LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 247 



Sphinx excaecata, Abbot 8? Smith, Nat. Hist. Lep. Ins. Georg. 49, 



pi. 25. 

 Smerinthus excaecata, Harris, Amer. Journ. Sci. xxxvi. 290, 1. 

 Paonias excaecatus, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 142, 1521. 



a — c. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by £. Doubleday, Esq. 



d. Canada. Presented by Dr. Barnston. 



e. Orilla, West Canada. From Mr. Bush's collection. 



Group 3. 



Corpus sat validum. Proboscis distincta, brevissima. Palpi 

 mediocriter longi, ascendentes ; articulus 3us conicus, brevissimus. 

 Antennae setaceae. Pedes breves, validi; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor mediocriter longis. Alae latae, non longae, margine exte- 

 riore subdenticulato ; aniicae vix acuminata? ; posticae apud apices 

 rotundatae subtruncatae. Mas. — Antennae pectinatae, thorace paullo 

 longiores. Alae anticae apud marginem exteriorem subobliquae. 

 Fcem. — Antennae simplices, thorace non longiores. Alae anticae 

 apud marginem exteriorem sat obliquae. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis distinct, very short. Palpi 

 moderately long, ascending to the vertex ; third joint conical, very 

 short. Antennae setaceous. Legs short, stout; hind tibiae with 

 four moderately long spurs. Wings broad, not long, a little broader 

 in the male than in the female ; exterior border slightly denticu- 

 lated. Fore wings hardly acuminated. Hind wings rounded and 

 somewhat truncated at the tips. Male. — Antennae pectinated, a 

 little longer than the thorax ; branches in pairs. Fore wings 

 slightly oblique along the exterior border. Female. — Antennae 

 simple, not longer than the thorax. Fore wings moderately oblique 

 along the exterior border. 



9. Smerinthus Juglandis. 



Cinerascens aut pallide cervinus ; alee lineis transversis obliquis 

 undulatis fasciaque obscurioribus, anticce gutta discali fusca. 

 Mas. — Alee anticce plaga postica subquadrata fusca. 



Sphinx Juglandis, Abbot ^ Smith, Nat. Hist Lep. Ins. Georg. i. 



57, pi. 29. 

 Amorpha dentata Juglandis, H'ubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. Lep. 



ii. Sphing. iii. Legit, iv. Amorph. B. Dentatce, b, f. I — 4. 



