on R3. A broad dark brown 

 line extends costaliy from a point on the inner margin slightly more than 

 half-way from the base to the hinder angle, terminating on Ml. 



Hind wing above : Somewhat redder than in H. parce. The heavy line 

 at the anal angle is more sharply marked, and stands out prominently. 



Fore and hind wings below : These are like H. inuus, but are lighter in 

 color, and the markings are less conspicuous, being obscure and scattered. 



Ampeloeca versicolor ab. lutescens ab. nov. 



Al. ant. long., cf, 30 mm. Al. ant. lat., cf, 11 mm. Marg. ext., cf, 

 15 mm. 



Habitat. — Long Island, New York. One male received from Dr. H. 

 Meeske. 



The distinguishing mark of this aberration is the color of the 

 hind wing above, in which the reddish brown of the typical ver- 

 sicolor is replaced by pale yellow. The fore wing above also 

 shows a tendency to yellow. 



