lie AUG. R. GROTE. 



regarded as a subgeneric division of iSphinx, Linn. (^Letliia, Hiibii.) 

 and of wliich latter genus Sphinx ligustri of Europe is the highest 

 form. The European Sph!)ix convolvnU on the other hand is regarded 

 as belonging to Macrosila and as tlie lowest form of a genus well rep- 

 resented in America by the more typical species: M. rustica, M. Caro- 

 lina, etc. 



A comparison of our Sphingidae with those of Europe is necessary 

 in order to understand the limit and value of the different genera*. 



HOSAMA, Hubner. 

 Horama tezana {Euchromia pliunipes % Clemens; Callicarus texanus, Grote.). 



Since describing this species,"}" I have seen the specimens described 

 by Dr. Clemens | and regarded by him as belonging to the species il- 

 lustrated by Drury under the naoia of Sphinx plumipes §. I find that 

 they belong to Horama, and from their antenna! structure are congen- 

 eric with Horama pretus, Hlihn., and Horama diffissa, Grote. I am also 

 under the impression that I saw specimens of H. texana in the Brit- 

 ish jMuseum. erroneously regarded as a variety of H. pretus. 



SCEPSIS, Walker. 

 Scepsis falvicollis, Walker. 



I mention this species in order to record for it a more extended 

 geographical range than has been hitherto allowed by Authors. I have 

 it from Texas, Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania and New York. The 

 genus is represented in California by S. packardii, Grote. On August 

 the 20th a specimen of S. fulvicoUis came to light at Hastings, N. Y. 

 On the 11th of September I took a number of specimens of S. fulvi- 

 coUis on the flowers of the golden rod (Solidago) near Buffalo, N. Y. 

 It is on this same plant, though not on this alone, that, later on in the 

 year, our common grasshopper (Locusta) ascends to die: and expires 

 clinging to the upper branchlets, to which after death its body still re- 

 mains attached. A curious habit and a suggestive. As if escaping 

 from Earth. 



* See ou this point Lepidopterological Contributions by myself and Mr. Eobin - 

 son, Ann. N. Y. Lye. Vol. viii. 1866; on the third page of this paper, line 23, an 

 error has occured where "S^^hinx couvolvuli" is printed instead of Sphinx ligus- 

 tri. This is evident from the context, line 28 id. pag. 



-\Notes on t/ie Zygaenidae of Cuba, Part 1, p. 12, 1866. 



+ Proc. A. N. S. Phil. p. 546, 1860. 



'6 111. Exot. Ent. Vol. 11, fig. 3. 



