530 MB. A. G. BUTLEfi ON THE SPHINGID.E. 



Genus 6. Aellopus, Hiibner. 

 Aellopus, Hiibuer, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 131 (1816). 



1. Aellopus t.\ntalus. 



Sphinx tantalus, LinnseuSj Mus. Lud. Ub'. p. 31 (17G4). 



Sesia tantalus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. 1^ p. 379. no. 1 (1793). 



Aellopus tantalus, Hiibner, Samml. exot. Schmett. ii. pi. 157. figs. 1-4 (1806). 



Macroglossa tantalus, Walker, Lap. Hct. viii. p. 88. no. 4 (1856). 



Sphinx ixion, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. ii. p. 803. no. 26 (1766). 



Sphinx sonata, Drui-y, Ins. Exot. i. p. 57, pi. 36. fig. 5 (1770). 



Sphinx tripunctata, Goeze, Beytr. iii. 3, p. .316. no. 43 (1780). 



Jamaica (Gosse); ^sxti {Tweedie) ; St. Thomas. B.M. 



Mr. Walker confounded this with the next species in his Catalogue. 



2. Aellopus fadus. 



Sphinx fadus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. p. 95, pi. 61. fig. C (1779). 

 Sesia fadus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 378 (1793). 

 Macroglossa fadus. Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 89. no. 7 (1856). 

 Sphinx titan, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. p. 73, pi. 143. fig. F (1779). 

 Aellopus titan, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. v. p. 41 (1865) . 

 Macroglossum annulosum, Swainson, 111. iii. pi. 132. fig. 1 (1833). 



Venezuela {Dyson) ; Mexico {Hartweg) ; Brazil. B.M. 



3. Aellopus blainl 



Aellopus blaini, Herrich-SchaSer, Saraml. auss. Schm. ii. fig. 553 (1869) ; Grote, Trans. Am. Eiit. 

 Soc. iii. p. 184 (1871). 



Cuba. 



4. Aellopus sisyphus. 



Macroglossa sisyphus, Burmeister, Sph. Bras., Abhandl. naturf. Gesellsch. Halle, p. 74 (1855). 

 Aellopus sisyphus, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. v. p. 43 (1865). 



Eio Janeiro. 



5. Aellopus commasi^. 



Macroglossa commasia, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 90. no. 9 (1856). 



Sierra Leone (Morgan). iype, B.M. 



This species at first sight looks very like M. tantalus ; but the primaries are destitute 

 of hyaline spots, and the body has two segments blue-white instead of one segment 

 snow-white. 



