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3. Hemaris palpalis. 



Hemaris palp alls, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 145 (1874). 



British Colombia [Crotch). 

 Allied to H. tenuis. 



r 

 "■; ' 4. Hemaris diffinis. 



Macroglossa diffinis, Boisduval, Sp. Gen. Lep. pi. 15. fig. 2 (1836). 



Sesia diffinis, Harris, Cat. N. Am. Sph., Sill. Journ. vol. xxxvi. p. 308 (1839). 



Hemaris diffinis, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Mat. Sci. i. p. 5, pi. 1. fig. 8 (1873). 



Sphinx fuciformis, Smith and Abbot (nee Linnaeus), Lep. Ins. Georg. vol. i. p. 85, pi. 43 (1797). 



Canada AVest [Bush), United States [Doubleday), East Florida, Vancouver's Island 

 [Lyall). B.M. 



Allied to H. fuciformis; the larva is described by Mead (Canad. Ent. ii. pp. 157, 158, 

 1870). 



£ j 5. Hemaris tenuis. 



Hemaris tenuis, Grote, Bull, Buff. Soc. Mat. Sci. i. p. 4, pi. 1. fig. 6 (1873). 

 New York and Pennsylvania [StrecJcer). 



6. Hemaris thetis. 



Sesia thetis, Grote and Robinson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. vol. i. p. 3, pi. 6. fig. 36 (Jan. 1868). 



Macroglossa thetis, Boisduval, Comp. Zool. Rec. p. 326 (1868). 



Hemaris thetis, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 5, pi. 1. fig. 7 (1873). 



California [Lorquin). 

 Closely allied to S. diffinis. 



7. Hemaris metathetis, n. sp. 



Sesia axillaris, Butler (nee Grote), Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xiv. p. 366 (1874). 



Texas (Self rage). Type, B.M. 



This species was sent by Belfrage, labelled " S. axillaris, Grote and Robinson," which 

 has led to my error; it differs in its smaller size, narrower and not dentated border, 

 with other minor characters. 



flT Hemaris siebolbi. 



Macroglossa sieboldi, Boisduval in De l'Orza's Lep. Japon. p. 35. no. 76 (1869). 

 Sesia whitelyi, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xiv. p. 367 (Nov. 1874). 



6 2 , Hakodadi [Stephens) ; 6, Japan [Fortune). Type, B.M. 



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