ME. A. Q. BUTLEE ON THE SPHINGID^. .675 



5. Philampelus typhon. 



Sphinx typhon, Klug, Neue Schmett. Heft i. pi. 3. fig. 1 (1836). 

 Philampelus typhon, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 177. no. 5 (1856). 



Mexico {Boubleday). B.M. 



Section Philampelus (Harris), Grote. 

 Philampelus, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 21 (1873). 



6. Philampelus achemon. 



Sphinx achemon, Drury, 111. Nat. Hist. vol. ii. p. 51, pi. 29. fig. 1 (1773). 



Philampelus achemon, Harris, Sill. Journ. vol. xxxvi. p. 300 (1839) ; Scudder, Harris Corresp. p. 283, 



pi. 3. fig. 11 (1869). 

 Sphinx crantor, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. p. 11, pi. 104. fig. A (1779). 

 Pholus crantor, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 134. no. 1435 (1816) . 



New York {Boubleday). B.M. 



Transformations figured (Am. Ent. ii. pp. 22-24, 1870). 



7. Philampelus posticatus. 



Philampelus posticatus, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. v. p. 62 (1865) . 

 Pholus licaon, Hubner (nee Cramer), Samml. exot. Schmett. ii. pi. 160. figs. 3, 4 (1806) . 

 Philampelus lycaon (part.), Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. v. p. 157. no. 54 (1865). 

 Philampelus satellitia (part.). Walker (nee Linnaeus), Lep. Het. viii. p. 175. no. 3 (1856). 



Bolivia (Bridges). B.M. 



The rose colour at anal angle of secondaries is more strongly pronounced in our ex- 

 ample than in Hiibner's figure. 



8. Philampelus mieificatus. 



Philampelus [Diipo) mirificatus, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 148 (1874) . 



Cuba {Wright). 



" Allied to P. posticatus, P. linnei, and P. strenuus ; from all differing by the white 

 linear bands on the fore wings and their apical white line, and by the distinctly white- 

 banded abdomen and tegulse." 



" While nearest to P. posticatus in the appearance of the hind wings, it is most dis- 

 similar in the markings of the primaries, which are more like those of P. linnei in the 

 evenness of the ground-colour." 



9. Philampelus pandokus. 



Daphnis pandorus, Hubner, Samml. exot. Schmett. ii. pi. 161. figs. 3, 4. 



Philampelus pandorus, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 174. no. 1 (1856) . 



Sphinx satellitia 6, Dniry (nee Linnjeus), lU. Nat. Hist. i. pi. xxix. fig. 2 (1770). 



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