MACROGLOSSUM aimulosum, 



Upper Jigure. 



Generic Character. — See PI. 64. 



Specific Character. 



M. alls nigris, anticis fasciis 2 hyaline maculatis ornatis; abdominis 



nigri, segmento tertio niveo. 

 Wings black, anterior with two bands of hyaline spots ; abdomen 



black, the third segment snowy. 



An elegant insect ; so closely allied to Sphinx Tantalus, 

 Lin. {Drury, v. 1. pi. 26. f. 5.) as to excite a doubt if it 

 should be considered as a separate species. Drury's figure 

 and description, however, of that insect, induce me to think 

 they are most probably distinct. S. Tantalus is without the 

 two bands of hyaline spots, and is much smaller in size. 



In this insect are three small, white, snowy dots, on the sides 

 of the lower segments of the abdomen, and the same beneath : 

 the anal segment is grey ; with the margin, and spot in the 

 middle, black. Inhabits Brazil, but is a rare insect. 



MACROGLOSSUM fasciatum, 

 Lotverjigiire. 



M. alis nigricantibvs, anticis fusco "cariis, posticis strigd aurantiacd 

 centrali ornatis; thorace grised; corporis lateribus, maculis 

 aiirantiacis, nigris et pallide fulvis insignibas ; antennis gracilibus ; 

 unco producfo. 



Wings blackish, anterior variegated with brown, posterior with a 

 central orange stripe; thorax grey, sides of the body with 

 orange, black, and pale yellow spots; antennae slender, hook 

 lengthened. 



Sphinx ceculus. Cramer, pi. 146.^. G. , 



J. HIS is another Brazilian species, much more frequent than 

 the last. In Cramer, at pi. 146, g. is figured an insect under 

 the name of Ceculus, which no author appears to have quoted ; 

 but which (miserably inaccurate as it is), I have no doubt 

 the artist intended as a representation of this insect; par- 

 ticularly as Cramer's description, though short, is very appli- 

 cable. The colours beneath are uniform dark brown ; the 

 thorax, legs, and base of the wings, whitish ; near the exterior 

 margin of the superior wings is a small white dot, and two 

 others on each side of the middle segments of the body. 



PI. 132. 



