Catalogue of North American Sphinges. 299 
LP. Vitis. L. 
Grayish flesh-colored ; fore-wings, except the anterior and 
outer margins, dark olive, with a broad stripe from base to tip, 
crossed by another from the middle of the inner margin, a small 
hook-shaped spot near the middle, and the nervures behind, of a 
pale flesh-color ; hind-wings pale green at base, with the inner 
and hinder margins rose-red, a black spot near the middle and a 
black transverse band behind; a longitudinal line on the head 
and thorax, the shoulder-covers, two broad stripes on the abdo- 
men, and a round spot on each side of its base of a dark olive 
color. Expands about four inches. Larva, as.represented by 
Abbot, (Ins. Georg. p. 79, pl. 40,) pale pea-green, longitudinally 
striped on the top of the back and transversely at the sides with 
brown, and with seven oval, oblique, cream-colored spots on each 
Side. According to Linneeus and Mad. Merian, it lives on the 
Stape-vine ; but Mr. Abbot has represented it upon Jussi@a erecta. 
lnhabits the Southern States, South America, &c. 
This insect fades very much by age, which changes the flesh- 
colored portions to a pale reddish buff or nankin color. y spe- 
cimens were received from Dr. J. E. Holbrook, of Charleston, 
8. Carolina.* 
2. P. Satellitia. L. = Licaon? Cramer. 
Light olive, variegated with dark olive; fore-wings with an 
abbreviated band beyond the middle, an oblong patch on the ba- 
Sil half of the hind margin including a square darker spot, a semi- 
oval spot near the tip, and a triangular one near the hind angle, 
of a dark olive color, and two approximated brownish dots near 
the middie ; hind-wings with a black spot near the middle of the 
Mier margin, and a transverse blackish band behind, obsolete 
Rear the anal angle and ending there in a few small black spots ; 
2S dyes a ea iene, 
"T have received from Dr. H. B. Hornbeck, King’s physician, in the island of 
a Thomas, W.I., a species which is closely allied to P. Vitis ; and, as it is no 
Uescribed in any of my books, f am happy to describe it bere under the name of 
P. Hornbeckiana. és, 2 
Above olive gray ; fore-wings dark olive, with two silvery white stripes crossing 
*8ch other in the middle of the wing, the longest stripe toothed near the base of 
the Wing and obsolete thence to the middle, three of the nervures and a band on 
the Outer margin whitish a proximated black dots near the middle; hind- 
WiNgs on the inner cargti pink, with a large square olive-colored spot, dusky be- 
hing With a black transverse band ; an olive-colored line on the head and thorax 
© shoulder-covers and first segment of the abdomen olive, bordered with white ; 
"PPer part of the abdomen olive, with a central gray line; outer sides of the legs 
“Ml antenne white. Expands about four inches. Inhabits St. Thomas, W. I. 
