162 LEPIDOPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



rather slender ; head case obtuse ; tongue case not apparent. The 

 larval transformation is subterranean. 



1. E. lugubris Drury, I, 61, pi. 28, f. 2. Abbot & Smith, I, pi. 59, pi. 30. 



Thyreus lugubris Harris. Sphinx fegens Cramer. 



Head, palpi, thorax and abdomen brown, with an obscure pur- 

 plish or reddish hue ; palpi beneath pale reddish brown. Abdo- 

 men with an indistinct double row of dorsal, dark brownish spots ; 

 beneath as well as the thorax, pale rufescent brown, with a tawny 

 line in the middle of ventral surface ; yellow lateral dots on the 

 hind portions of the segments, and a small lateral, pale yellow 

 pencil of hairs at the base of the first segment. Anterior wings 

 brown, with a rufous tinge in the middle and toward the tip ; an 

 oblique, pale brown line before discal spot, beginning near the 

 origin of subcosto-inferior vein, margined on each side with darker 

 brown ; discal spot blackish, edged with pale brown ; a broad, 

 dark brown, subterminal shade, extending from post-apical vein to 

 the hind margin, and bordered anteriorly by a curved, pale brown 

 line ; a ferruginous brown spot in apical interspace, with its basal 

 portion and the middle of the next interspace pale reddish hue and 

 three indistinct brownish lines crossing the nervules. Posterior 

 wings brownish, deepening toward terminal margin, with indistinct 

 lines above the inner angle, and dark brown marginal spots at the 

 inner angle and on the ends of medio-posterior and central veins. 



Mature Larva. Head dark green, with a yellow frontal band. 

 Body pale green, with vascular dark green dashes, and a dark 

 green subdorsal line bordered beneath with whitish ; nine short, 

 lateral, pale yellow bands ; horn dark green ; stigmata reddish. 

 (Abbot & Smith.) 



Food-plants. Ampelopsis hederacea. (Virginian creeper.) 



Georgia, West Indies, Mexico, South America. 



CLEMENS. 



2. B. camertus Cramer. 



Mouse color ; abdomen with a double row of blackish brown 

 spots. Fore wings with a testaceous discal spot ; with a blackish 

 oblique .interior line margined with hoary, and a large diffuse 

 exterior blackish patch, with a sub-apical ferruginous spot and a 

 blackish submarginal line edged with white. Posterior wings with 

 dark oblique undulating lines and blackish marginal spots. 



Mr. Walker's description does not correspond well to Cramer's 



