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 274. Calasymbolas excaecata. 



Sphinx exctifcala Abbot & Smith, L'ji. Guini'm i. p. 49. t. 25 (7., p., i.) (17'.I7). 



Paonias exmemtns, Hubner, Verz. hel: Schiii. p. 142. n. 1521 (1822) ; Grote, Jlull. Biiffuln Sar. N. IJ. 

 i. p. 23 (1873) ; Thaxt., Psyche i. p. 2'J (1874) (Newton, Ma*s., vi. Beg. vii.) ; Grote, I.e. ii. 

 p. 22G. n. 38 (187.'i) ; Butl., Tnms. Zool. Snr. Loiul ix. p. 590. n. 1 (1877); Grote, I.e. iii. 

 p. 223. n. 41 (1877) (Canada to Southern Sts.) ; Hill, PuplVw iii. p. 27 (1883) (Adirondacks) ; 

 Fisch.. Cinmd. Eid. xvi. p. 17 (1884) (Buffalo ; on Sulix and rUia) ; Fern., ibid. p. 21 (1884) 

 (Orono, Maine, rare, vi.) ; id., Sjihimj. N. EiigUl. p. 73. n. 35. t. 6. f. 1 (I88G) ; Grote, I.e. 

 xviii. p. 133. n. 51 (188G) (Can. southw.) ; id., Bawk Muths N. Am. p. 36 (188G) (vi. vii., /. on 

 Husaeear, etc.); Smith, Trans. Ainer. Eiil. Sue. xv. p. 226. t. 11. f. 10 (genit.) (1888) (east. 

 U. St., Canada, common, two broDds) ; Beutenm., CuikuI. Enl. xxiii. p. 14 (1891) (metam., 

 two broods) ; Dyar, in Riley, Ins. Life iii. p. 322 (1891) (N. Y., electr. light) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 hep. Het. i. p. 712. n. 1 (1892) (N. Am.) ; Cross, Eiit. News vii. p. 297 (1896) (N. Hampsh., 

 common) ; Hanh., Cauatl. Eiit. xxix. p. 292 (1897) (Manitoba) ; Row]., Eiit. Neuis ix. p. 189 

 (1898) (Mississippi ; common ; two broods ; food ; pupa brown) ; Fyles, Pept. Ent. Soc. 

 Oiilariu XXX. p. 104 (1900) (Quebec). 



Paonias pnvitnina Geyer, in Hiibn., Sauiinl. Ex. Sehnt., Zute. p. 12. f. 835. 83(J (1837). 



Smerinlhus exeaecata, Harris, in Sill., Joiirn. Sci. Arl .xxxvi. p 290. n. 1 (1839) ; id., Ins. Inj. Veg. 

 p. 230 (1841) ; id., ed. Flint, Ins. Inj. Ve,j. p. 327. f. 155 (18C2) ; Fitch, Repl. Ins. .V. York iii. 

 p. 341, in Trans. N. Y. St. Agr. S. xvi. (185G). 



Paonias jmnminns, Grote, Bull. Buffalo Sue. iV. //. i. p. 23 (1873) (= excaec.?) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. 

 Hel. i. p. 713. n. 2 (1892) (Penn.). 



Smerinthus exeaeeatus, Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M. viii, p. 240. n. 8 (1856) (N. Y.; Can.; W. Can.); 

 Clem., Journ. Ae. X. Sri. Phitail. xv. p. 182. n. 85 (I8."i9) (Penn. ; Mass. ; Georgia) ; Morris, 

 Cat. Lip. X. Am. p. 20 (1860); Clem., in Morris, Sgn. Lep. N. Am. p. 208. n. 2 (1862); Lintn., 

 Proc. Ent. Soc. Phihid. iii. p. G65 (18{'i4) (larva, pupa) ; Grote & Rob., Proe. Ent. Soc. Philad. 

 V. p. 160. n. 70 (18G5) (Atlantic distr.) ; Reed, Cunad. Ent. i. p. 40 (18G9) (sound of larva) ; 

 Pack., (Inide Study Ins. p. 275 (1809) (descr. partly erron.) ; Bowl., Oinnd. Enl. iii. p. 143 



(1871) (Quebec, vi., vii.) ; Lintn., Ent. Contr. i. p. 179 (1872) (N. York, larva) ; id.. I.e. p. 192 



(1872) (N. Y., vi.) ; Streck , Lep. liliop. Ilet. p. 51. 54. t. 7. f. 1 ( (J) 2 ( ? ) (1873) (Atlant. 

 Sts.; Ohio; Kentucky; Indiana, etc.); Boisd , S/jpc. Gen. Lep. Het. i. p. 38. n. 28 (1875); 

 Caulf., Cnmtd. Erd. vii. p. 241. n. 7 (1875) (Montreal, vi., vii.); Worth., ibid. p. 16 (1878) 

 (Chiciigo, vi.) ; Pilate, Papilio ii. p. G(! (1882) (Dayton, O., common) ; Fletch., Canad. Ent. xv. 

 p. 203 (1883) (ou Pop. balsam, and alba) ; Saund., Ins. Inj. Emits p. 85. n. 31. f. 83 (/.). 84 (;.) 

 (1883); id., Canad. Enl. xvi. p. 9. f. 1.2(1884) (life hist.); Beutenm., Enl. Amfr.\.f. 19G 

 (1885) (food-plants) ; Edw., Btdl. N. St. Nat. M,is. xxxv. p. 43 (1889) (lit. rel. to metam.) ; 

 Beutenm., Bull. Amer. .Vus. N. II. vii. p. 314. t. 7. f. 4 (1895) (I,, p., /., food-plant.-i) ; Heath, 

 Canial. Ent. xxxii. p. 94 (1900) (Manitoba, vi.). 



Smerinthus paroninus, Grote & Rob., Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. v. p. 160. n. 69 (1865) (" Pennsylvania"); 



Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 37. n. 27 (1875) ; Edw., Ent. Amer. iii. p. 223 (1888). 

 Smerinthus exeoeentns (!), Soule, I'syrhe viii. p, 155 (1897^ (/. on Spiraea, unusual food). 



6 ?. Distal margins of both wings scallojied, the lobes of the forewiug promi 

 neat ; fringe white, brown at the tijis of the veins. 



i. Antenna nearly as long as in Spliivx cerisyi, the lateral expansions 

 jiromincnt. Clasjier almost evenly rounded at end (PI. XXXIV. f 20) ; havpe 

 ol/vionsly sinuate dorsally before end, the lobe thus formed obliquely truncate, its 

 njiper angle rounded. Penis-sheath with two teeth before apex, close together^ 

 inieijDal ; a patch of long thin spines, jioiuting proximad, ou the membrane of the 

 duct (PI. XXIX. f. 44). 



V. Vaginal orifice large, anterior margin r.iiscd to a riilge which is deeply 

 cleft luesially, the lobes thus formed pi-ominent (PI. XV. f. 1'.)). 



Larva pale green, deeper in tint below, side-bands yellowish, last one brighter, 

 granules prominent ; red sj)ots, dorso- and ventro-lateral, varying in sine, often 

 absent. — Food-|ihintK : on a great variety of trees, Prunm and otlier Rosaceae ; 

 Curijbu ; (J<iijjinus ; etc. 



