neio or rare SpJiingidce. 239 



Sphinx Luscitiosa, Clem. ? N. America. 



Does not quite agree with Strecker's figure. 



{Sphinx Snelleni, Weyenb. Mus. Teyl. ii. p. 261, t. 34, 

 ff. 9, 9<2. I have copied an incorrect reference to this 

 fossil species into the Zool. liecord as *S'. Snelli.) 



The following five Sphinges are not noticed by Butler: 

 S. Pagana, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. p. 146, n. 29. (The 



type should be in the Banksian collection.) 



E. Indies. 

 S. Jasmini, Boisd. Lep. Het. i. p. 1 14. Madagascar. 

 S. Orneus, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. t. 6, f. 3. India. 

 S. Sanguinosa, Martyn, Psyche, t. 26, ff. 68, 69. 



Tranquebar. 

 S. Argentijlua, Mart. 1. c. t. 29, ff. 83, 84. S. 



America. 



Nephele OEnopion, Hiibn. Madagascar. 

 „ De7iso{;l^ef. Madagascar. 



Allied to Variegata, Butl., but with more regular 

 markings. I am uncertain whether or not this is the 

 insect desci'ibed by Boisduval, Faun. Mad. p. 75, as 

 Deilephila Morpheus, Cram. 



Nephele Charoba, n. s., infi-a. Madagascar. 

 „ Argentifera, Walk. Natal. 

 „ Infernalis, sp. n., infra. Ashanti. 

 „ Vau, Walk. Ambriz, Congo. 



Differs a good deal in colour ; the hind wings are some- 

 times greenish, with a dusky border, and sometimes moi'e 

 or less suffused with reddish on the outer half. The pale 

 portions of the fore wings have a delicate bloom on them, 

 similar to that often seen on bred specimens o^ Smerintlius 

 Popidi. 



Descriptions of New Species. 



Hemaris Cganiris, Guer. 



Exp. al. 2 in. Allied to //. Tlylas, Linn. ; antennge 

 and wings as in Hglas ; thorax and opaque portion of 

 base of wing more olive-green, abdomen duller, slightly 

 inclining towards reddish, anal tuft reddish, yelloAv at the 

 base beneath, and with a blackish spot at the base on each 

 side. Under-surface, including the legs, and the base of 

 the wings yellow, inclining to orange. 



