﻿132 CLEMENS' SYNOPSIS OF 



spots approximated in the subcosto-inferior, medio-superior and central interspaces, and a terminal dull 

 brownish band. Posterior wings blackish, costal border pale brownish white, fringe above white and 

 short. 



From the Smithsonian Institution. Capt. Pope's Collection in Texas. 



Egg. ? 



Young Larva. ? 



Mature Larva. ? 



Pupation. ? 



Food-plants.] ? 



Geographical distribution. — S. America, Mexico, West Indies, Texas, Ohio. 



Measurements — a Male. 



HEAD. 



THORAX. 



ABDOMEN. 



BODY. 



ANT. WING, 



Length. Breadth. 



length. Breadth. 



Length. Breadth. 



Length. 



Length. 



2-00. 2-75-2-00. 



4-00. 3-25. 



9-00. 4-50. 



14-50. 



12.00. 



7. M. Ceculus. — Sphinx Ceculus Cramer II. 80, pi. 146, f. G-. Psithyros Ceculus Hubn. Verz. Schmett, 



132, 1411. Macroglossum fasciatum Swainson, III. pi. 132, f. 2. Macroglossa Ceculus Walker, p 89. 



Head, palpi and thorax obscure brown ; palpi beneath and breast white. Thorax with a blackish 

 patch above the base of the wings. Abdomen brown inclining to blackish posteriorly, with two orange- 

 colored spots on each side of the second and third segments, a blackish brown patch on the fourth 

 and a pale yellow spot on the fifth, with a lateral tuft beneath it of the same hue. Terminal tufts 

 dark brown. Abdomen beneath brown. Anterior wings obscure purplish brown, varied with dark 

 brown; a dark brown patch at the base, with a line and band of the same hue crossing the disc; a- 

 dark brown demi-line extending from the origin of the medio-central nervule to the inner margin, and 

 a line crossing the base of the nervules furcate above, with a subterminal band also furcate toward 

 costa, of the same hue ; a white spot in medio-central interspace. Posterior wings blackish-brown, with 

 a central pale orange yellow band. 



Collection of the Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia. 



Geographical distribution. — S. America, Mexico. 



8. M. Sagra Poey, Gent, de Lep. de Vile de Cuba, Decade II., with figure. Walker p. 89. 

 Cinereous brown, testaceous beneath. Thorax with two ferruginous stripes on the sides, margined 



between with hoary. Abdomen ferruginous, tesselated with hoary, with two pale yellow spots on sides 

 of middle segments, and two rows of white spots beneath. Wings rather broad, with a white line near the 

 base and varied with ferruginous bands, especially a broad interrupted one near external border ; a white 

 spot toward the end of medio-central interspace. Posterior wings blackish, with an oblique, central, pale 

 yellow band, and the exterior border margined with the same hue. 

 S. America, West Indies. 



Mr. Walker refers this species to the MS. of Boisduval. Prof. Poey described it, 

 however, in 1837 under its present name. 



PROSERPINUS, Hubner. 



The body is rather long, slender and tapering. The head is free, prominent and 



moderately large ; the front broad, oval and obtuse ; the antennae subclavate, longer 



than the thorax, with, a minute terminal setigerous hook ; the eyes minute and 



shaded with hairs from above ; the palpi are pilose, rather thick and equal to the 



