J. P. Kirtland on a New Species of Macroglossa. 337 
wing. | a similar band extends across the lower half of the infe- 
rior w 
‘a silieen of superior wings similar to the upper—of the 
inferior, reticulated with beaten: The alar extent 12 inch— 
while that of the L. motya is more than two ine The 
form and size of the white spots on the superior wings differ 
in the two, ‘he absence of a large white quadrangular -. 
and a rei arrangement of the ‘yellow bars mark this 
new speci 
A agohianen was captured in Northern Ohio several years since 
—probably the only one ever observed in this section of the 
country.. The Rev. J. Bachman on examining this specimen in 
my cabinet, sorties me that he once took a similar one in his 
garden in Charleston, S. C., and senta description with a drawing 
of it to Germany, but is not aware of its having been published. 
The propriety of designating it by the above specific name, is 
apparent to every naturalist. 
MacrocGLossa BALTEATA. 
to the apex, which is scarcely attenuated ; ec in the faeeales 
Palpi contiguous above the Baki, thick y clothed with scales: 
tufted on the sides towards the apex and at the tip; wings 
elongate lanceolate, opaque. Larva elongate, slightly wipes 
ated in front; caudal horn straight; pupa elongate, head c 
oduced 
pecific Characters. —Anterior wings reddish brown, with t 
lester oblique white bands, one across the middle, the — 
half way between it and the tip, composed of use segments 
poniad between the nervures—the inner beak somewhat 
gemina Posterior wings, darker brown, anterior edges mar- 
gined ae a few whitish scales. Head and eon brown 
Szvonp Serres, Vol. XIII, No. 39.—May, 1862. 
