Remarks on the Sphingidce of Cuba. 195 



The only point deserving remark in this list seems to be the 

 absence of Pyrula cariea, which I learned from the light- 

 house keeper was never found on the island, and very rarely 

 indeed on Great Gull Island. JV. triseriata, N. trivittata, and 

 L. littoralis were remarkable for the depth and brilliancy of 

 their colors ; JV. trivittata almost always displaying the three 

 bands from which its name is derived, and the colored marking 

 of N. triseriata often covering the entire surface. J¥. triseriata 

 and L. littoralis were .of extreme solidity, and N. heros was 

 large and solid. 



All the above remarks as to the absence or great rarity of 

 Pyrula cariea, and the coloring, etc., of iV. trivittata, L. lit- 

 toralis, N. triseriata, and JV. heros, from little Gull Island, 

 apply equally to specimens from similarly exposed localities 

 which I have examined on Montauk Point and at Newport, 

 Rhode Island. 



XXV. — Remarks on the Sphingid^e of Ciiba, and Description 

 of a New Species of AifBxjLYxfrom Brazil. 



By Aug. R. Grote. 



Eead November 27,' 1865. 



In a paper entitled "Notes on Cuban Sphingidas," published 

 in the Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadel- 

 phia, Vol. v., pp. 33-84, I have determined forty-six species 

 belonging to this Lepidopterous family, found on the Island of 

 Cuba, from specimens, which form part of a large collection of 

 insects, purchased by the late respected Dr. Thomas B. Wilson, 

 from Professor Felipe Poey of Havana. The object of the 

 present paper is to give the determinations of certain additional 

 species, which I subsequently received from Mr. John Gund- 

 lach of the same place, as well as to offer a few remarks in 

 relation to the synonymy of certain species already noticed. I 



