( fi"7 ) 



young larva jialer, with a piile tlorso-lateral line from head to horu ; this colour 

 sometimes retained by the later stages. Horu short, pointed ; thorax somewhat 

 tapering froutad, especially in adult larva.— Food-plants : Epilohiuiii; Ampelopsis ; 

 I 'itis. 



Puim oiiacpie, rugose, abdomen very strongly punctured, punctures of last 

 segments deep ; head at each side with a smaller tubercle at the base of the 

 tougne-case, and a larger but less projecting prominence before the eye ; cremaster 

 long, bifid, very strongly rugate at base, smooth at apex. 



Ilab. Atlantic district of Nearctic Region. 



One species ; rather common : flying at day-time, rarely at dusk. 



Near Froscrjj///nx, from which it differs in the antenna, tlie armature of the 

 tibiae, and the direction of the cross-veins of the wing, etc. 



549. Amphion nessus. 



Sjihiit.r nessiix Cramer, Fap. E.rot. ii. p. 10. t. 107. f. u (1777) (Virginia) ; Fabr.,^yj(v. [im, ii. p. I4(j 



n. ■> (17KI) : id., Mitnt, Ins. ii. p. 9-i. n. 2 (17K7) : Gmel., %</. Xnt. i. .0. p. -rAl-l. n. 91 (17110) ; 



Fabr., Ent. Si/sf. iii. 1. p. 355. n. 2 (nti.^i) ; Lep. & Serv., Em: MHk. x. p. 465. t. 66. f. 1 (1835). 

 Sphinx oitjpiti, Houttuyn {nun Linni', 17.58), X'ltiirl. Hixt. i. 11. p. 408. n. 4. t. 91). f. 1 (1707) ; 



Miill., \aliirs. v. 1. p. 636. n. 4. t. 20. f. 1 (1774) (N. York) ; Auriv., Kwn/I. Sf. \;t. Ale. 



£?««(/;. xix. 5. p. 12',» (1882) (= )ics.5us). 

 Aiiqihion, nesxio', HiibDer, Vey~. he!;. Sclim. p. 135. n. 1444 (1822) ; Grote & Rob., I'loc Ent. Sac. 



riulud. V. p. 151. n. 12 (1865) : Beth., Caniul Ent. i. p. 10. 47 (1869) : Bowl., ibid, iii, p. 143 



(1871) (Quebec, vii.) : Lintn., Ent. Cunt,: i. p. 192(1872) (X. York, vi.) ; Thaxt., Psi/che i. 



p. 29 (1874) (Newton, Mass.. E. y. — M. vl.) ; Grote, Bull. Buffalo Sui: X. Si: i. p. ly (1874) • 



id.. I.e. ii. p. 225. n. 20 (1875) • Caulf., Oinnd. Ent. vii. p. 241 (1875) (Montreal, vi. vii.) \ 



Butl., Tnins. Zoul. Soc Land. ix. p. 535 (1877) ; Grote, Ic. iii. p. 221. n. 22 (1877) (N. York ■ 



Can. ; Mass. ; Penn.) ; Jew., Canud. Ent. xii. p. 231 (1880) (Ohio, larva on Epil. color.) ; 



Pilate, Pupilio ii. p. 66 (1882) (Dayton, 0.) ; Sand., ihid. ii. p. 147 (1882) (larva, first stage) ; 



Fern., I'umul. Ent. xvi. p. 21 (1884) ((jfono, Maine) ; id., Sphing. X. Emjl. p. 20. D. 7 (1880) • 



HoU., Canad. Ent. xviii. p. 102 (1K86) (Pittsburgh) : Grote, ibid. p. 131. n. 24 (1880) (Can.,' 



southward) : id., Ilauik SUdlm X. Am. y. 28 (18H0) : Smith, Trims. Anier. Ent, Sur. xv. p. 125. 



t. 5. f. 3. 4 (genit.) (1888) (Canada to Georgia : westward to Missouri, Iowa, Illinois) : Edw. 



Bull. U. St. X. .l/«s. XXXV. p. 38 (1889) (liter, rel. to metam.) ; Kirby, Cut. Lep. lUt. i. p. 638. 



u. 1 (1892) ; Beutenm., Bnll. Amer. .Uus. X. II. vii. p. 282. t. 2. f, 5 (1895) (N, York, v. vi.) ; 



Soulc, i'.s7/c/(f vii. p. 212 ( 1K95) (larva on Amjirl. reitdii \ Massachusetts); Cross, Ent. .Wo- 



vii. p. 297 (189(;) (X. Hampshire). 

 Thtjrens! nessiis, Harris, in Sillim., Juitrn. tic. Art xxxvi. p. 308. u. 3 (1839). 

 Thjrens ncssns, Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. J/, viii. p. 99. n. 2 (1856) (N. York : OriUa) ; Clem., 



Jimrn. A': X. Sc. I'liilnd. iv. p. 136. n. 13 (1859) ; Morris, Cat. Lep. X. Am. p. 18 (I860) ; 



Clem., in Morris, %«, Lcj: X. Am. p. 157. n. 2 (1H62) : Dimm. i^- Maun, /'si/rjie ii, p. 67 



(1877), 

 I'uyucolun mneuii, Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. Hit. i. p. 316, n. 3, t. 1. f. 5. 6 (I., p.) ( 1875). 

 Thi/ieuH (Amphiun) neesus, Andrews, Canad. Eiil. ix p. 19 (1877) (larva). 



6 ¥. The yellow basal belts of the abdominal tergites ij and (1, and the white 

 fringe of the fourth tergite distiuguish this insect easily from all othcu- ,S/>//h///if/,ae. 

 In the jiattern of the wings iicg.'ius comes near the sjiecios oi' Ffo.icr/jiuu.s. 



The southern individuals, especially those from Florida, are on tiie wiinU' 

 deeper in tint than the northern ones. 



l/aO. Canada to Florida, westward to the Mississippi basin. 



In the Tring Museum 4 larvae, 1 pujja, 22 c^c^, 10 9¥ from: Maine; 

 Massachusetts; iiong Ishind : X. Jersey: VV. Virginia; Sanl'ord, I''lori(la, vi. ; 

 TitUHville, Florida, viii. 



