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5. Pbotoparce moeganii. 



Macrosila moi-ganii, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 206. no. 12 (1856). 



Sierra Leone (Morgan) ; Congo {Richardson). Type> B.M. 



6. Peotopaece ochus. 



Sphinx ochus, Klug, Neue Schm. Heft i. p. 4, pi. 3. fig. 2 (1836). 

 Macrosila ochus, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. v. p. 68 (1865). 

 Macrosila instita, Clemeus, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 164 (1859). 



"Mexico" {Klug); "Honduras" {Clemens). 



7. Peotopaece diffissa. 



Sphinx diffissa, Butler, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 83. 



Buenos Ayres {Burmeister). Type, B.M. 



8. Peotopaece eueylochus. 



Sphinx em-ylochus, Philippi, Linn. Ent. xiv. p. 273. no. 13 a (1860). 



'i Sphinx ccestri, Blanchard, Gay's Hist, de Chili, Lep. pi. 5. fig. 9 (1854). 



Santiago. 



The figure in Gay's ' Chili ' is very poor ; and the description is not precise. 



9. Peotoparce celeus. 



Phlegethontius celeus, Hiibuer, Samml. exot. Schmett. ii. pi. 164. figs. 3, 4 (1806-24). 

 Sphinx Carolina, Donovan (nee Linn.), Nat. Hist. Brit. Ins, ii. pi. 361 (1804). 

 Sphinx quinquemaculata, Stephens, lU. Brit. Ent., Hanst. vol. i. p. 119 (1828). 

 Maa'osila quinquemaculata, Clemens, Journ. Aead. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 166 (1859). 



United States {Doubleday). B.M. 



All the stages of this species are described in Packard's ' Guide,' p. 273. 



10. Peotopaece trojanus. 



Sphinx trojanus, Schaufuss, Nunquam Otiosus, i. p. 15 (1870) . 

 Venezuela. 



11. Peotopaece caeolika. 



Sphinx Carolina, Linnseus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 346 (1764). 



Manduca obscura Carolina, Hubner, Samml. exot. Schmett. i. pi. 170. figs. 3, 4 (1806-24). 

 Phlegethontius Carolina, Hubner, Verz. bek. Sehmett. p. 140. no. 1503 (1816). 

 Macrosila Carolina, Clemens, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phil. p. 165 (1859). 



T)e\wivzxe{Douhleday); Mexico {Salle) ; Panama?, Haiti (Twfedz'e); Brazil, Pern am- 

 buco {Argent). B.M. 



The larva of P. Carolina is described and figured in Packard's ' Guide,' p. 274, fig. 200. 



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