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XVII. Notes on the new or rare Spliingidse in the 

 3fuseum of the Royal Dublin Society, and 

 Remarks on Mr. Butler^s recent revision of 

 the Family. By W. F. Kikby, Assistant 

 Naturalist, R.D.S. 



[Bead August 1st, 1877.] 



The Royal Dublin Society's collection now contains 

 nearly 300 species of SphinyidcB, among Avliicli are several 

 new species which I describe below. I have also taken 

 this opportunity to mention the very few species or 

 synonyms which are unnoticed by Mr. Butler in his 

 recent revision of the grou]5 in Trans. Zool. Soc. ix., and 

 to enumerate those species in the Dublin collection which 

 are interesting from their rarity, or from their being at 

 present unrepresented in the British Museum, for it is 

 always useful to know in what other public collections 

 the desiderata of our great National Museum may be 

 examined. 



Macroglossin^. 



Hemaris Fuciformis, Linn. (= Sphinx Tityus, 



Linn.; = Sphinx Musca, Retz.) 

 H. Ruficaudis, Kirb. (= Hcemorrhagia Buffa- 



loensis, G. & R. ; and H. Uniformis, Grote). 

 H. Kingii, ]\Iacl. (= Cunninghami, Boisd. nec 



Walk. ) Australia. 

 Two specimens of this very distinct species. 



H. Cyaniris, Guer., Ic. R. Anim. texte. ii. p. 495 



(1844), infra. Sylhet, Mauritius. 

 H. Croatica, Esp. Dalmatia. 

 Macroglossum Affictitia, Butl. Ceylon. 

 „ Vialis, Butl. Hab. (?) 



„ Luteata, Butl. Ceylon. 



Sphinx Pandora, Fabr., is not quoted by Butler. 

 Fabricius quotes S. Passalus, Drury, as a synonym, 

 but his description appears to apply better to some 

 species allied to Belis, Linn. : I Avill not attempt to 



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