132 CATALOGUE OF 



wings rust-coloured, with the inner and the hind margin olive- 

 green." 



United States. 



Mexico. 



Group 1. 



Colour mostly green. Abdomen slightly gilded on each side. 

 Legs very long. Fore wings without distinct lines. 



7. Ch^erocampa Chiron. 



Viridis, nonnnnquam ferrugineo-cermna, lateribus subtusque 

 albido-testacea ; alee anticce striga postica basali pallide flava^ 

 fascia obliqua exteriore irregulari testae ea ; posticce nigrce 

 fascia guttulari pallide flava. 



Sphinx Chiron, Drury, III. Exot. Ins. i. 56, pi, 26, f. 3. 



Sphinx Nechus, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 12, 5, pi. 178, f. B. Fabr. 



Sp. Ins. ii. 152, 56; Mant. Ins. ii. 98, 61 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 



377, 63. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2384, 89. 

 Theretra Nechus, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 135, 1447. 



a. Mexico. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



b. Monte Video. Presented by C. Darwin, Esq. 



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



d. e. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



Group 2. 



Distinguished by the very acute and somewhat hooked fore 

 wings. 



8. Ch^rocampa Falco. 



Cervina, subtus albido-testacea ; capitis thoracisque latera albida ; 

 thoracis discus cinereo-fuscus ; abdomen fust nm,vittis daabus 

 lateralibus cervinis lineaque duplicata dorsali albida; alee an- 

 ticce subhamatce, gutta discali nigra lineisque nonnullis nigri- 

 cantibus subobliquis posterioribus ; posticce vittis duabus 

 nigricantibus, margine exteriore submarginato. 



Fawn-colour, whitish testaceous beneath. Head and thorax 

 with a whitish stripe along each side. Disk of the thorax cine- 

 reous-brown. Abdomen brown, with a fawn-coloured stripe along 

 each side, and a double dorsal whitish line. Fore wings with 

 blackish speckles, with a blackish discal dot, and with several 

 blackish slightly oblique posterior lines, slightly hooked and more 



