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tip, nearly straight, and extremely oblique from thence to the inte- 

 rior angle, where the interior border forms an inward curve ; second 

 inferior vein nearly twice further from the third than from the first; 

 third more than twice further from the fourth than from the 

 second. Hind wings somewhat emarginate along the exterior 

 border. 



1. Ambulyx steigilis. 



Pallide cervina, subtus lutea ; capitis macula furcata inter anten- 

 nas thoracisque plages duce maxima laterales ferrugineo-fuscce ; 

 antennae albidce ; abdomen strigis obliquis lateralibus fuscis 

 testaceo marginatis, linea dorsali fusca ; alee anticce strigis 

 obliquis costalibus ferruginosis, maculis strigisque variis mar- 

 ginalibus lineaque apud marginem exteriorem nigro-fuscis ; 

 posticce lutece, lineis tribus angulosis margineque exteriore 

 fuscescentibus. 



Sphinx strigilis, Linn. Mant. i. 538. Drury, III. Exot. Ins. i. 62, 

 pi. 28, f. 4. Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 14, pi. 106, f. B. Fabr. 

 Sp. Ins. ii. 144, 22; Mant. Ins. ii. 95, 25; Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 

 364, 26. Gmel. ed. Syst. 'Nat. i. 5, 2377, 66. 



Pholus strigilis, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 134, 1437. 



a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



b. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



c. Brazil. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



d. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



e. West Coast of South America. Presented by Capt. Kellett and 

 Lieut. Wood. 



/, g. Brazil. 



h — I. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



2. Ambulyx Ganascus. 



Cervina ; capitis fascia inter antennas, thoracis plagce dues maximce 

 laterales abdominisque fascia basalis obscure viridi-fuscce ; 

 aniennce albce ; abdomen maculis dorsalibus fuscis aut ferru- 

 gineis ; alee anticce glaucescente suffusce, fascia obliqua ante 

 basalt, macula una postica alteraque costali subapicali obscure 

 viridi-fuscis testaceo marginatis ; posticce rosece, fasciis tribus 

 obliquis angulosis nonnunquam dilataiis et subconnexis nigra- 

 fuscis. 



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