CHCEROCAMPA. 173 



Hind border of anterior wings nearly straight. 



4. C. procne Clemens. 



Head and thorax dull brown (if not faded), with a broad whitish 

 stripe on the sides, extended to the lower edge of tegulae. Abdo- 

 men brownish testaceous, with faint dark brown dorsal marks in 

 atoms. Anterior wings rather pale brownish, punctated with dark 

 atoms and with obscure dark brown lines extending from the base 

 to the tip ; discal spot dark brown and small. Posterior wings 

 uniform blackish-brown. Under surface of the wings brownish, 

 somewhat tinged with rufous, and with two rows of brown spots 

 in the middle of the posterior. 



California. 



CLEMENS. 



Fore wings very acute and somewhat hooked. 



5. C. drancus Cramer, II, 56, pi. 132. Xylophanes drancus Hubner. 



Blackish-brown ; sides of head and thorax with a white line, and 

 a white dorsal line extending from the head to tip of the abdomen ; 

 tegulaB edged above with reddish-brown, beneath with white. The 

 base of abdomen with two reddish-brown bands. Anterior wings 

 blackish-brown, discal spot black; several lines extending from the 

 inner margin to the tip, three of which in the middle of the wing 

 arise from a blackish patch on the inner margin placed on a fawn- 

 colored ground and a single black, subterminal line placed between 

 two dark brown lines.. Posterior wings uniform dark brown. 

 ( Cramer's figure. ) 



West Indies. 



CLEMEXS. 



Anterior wings acute and somewhat hooked. 



The following species resembles in some respects Mr. Walker's 

 crotonis, but I think it is not the same. 



6. C. nitidula Clemens. 



Head and thorax with a rufo-whitish line on each side. Head 

 and anterior portion of tegulaB dark brown, tinged with greenish, 

 with the disk brown. Abdomen brown, paler on the sides, with a 

 double row of dorsal dark brown dots and a black patch on the 

 sides at the base. Anterior wings dull greenish-brown, with a 



