578 ME. A. G. BUTLEB ON THE SPHINGID^. 



I have seen an example of this species formerly in Mr. Herbert Sharpe's collection ; it 

 is allied to the two preceding species. 



19. PhILAMPELUS LABBUSCiE. 

 Sphinx labruscee, Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 352 (1764) ; Clerck's Icones, pi. 47. fig. 3. 

 Eumorpha elegans labrusca, Hiibner, Samml. exot. Schmett. i. pi. 167. figs. 1, 2 (1806). 

 Argeus labruscee, Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 134. no. 1442 (1816). 



Mexico, Jamaica ( (r05se) ; Hai^^i. {Tweedie) ; Venezuela fi3_ysow) ; Columbia. B.M. 



Genus 18. Pachylia, Walker. 

 Pachylia, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 189. gen. 24 (1856) . 



1. Pachylia ficus. 



Sphinx fiais, Linnseus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 352 (1764) ; Clerck's Icones, pi. 49. fig. 2. 



Pholus ficus, Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 134 (1816) . 



Pachylia ficus (part.). Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 189. no. 1 (1856). 



Choerocampa crameri, Men^tries, Enum. Corp. Anim. Mus. Imp. Acad. Sci. Petrop. ii. p. 133 (1857). 



Var. Pachylia venezuelensis, Schaufuss, Nunquam Otiosus, i. p. 16 (1870). 



Mexico [Hartweg) ; Haiti (Tweedie). B.M. 



2. Pachylia undatifascia, n. sp. 



Nearly allied to P. ficus, but more ochraceous in tint ; all the transverse lines much 

 less defined (scarcely perceptible in the male) ; secondaries with the central black bar 

 distinctly waved, not denticulate ; discal line indistinct ; body with the transverse darker 

 bars much less distinct ; wings below much more ochreous, the transverse lines obsolete. 

 Expanse of wings — 'S 4 inches 4 lines, 2 5 inches 2 lines. 



d, Haiti {Tweedie) ; ? , " Brazil." Type, B.M. 



Possibly an extreme variety of P. ficus ; but the two males look very distinct. 



3. Pachylia? Molucca. 



Eurypteryx molucca, Felder, Reise der Nov., Lep. iv. pi. Ixxvi. fig. 1 (1874). 

 ? 



. 4. Pachylia syces. 



Enyo syces, Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 132. no. 1424 (1816). 



Sphinx ficus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. p. 216, pi. 394. fig. D (1782). 



Pachylia ficus (part.), Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 189. no. 1 (1856). 



Charocampa ficus, Menetries, Enum. Corp. Anim. Mus. Imp. Acad. Sci. Petrop. ii. p. 133 (1857). 



Pachylia inornata, Clemens, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 159 (1859). 



