422 .;,...^.,.. i. 



with sonic yrll.iNv scales aliovo I'nms ; to^'ultc palc yellow ; l)atigi!i 

 and thorax dusky hrown ; poclus with yollow spots; Ic^s dark 

 hrown, tho foxn? yellow, tarsi dusky ochreous ; alKloincn with the 

 hasal 8e;^'nient whito, with yellow patches on lateral tuherdes ; 

 2nd and lird sof^nuMits diirk hrown, with dorsal and lateral yellow 

 s|)ots; terminal scj^nicnts palor hrown. Fore win;: fulvou>< ])rown. 

 Hind win^' ochreous yellow, with ill-dctined dark terminal ])and 

 narrowinj; from apex. 



Jlali. CunA, Coll. Staudinger. A'/y. l{5-ln millim. 



1K}<;. Horama pretus. 



Sphinx prrtu.<. Cram. Tap. Kxot. ii. |.l. IT.'i. K, F (1777); Kirby, Cat. 



Hot. p. 13(). 

 Zt/gipfia CHUolphuft, Fnhr. S|x»o. In««. ii., App. p. T*)i^ (17^*7). 

 Ahi-i^i/'/ocrro Vfgpino, Ilarria, Am. .loiirn. .Sci. xxxvi. p. HI.'* (18^>) ; Kirbv. 



Cat. lift. p. l.U. 



Palo reddish l»rown ; head and dilated part of antenna* hlac kisli ; 

 tepuhu yellowish whito: pectus hlarkish with patclies of whito; 

 j)alpi helow and coxa* white ; le;,'s witli hlackish hands at end of 



C^^ ^ 



V\^. 'J:21.~IIoraina prettin, ^. |, 



femora and tihia? ; ahdomen with tho Ist segment yellowish whito, 

 followed hy hlackish and whitish ventral and lateral han<ls ; tho 

 extremity hlackish. Hind winfc ^vith slight fuHcous sutfusion, tho 

 costal area yellowish. 



llah. St." TiioM.\H, 1 9 ; Vknkzukl.i ; 2 f without locality. 

 Exp. 38 millim. 



Genus EMPYREUMA. 



Type 



Emptjrcuma. Wnhw.yeri. \t. 12U ( 1>L*7) pugione. 



Proboseis fully developed ; palpi upturned ; frons hairy ; anteniuc bipectinate, 

 with mo<lerate branches; thorax clothed with woolly hair; tibi® with the 

 i»pur8 short ; abdomen with latoral tufts an termitt.il sefjinrnts, those on anal 

 seement h»m;. Fore wing long and n.irrow ; vein '.\ fr«nn will before angle of 

 lell ; 4. .') from ancle ; from upper angle ; 7. 8, ii stalked ; 10, 1 1 (rom cell. 

 Hind wing with tne cell very long, veins 2 and 4 from angle; o from 2 just 

 before termen ; 5 curvetl froni just below middle of discocellulars ; 0, 7 from 

 upper angle. 



A. Abdomen with dorsal white spots on first two segments and 



two lateral series (ichas. 



B, Abdomen witli subdorsal while patches on 3rd and 4th 



segments pi/giom. 



