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with very short aliruj)t liook, segments constricted at base, appearing dilated laterad 

 in a dorsal aspect, rather broad veutrall}' ; the ventral portions being shorter 

 than the stem of the segments, there is an interspace between the segments 

 ventrally. Tibiae without spines ; foretibia short, barely three times as long as 

 broad ; first segment of foretarsns about as long as the tibia, with three long 

 spines, besides an additional basal one, no small spines externally, second segment 

 with two prolonged spines ; mi comb to midtarsns ; hindtibia longer than the first 

 tarsal segment, this shorter than the four others together ; spnrs of mid- and 

 liindtibiac very short, the proximal pair of hindtibia abont as long as the tibia is 

 broad. Pulvillas absent ; paronychium reduced, without elongate lobes. Cross- 

 veins of hindwing very obliqne. 



(?. Tenth abdominal tergite stont, curved, pointed, convex above ; sternito 

 broad, the lobe slightly spatulate, irregularly rounded. C'lasper short and broad, 

 broadly rounded (PI. XXXIX. f 8) ; harpe produced into a long pointed jirocess, 

 which curves upwards. Penis-sheath produced into a short, slender, conical, acute, 

 slightly curved process of the Ih/loicus tj'pe (PI. XXVIII. f. 44). 



?. Vaginal orifice subapical (PI. XX. f. 21), with a short, broad, sinuate 

 lobe in front. 



Larva green, somewhat granulose, with six reddish brown oblic[ue side-stripes, 

 which are edged with pale yellow behind. 



Pniia not described, probably without free tongue-case. 



An isolated species, wrongly associated generically with Hi/loicus drupiferarum, 

 caiwoucerensis, etc. 



Ilnb. Arizona. 



One species. 



84. Dictyosoma elsa. 



Sphinx elsa Strecker, !.c. p. l-2l!. t. 14. f. 4 (fj). 5 (?) (1878) (Arizona, in coll. Streck. ^, & 

 Neumoeg. ?); .Smith, Tram. Amer. Ent. Soc. xv. p. 189 (1888) ("tibiae sparsely spinose" 

 ex err. !); Edw., EiU. Aniei: iv. p. 61 (1888) (larva) ; id., Bull. U. St. Nat. Uiis. xxxv. p. 48 

 (1889) (lit. rel. to metam.) ; Kirby, Od. Lcp. Hct. i. p. 692. n. 22 (1892) (Arizona). 



6 ? . All the specimens in collections have apparently come from the same 

 locality in Arizona. The species occurs possibly in N.W. Mexico. 



Hab. Arizona. 



In the Tring Museum 1 J, 1 ? ; in coll. 8chaus 1 cj ; in coll. Standinger 

 1 cJ, 1 ?. 



XXXI. NEOGENE gen. iiov.— Typns : reeri. 



l/i/h.lru.': Hubner (iioii id., 1822), Summl. E.r. Srhm., Zutr. (1825?). 

 Garijaiilua Kirliy, Cat. Lep. flel. i. p. 692 (1892) (partim). 

 Sphinx, Auct. 



c??. Antenna very stout in <?, nearly one-half the length of the forewing, 

 abrnj)tly hooked; distinctly clavate in ?, simple, not quite one-third the lengtli 

 of the forewing. Tongue shorter than the body, weak. Pilifer with a brush of 

 .trale.^ instead of bristles. Genal process much longer than tlie pilifer. Palpns 

 applied to the head, not prominent, larger in t? than iu ?. Eye lashed. Tibiae 



