G18 ME. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPHINGID^. 



2. Sphinx leucoph^ata. 

 Sphinx leucophmata, Clemens, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1859, p. 168. 

 Sphinx lugens (part.), Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 219. no. 11 (1856). 



Oaxaca, Mexico (Hartweg). E.M. 



•3. Sphinx lugens. 



Sphinx lugens, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 319. no. 11 (1856). 

 Sphinx andromeda, Boisduval, Lep. Guat. p. 7J- (1870) . 



Oaxaca, Mexico {Hartweg). i'ype, B.M. 



Although coming from the same locality as the preceding, and very like it in its 

 general characters, I believe this species to be quite distinct. It is altogether shorter, 

 broader, and darker, and has the pale bars of secondaries much narrower and whiter. 



4. Sphinx jasmineaeum. 



Sphinx jasminearum, Boisduval, Griffith's Anim. Kingd. vol. ii. pi. 83. fig. 1 (1832). 

 New York, Pennsylvania. 



5. Sphinx vancouverensis. 



Sphinx vancouverensis , H. Edwards, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. v. p. Ill (1874). 

 Esquimault, Vancouver Island [Bremner). 

 Taken in August 1871. It seems closely allied to S. gordius. 



6. Sphinx gordius. 



Sphinx gordius , Cramer, Pap. Exot. vol. iii. p. 91, pi. 247. fig. B (1782). 

 Leihia gordius, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 141. no. 1512 (1816). 

 Sphinx ptBcila, Stephens, lU. Brit. Ent., Haust. i. p. 222 (1828). 



United States (ZJowWetZay) ; North America (Jb«es). B.M. 



I cannot see any reason for separating this generically from Sjjhinx. 



7. Sphinx luscitiosa. 



Sphinx luscitiosa, Clemens, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 172 (1859). 

 Lethia luscitiosa, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 28 (1873) . 



New York ; Wisconsin. 



8. Sphinx oreodaphne. 



Sphinx oreodaphne, H. Edwards, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. v. p. 109 (1874). 



California. 



Henry Edwards says : — " Taken on the wing, about flowers of Californian Laurel 

 {Oreodaphne califomica), near St. Helena, Napa County, in June 1872. A strongly 



