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P. antennalis, Reut. 



Bayshore VII. 4.— Yaphank VII. 4.— (D. C. Fla.). 

 P. conspersipes, Reut. 



Bayshore IX. 19.— (D. C). 

 Dichrooscsytus elegans, Uhl. 



Yaphanlc VII. 4.— (Ariz.). 

 Lygus plagiatMS, Uhl. 



Maspeth I — IV. my specimens all taken sifting. 

 Pithanus maekeli, H-Schf. 



Maspeth VI. 7. — I have been informed by Mr. O. Heidemann 

 that this species has not heretofore been recorded from the 

 U. S. and it adds another genus to our North American 

 list as well. Common in Europe. 



Chris. E. Olsen, 



Maspeth, L. I. 



A New Aberration of Smerinthus 



By George Franck, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 Smerinthus jamaicensis, Dru., ab. Clarkii, Nov. 



General color smoky black. 



Primaries with a broad marginal band of a more intense black. 



Secondaries uniformly smoky black. 



Underside, general color smoky black, corresponding with the 

 upper side. All traces of the lighter and darker shades of the 

 brown and white in primaries and the red color and eye spots of 

 secondaries entirely obliterated. 



Thorax showing the distinct markings of geminatus. A 

 broad longitudinal band through the middle, with lighter shadings 

 on the sides. 



Head, antennae, feet and abdomen, the same smoky black of 

 the wings. 



This remarkable insect, I believe, stands isolated in SphingidcE 

 — at least I can find no similar record of any Smerinthus or kindred 

 genus showing such remarkable differences between typical speci- 

 men and the aberration. 



It was taken by Mr. A. Lehnert near Coney Island, N. Y. 



I dedicate this remarkable insect to my esteemed friend, Mr. 

 B. Preston Clark. 



Type in collection of Mr. Adolph Chudoba, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



