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3. Philampelus Satellitia. 



Fusco-cinerascens ; caput el thorax vitta abbreviata nigro-fusca ; 

 thoracis latera nigro-fusca ; abdomen scepissime testaceum, 

 fasciis abbreviatis fuscis aut ferrugineis, maculis dorsalibus 

 trigonis cinereis ; alee antica fusco nebulosce, guttis duabus 

 discalibus plagisque paucis trigonis marginalibus obscure fus- 

 cis, jilaga postica nigro-fusca subquadrata, striga discali 

 obliqua nonnunquam obsoleta testacea ; posticce cinereo-fuscce, 

 basi late flavescentes aut testacea, macula magna discali guttis- 

 que posterioribus nigro-fuscis, nonnunquam apud angulum 

 interior em rosece. 



Sphinx Satellitia, Linn. Mant. i. 539. Drury, Ins. Exot. \. 63, pi. 



29, f. 1,2. Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 148, 36 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 96, 40 ; 



Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 370, 42. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2381, 74. 

 Sphinx Lycaon, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. 1, b6, pi. 55, f. A. 

 Pholus Licaon, Hubn. Exot. Schmett. Lep. ii. Spiling, iii. Leg. ii. 



Eumorph. A. Elegantes, 2. 

 Philampelus Satellitia, Harris, Amer. Journ. Sci. xxxvi. 299, 2. 



The variety from Rio Janeiro is distinguished by its darker 

 colour and large size, but in the latter character it is almost 

 equalled by the specimen from the West Coast of America. The 

 Bolivian one alone has the rosy spot on the hind wings. 



a. Jamaica. 



b. Bolivia. From Mr. Bridges' collection. 



c. d. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



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



Lieut. Wood. 

 /, g. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Group 2. 



The following Philampelus is distinguished from the preceding 

 group by the white lines on the fore wings, and much resembles the 

 first group of Deilephila in the distribution of the colours. 



