SPHINX fasciata. 



Generic Character. — See PI. 81. 



Specific Character. 



S. alis anticis snhdcntatis, supnl fuscis, margine postico strigd paUidd 

 ornato ; posticis fuhis, tnargine nigro; abdomine annuloso, annulis 

 nigris, interruptis, interstitiis aUns. 



Anterior wings subdentated, above brown, posterior margin with a 

 pale stripe ; posterior wings fulvous, margin black ; body with 

 black interrupted rings, the interstices white. 



JLhts approaches so near to the Sphinx Alope of Drury, 

 that it is not without hesitation I have ventured to separate 

 them ; it will, however, be seen, that neither in his figure or 

 description is any notice taken of the pale testaceous band 

 on the superior wings ; the body likewise is described as 

 " encircled with rings of brown and dark ash colour;" in 

 this, the rings are black, on nearly a white ground : the 

 under sides of the superior wings, in Drury's insect, " are 

 spotted along their external edges with long yellowish spots ;" 

 in this, they are uniform pale brown. These differences 

 (greatly strengthened by his figure) induce me to consider 

 them as distinct ; particularly as both insects appear to have 

 come from Jamaica : the upper side of the antennae are white, 

 the lower brown. Cramer's figure of S. Alope affords little 

 or no clue to illustrate the question. 



SPHINX Leachii. 



S. alis anticis siibdentatis, griseo-fuscis, maculis mediis 3 7iigris ; 

 posticis fiilvis, margine nigro ; abdomine griseo, annulis nigris, 

 interruptis. 



Anterior wings subdentated, greyish brown, with three medial black 

 spots ; posterior fulvous, margin black ; abdomen grey, with 

 interrupted black rings. 



I CANNOT reconcile this with any one species described by 

 Fabricius ; at the anal angle of the lower wings, is a pale 

 greyish spot, with two short blackish lines : I have named it 

 in honour of that laborious and eminent zoologist. Dr. Leach ; 

 who presented me with the specimen here figured. 



I'l. 130. 



