( 732 ) 



(1K77) (Porto Rico) ; Grote. I.e. iii. p. "i-Ji. n. 27 (1«77) ; Saimcl,, Cuwid. Ent. ix. p. lU. fig. A. 

 r. (1877) ; Biitl, Proe. Z„ol. Soc. Lnml. p. 483. n. 5.' (1878) (Jamaica) : Mart., Tmm. Drpt. 

 Auric. Jllin. .xvi i. .ijip. p. lOU. fig. (1880) : But!., Pajiilw i. p. 104 (1881) ; Gundl., Cuidi: Ent. 

 Cnlitiiia p. V.h; (1881) ; PH., Papitin ii. p. I'll'i (1882) ; Reed, Itept. Kill. Snr. Outiii: xii. p. 55. fig. 

 (1882) ; Saiind,, y».s-. /«j. Fruits p. 254. n. 1.S6. fig. 2IU— 26G (1883); Fern., Cmmil. Eiit. xvi. 

 ].. 21 (1884) (Maine, ix.) ; Bowl., ihid. p. 39 (1884) (Montreal) ; Lintn., /',(//;/;., iv. p. 145 (1884) 

 (R. Grande) : Fern., Sphiiig. X. Ei.r/hl. p. 50. n. 25. t. 2. f. 2. 3. 4 (188i;) ; Grote, Caiidd. Enl. 

 xviii. p. l.-!2. n. 35 (188i;) ; id., IInwl: Mothx N. Am. p. 31 (188(i) ; Hulst, Enl. Amei: iii. p. 2111 

 (1888) (larvae gathered for food by Indians) ; Smith, Trans. A iner. Eiit. Soc. xv. p. 133. t. 5. f. il 

 (genit.) (1888) : Edw., Bull. U. Si. N. Mux. xxxv. p. 40 (188',1) (liter, rel. to metam.) ; Dyar, 

 in Riley, Jus. Life iii. p. 322 (1891) (N.Y., at electr. light) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. (i(U. n. 2 

 (1892) ; Alb., Enl. News vi. p. 145 (1895) (Los Angeles) ; Beutenm., Bull. Amei: Mils. N. S<: 

 vii. p. 285. t. 3. f. 2 (1895); Cross, Enl. News, vii. p. 297 (189G) (N. Hampshire) ; Soule, 

 P.-i!/rhe vii. p. 4.58 (189C.) (Iowa, life hist.) ; Peale, Enl. Nnrs viii. p. 49. plate (1897) (life hist.); 

 Hanh., Omad. Enl. xxix. p. 292 (1897) (Manitoba) ; Grant, Caiiad. Enl. xxx. p. 2i;4 (1898) 

 (Orillia, Ontar , 20. ix.) ; Brown., Eiit. News x. p. 4() (1899) (huge nnmbers of larvae wandering ; 

 Utah) ; Rowl., Enl. News x. p. 11 (1899) (Missouri). 



Deilephila daiiens, Stephens, llhistr. Biil. Enl., Ilausl. i. p. 12fi (1829) ; Wood, ed. Westw., Ind. Enl. 

 p. 240 t. 53 f. 27 (1854) ; Walk., List Lep. his. IS.. M. viii. p. 171. n. 13 (I85li) ; Lucas, in 

 Sagra, Hist. Cuba vii. p. 295 (1857) ; Boisd., Ann. Sue. Ent. Belg. xii. p. G5. n.08 (18{i8) ; Herr.- 

 Sch., Corresp. III. iii. p. 58 (18(35) (Cuba) ; Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lep. Het. i. p. 173 n. 1(5 (1875) ; 

 Edw., Pvne. Calif. Ar. Se. vi. p. 91 (1875) (food-plants : Jinmex ; Epilnh. ; Pali/gon.) ; id., I.e. 

 vii. p. 20 (1877) ; Burm., Descr. Pep. Arijrnlin. v. p. 338 n. 2 (1878) ; id.. I.e. Atlas p. 38. t. IG. 

 f. 4 (1879). 



Deihjihila linnila var diiiuus, Bebr, Papi^n ii. p. 2 (1882) (Calif. ; larva ; common). 



Deilrphila lineiiiis (!), Lucas, Proe. Roi/. Sue. Qiieensld. viii. p. 73 (1891). 



c??. Piilvillus smaller than in the other two snbsjiecies. First protarsal 

 segment with some additional spines at the base above the first row. Blesothoracic 

 tegula with wliite middle stripe. Abdominal tergite without white spots laterally 

 of the donble row of black dorsal dots, and with five black side-patches which 

 gradnally diminish in size ; a white spot in front of the black side-spots. Scaling 

 of antenna brown, tip always white, often the white colonr more extended. 



Caterpillar on the whole much less densely cheqnered with yellow a.nd black 

 than in the Old- World lin. liwrnica. 



Iktb. America, from Canada to Argentina, but not fmnd in Brazil, thoiigli it 

 occurs east of the La Plata. 



In the Tring Museum 13 larvae, 12 pupae, l-iU-odd s| eclmeus from : ('anada ; 

 P>ritish Colnmbia ; various places of the U.S. ; Cuba ; Haiti ; Jamaica ; Galapagos ; 

 Colombia ; Me.xico ; Venezuela ; La Soledad, Argentina, near border of Uruguay. 



h. C. litientii liroriiicd. 



Ernst & Engr., Pap. Ear. iii. p. 9G. t. 11(1. f. 158. a. b. c, t. 1 1 1. f, 158. d. c. (1782). 



Siihin.c lirnrniea Esper, Sclimett. ii. p. 88 (1779) ; id., p. I9G. n. 37 (1779) ; id., I.e. Sujipl. ii. p. 41. 



t. 4G. f. 3—7 (180G) (larva ; syn. partim) ; Hiibn., Samml. Eur. Sehin., Spliiny. p. 9G. n. 5. fig. G5. 



112 (180— 1) ; id., Geseli. Enr. Sehm. ii. Sphinr/. iii. Leg. B. c. f. a. b. c. (180—?); Lnc, L/'/i. 



Eur. p. 112. t. 42 (18.34) ; Eversm., Fauna Volqn-Urnl. p. IIU (1844) (v.). 

 Sphinx celerio var., Esper, I.e. t. 8. f. 4. (1779). 



Plmi.c (!) hiechlini Fuessly, Areh. i. p. 1. t. 4. f. 1-4 (I., p., i.) (1781) (Miihlbausen). 

 V""'- /--"eelilini id., I.e. vi. p. 15. t. 33. f. 1—5 (^., ;).) (178.5) ; id., N. Ma;/. Enl. ii. p. 371 (1785) ; 



Lang, l>r-. Auy.'<l,. ed. il. p. G9. n, 5GG (1789) ; Borkh., Enr. Seliin. ii. p. 83, p. 141, p. 179. n. 3 



(1789) ; Schwarz, Jluiipenl.nl. p. 204. n. 304 (1791) ; Sclirank, Faniia Bniea ii. 1. p. 225. n. 1388 



(1801). 

 Siihinx lineata Fabricius, Jfanl. Lis. ii. p. 90. n. 37 (1787) (partim) ; Vill., Eiit. iv. p. 440 (1789) 



(= bieehlini) ; Ro.=si, Fanna Etr. ii. p. 14. n. 359 (1794) ; Ochs., Srlnn. Enr. ii. p. 214. n. 1. (1800) 



(partim); Sam., Ent. Comp. p. 243 (1819) (fig. of Uonov. distinct, not Brit. V) : God., Lfp. 



Fiunee iii. p. 40. t. 18. f. 1 (1M23) ; Lep. & Serv., Ene. .\lelli. x. p. 405. t. OG. f. 5 (1825) ; Meig., 



