226 CATALOGUE OF 



Var. (3. Fcem. Fusca, subtus cinerea ; caput et thorax vitta 

 nigricante ; abdomen canum, vittis tribus angustis fasciisque 

 latis nigris, apice cervinum ; alee anlicce strigis lineisque 

 nigricantibus non bene determinatis strigisque exterioribus 

 cervinis ; posticce lulece, fasciis latissimis nigro-fuscis, mar- 

 gine exterior e subcervino. 



Sphinx Alope, Drury, Ins. Exot. i. 58, pi. 27, f. 1. Append. Cram. 



Pap. Exot. iv. 23, pi. 301, f. G. Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 94, 19 ; 



Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 362, 20. Qmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2375, 



62. 

 Erinnys Alope, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 139, 1492. 



Var. p. Female. Brown, cinereous beneath. Head and tho- 

 rax with a blackish stripe. Abdomen hoary, wilh three slender 

 black stripes, and with broad black bands ; tip fawn-colour. Fore 

 wings with indistinct blackish lines and streaks, and with some ex- 

 terior fawn-coloured streaks. Hind wings luteous, with very broad 

 dark brown borders ; exterior margin somewhat fawn-coloured. 

 Length of the body 20 lines ; of the wings 39 lines. 



Surinam. 



a, b. America. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



c. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



d. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



e,f. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



7. Anceryx obscura. 



Cana ; antenna albce ; thorax fascia antica vittisque duabus nigro- 

 fuscis ; abdomen lineis duabus fusees centibus ; aim anticce 

 vitta, strigis interioribus lanceolatis, maculis costalibus punc- 

 tisque exterioribus nigro-fuscis nonnunquam subobsoleiis ; 

 posticce rufeseentes, margine fusco. 



Var. /3. Cana, subtus albida ; caput et thorax anticus apud discum 

 vittaque posteriores subobliquce fusca ; alee anticce vitta media 

 strigisque plurimis cuneatis fuscis, subtus rufo-cermna; pos- 

 ticce rufo-cervince, margine angusto fusco. 



Sphinx obscura, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 142, 14 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 94, 

 16; Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 361, 17. GmeL ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2375, 

 58. 



Erinnys Stheno, Hiibn. Exot. Schmett. Lep. ii. Sphing. iii. Leg. iv. 

 Mand. A. Leves, 2. 



