574 ME. A. G. BUTLEB ON THE SPHINGIDiE. 



Genus 17. Philampelus, Harris. 

 Philampelus, Harris, Amer. Journ. Sci. vol. xxxvi. p. 299 (1839). 



Section Dupo, Hiibner. 

 q 1. Philampelus vitis. 



Sphinx vitis, Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 354 (1764). 

 Philampelus vitis, Harris, Sill. Journ. vol. xxxvi. p. 299 (1839). 

 Sphinx fasciatus, Sulzer, Gesch. Ins. p. 151, pi. 20. fig. 1 (1776). 

 Philampelus fasciatus, Herrich-S chaffer, Corr.-Blatt. 1865, p. 58. 



<$ Eumorpha elegans jussieuce, Hiibner, Samml. exot. Schmett. i. pi. 169. figs. 1, 2 (1806). 

 J Dupo jussieuce, Hiibner, Samml. exot. Schmett. ii. pi. 163. figs. 3, 4 (1806). t 



Philampelus jussieuce, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 177. no. 6 (1856). 



Mexico (Salle) ; west coast of Soutb America (Kellet & Wood) ; Haiti (Tweedie) ; 

 Jamaica {Redman, Gosse) ; Brazil (Stevens). B.M. 



Mr. Grote has very rightly restored Linne's name to this species, the figure referred 

 to in the original description (Merian, Surin. 47, t. 47. f. 1 — that is, the upper figure) 

 being evidently intended for the S. fasciatus of Sulzer (Eumorpha jussieuce, Hiibn.). 



& y 2. Philampelus linnei. 



Philampelus linnei, Grote & Robinson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. v. pp. 157, 179, 182, pi. 3. fig. 3 



(1865). 

 Sphinx vitis, Cramer, Pap. Exot. vol. hi. pi. 268. fig. E (1782). 

 Dupo vitis, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 137. no. 1466 (1816). 

 Philampelus vitis, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 176. no. 4 (1856). 

 Philampelus fasciatus , Grote, Notes Cub. Sph., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. v. pp. 59, 84 (1865). 



Mexico (Hartweg); Haiti (Cuming & Tweedie); \ (Stevens). B.M. 



3. Philampelus hoknbecejana. 



Philampelus hornbeckiana, Harris, Cat. N.-Am. Sph., Sill. Journ. p. 299 (1839). 

 " St. Thomas, West Indies." — Harris. 

 Apparently allied to the preceding. 



4. Philampelus steenuus. 



Chcerocampa strenua, Menetries, Enum. Corp. Anim. Mus. Ac. Sci. Petrop., Ins. Lep. ii. p. 132, pi. 12. 



fig. 3 (1857) ; Walker, Lep. Het., Suppl. i. p. 30 (1864). 

 Philampelus strenuus, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. v. pp. 60, 157 (1865). 



" Haiti." — Menetreis. 



Allied to P. linnei. 



