MR, A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPHINGIDA. 5138 
notes on synonymy. In the volume for 1867 Mr. Grote gave a list of the Sphingida of 
Cuba ; and, lastly, in 1873 he again appeared as the author of a “Catalogue of the 
Sphingide of North America,” in the first volume of the ‘ Bulletin of the Buffalo Society 
of Natural Sciences.’ 
Dr. Boisduval’s long expected work on the Sphingide has recently appeared, bearing 
date 1874; that it was not, however, procurable earlier than February 22nd, 1875, I 
have evidence in a letter from the author, dated 18th of February, 1875, in which he 
says “Le spécies des Sphingides, Sésiides et Castniides sera mis au vente Lundi prochain, 
chez M. Roret, éditeur, Rue Hautefeuille, 4 Paris.” The entire work is full of errors; 
and scores of species are omitted ; but the author’s worst fault is a too great appreci- 
ation of his own MS. names, for which he does not scruple to sacrifice both genera and 
species long described by other authors. The arrangement of the genera is most 
unnatural; and many of the species described as new are only individually distinct. 
The new species described by M. Boisduval, excepting those which clash with my own, 
will be added in an appendix; the genera and species which are identical with new 
forms described in the present paper will be substituted, in their proper places, for the 
names which I had proposed to employ. 
It will be seen by the foregoing remarks that the only synonymic (and that not a sys- 
tematic) list of the Sphingide of the world is that published by Mr. Walker in 1856; 
this has now necessarily become very incomplete, not only on account of the numerous 
species subsequently described, but from our present much more perfect knowledge of 
the limits and affinities of the genera, which renders a revision of the whole family an 
absolute necessity. 
I have to thank Mr. F. Moore for lending me his fine collection of Asiatic Sphingide, 
enabling me to add considerably to our knowledge of the species of India, as also for 
lending me some exquisite drawings of larvee and pupz by native Indian artists. I am 
also greatly indebted to Mr. G. Lewis for the loan of his valuable drawings of Japanese 
Sphingide in all stages, and for the residuum of his collection of these moths; also to 
Mr. W. F. Kirby for calling my attention to descriptions of species by Mr. Newman, to 
species described by Palisot de Beauvais, Van der Hoeven and Bertoloni, and to several 
species described during the last year or two, which I might otherwise have overlooked. 
The following rough Table will give some idea of the geographical range of the vari- 
ous subfamilies and genera. 
Subfamily 1. Macroaiossivz. (Cosmopolitan.) 
Genus, Range. N ci 
WRLC PISESt@: 5s. a Confined to) British North AmeriGa, 5 x... + <)ct- micfvie a ysa#)acleln.s + '6 014 shanks 2 
2, Sdtaspes .....- Sle tato: Chine septercte| sot sie nfo aisha! 0 < ES? etein, BOMPHERed daa iholoenc 4 
3. Hemaris ...... Ranges from Texas, through Europe, Asia, and Afriea ............., 26 
