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bnariiiga, N. Queensland (A. S. Mock), anil Townsville (l)oild). In the British 

 Jlnsenni and the Hope rollor.linn at, Oxford from X.W. Australia, neighhourhood 

 of SIkmIooIc Kiver. 



4. Herse cingulata. 



Meri.in, Ins. Suriit. t. 64. fig. infer. (1719). 



Sjiliiitr ciirulnili var , Drury, llliu'lr. /?.c. In.i. i. p. 54 & Index, t. 25. f. 4 (1770) (St. Christopher) ; 

 Cram., Pup. E.e. iii. p. 55. t. 225. f. 1 (1782) ; Abbot & Smith, Le/i. Geoi-ifui p. G3. t 3i 

 (/., p., i.) (1797) ; Fabr., Si/sl. Enl. p. 544. n. 27 (1775) (sub syn.) ; id., Spec. Ins. ii. p. 150. 

 n. 40 (1781) (sub syn.) ; id., .Vinil. Ins. ii. p. 97. n. 50 (1787) (syn. cit.) ; id., Enl. Si/xt. iii. 

 1. p. H74. n. 54 (1793) (sub syn.); Esper, Sdimell. ii. p. 53 (1779) (sub syn.); Walk., i/sf 

 Lrp. Ilia. li..M. viii. p. 212. n. 1 (1850) (sub syn.) ; Moore, in Ilorsf. & Moore, Cat. Lej>. Mun. 

 E.I.C.i. p. 267. n. (U6 (1857) (sub syn.) ; Misk., Pro,: Hoy. Soc. Queend. vii. p 23. n. 38 

 (1891) (sub syn.); Meyrick, Fauna llinnii. i. 2. p. 193 (1899); Dyar, C'aiind. Eiit. xxxii. 

 p. 156 (1900) (Hawaii). 

 Sjihiii.r fiiii/iiliilii Fabricius, .S'l/.sV. Enl. p. 545. n. 29 (1775) (Am.); id., Sjn-i: Lis. ii. p. 151. n. 48 

 (1781) ; id., Manl. Ins. ii. p. 97. n. 52 (1787) ; Gmel., %v?. Nat. i. 5. p. 2386. n. 164 (1790) ; 

 Fabr,. Ent. Si/.it. iii. 1. p. 375. n. 56 (1793) (Ana. raer.) ; Harris, in Silliman,, Jouc;/. Science it 

 Art .xxxvi. p.' 293. n. 1 (1839) (Middle & South. States) ; Burm., Spiling. Bras. p. 69 (1856) ; 

 Walk., List Lrp. Ins. B..M. viii. p. 215. n. 3 (1856) (Jamaica ; St. Domingo ; Mexico) ; Lucas, 

 in Sagra, Ilisl. Ciiha vii. p. 296 (1857) (Cuba); Mi'netr., &ium. Carp. Anim. .Mas. Petriip., 

 Lep. p. 90 n. 1490 (1857) (Brazil ; Sandwich Is,) ; Morris, Cat. Lcp. X. Am. p. 18 (1860) ; Lintn., 

 Priic. Ent. Snc. Phil. iii. p, G50 (18{14) (good descr. of larvae); Herr.-Sch., Corresp. Dl. v. p. 59 

 (186.5) ; (Grote & Bob., Proc. Enl. Sue. Philad. v. p. 69. (1865) (Cuba) ; Boisd., Cans. Lip. 

 Guatemala p. 74 (1870); id.. Spec. Gen. Lep. Hit. i. p. 95, n. 32 (1875); Miischl.,' Verh. 

 Zaal. Bat. Ges. Wien xxvi. p. 346 (1876) (Surinam) ; Dew, MUth. Miinch. Ent. Ver. i. p. 92 

 (1877) (Pt. Rico) ; Burm., Descr. Pip. Argent. V. Lip. p. 322. n. 3 (1878); id., l.c. Atlas 

 p. 31. t. 12. f. 1, 6 (1879) (larva, pupa) ; Grey, Canail. Enl. xi. p. 140 (1879) (Albany Co., 

 N.Y., June 2nd). 

 Sphinx a^inis Goeze, Enl. Bri/tr. iii. 2. p. 215 n. 41 (1780). 

 Agrius ciiiyulatus, Hiibner, Saminl. Ex. Schm. ii. t, 165 (1S06-) ; id., Ver:. bel: Schm. p, 140. n. 



1507 (1822). 

 Macriisila cingnlala, Clemens, .lourn. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. iv. p. 164 (1859) ; id., in Morris, Sipi. Lep. 

 N. Am. p. 188 (1862) ; Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vi. p. .329 (1866) (Cuba) ; id., Trans. Am. 

 Ent. Sue. iii. p. 185 (1870) (Cuba); id.. Can. Ent. iii. p. 101 (1871) (Alabama) ; Thaxt., Psijclu: 

 i. p. 30 (1874) (Mass., vii. one specim.) ; Grote, Bull. Buffalo Soc. N.II. ii. p. 227 (1875) 

 (N. York to Cuba) : Gundl., CoiUr. Ent. Cul.aim p. 211. n. 100 (1881) (Cuba) ; Moff., Can. Ent. 

 xiii. p. 256 (1881) (Long Point, Can.) ; Albr.. Ent. Neics vi. p, 145 (1895) (Los Angeles). 

 Sphinx ilriira.i Donovan, Bril. Ins. xiv. p. 1. t. 469 (1810) ; Steph,, ///. Bril. Enl.. Ilansl. i. p. 120 



(1828) (Unghand, imported). 

 Sjihinx jiungins Eschscholtz, in Kotzebue, Reise iii. p. 218. t. 11. f. 28 (1821). 



Phleijelhuittius cingulata, Grote, Bull. Buffalo Soc. N.II. iii. p. 224 (1877) ; Mart., Traii.t. Dept. Agr. 

 lUm. xviii. App. p. 158 (1880) (larva); Fcrnald, Can. Ent. xvi. p. 21 (1884) (Maine, ix., 

 2 specim.) ; id., Sphimj. N. Engl. p. .35 (1886) (Orono, viii.) : Grote, Hawk Moths N. Am. p. 40 

 (188(1) (West Indies northw. to Canada) ; Edw., Bull. U.S.A. Nat. .Mus. p. 47 (1889) (liter, rel. 

 to transf.) ; Kirby, Cat. Lrp. 1I,I.\. p. 689. n. .35 (1892) ; Dyar, Ent. News vi. p. 95 (1895) (life 

 hist. ; Honolulu) ; Bunningh., Iris xii. p. 110. n. 1 (1899) (Rio de Jan.). 

 Proloparcc cinijiilatii. Boiler, Trans. Zuiil. Soc. Land. ix. p. 608. n. 18 (1877) (Jamaica; Haiti; 

 X. Granaiia ; Mexico) ; id., Proc. Zoul. Soc Loml. p. 484. n. 63 (1878) (Jamaica) ; Smith, 

 Trans. Ann. Ent. Soc. xv. p. 170. t. 8. f. 9 (genit.) (1888) ; Trum., Enl. Xeics vii. p. 29 (1897) 

 (S. Dakota) ; Pit. iM- Bioll., Lcp. /let. Costa Rica p. 11 (1897) (Irazu ; Candelaria) ; Hamps., 

 Ann. .Mag. N. II. (7). vii. p. 251 (1901) (Nassau, Baham.). 

 Macrosilii (Sjihin.r) cingulata, Mann, I'sijchr ii. p. 75 (1877) (liter, rel. to metam.). 

 Sphinx (I'roloparre) cingulata var. dccolora Edwards, Pajiilioii. p, 11 (1882) (Indian R,, Florida, in 



colls. Edw. & Neumoeg.) ; id.. Bull. Am. .Mu.i. N./I. iv. p. 170 (1892) (Indian R.). 

 Pinliipiirce cinijulaia var. decolorala {\), Smith, Trans. Am.. Enl. Soc. xv. p, 170 (1888). 



3 ?. Some of the older writers on Lepidoptera considered this to be a variety 

 of fonridnili, and (|nitc recently the same opinion has been advanced li,y a lew 

 authors, who — most likely — did not compare the insects side by side. In aiipearancc 



