592 MR. A. a. BUTLER ON THE SPHING-LDiE. 



f flT. Calastmbolus GEMINATUS. 

 Smerinthus geminatus, Say, Am. Ent. vol. i. p. 25, pi. 12 (1824) ; Strecker, Lep. Rhop. & Het. pt. 7, 

 p. 56, pi. vii. figs. 6,7(1873). 



United States (Boubleday) ; W. Canada (Bush). B.M. 



3. Calastmbolus cerisii. 



Smerinthus cerisii, Kirby, Faun. Bor.-Am. vol. iv. p. 302, pi. iv. fig. 4 (1837) ; Strecker, Lep. Rhop. 

 & Het. pt. 7, p. 59, pi. vii. fig. 3 (1873). 



"Atlantic District! " (Grote and Robinson). 



4. Calastmbolus cecus. 



Smerinthus cacus, Menetries, Enum. Corp. Acini. Mus. Imp. Acad. Sci. Petrop. ii. p. 135. no. 1560, 

 pi. xiii. fig. 2 (1857). 



Amur Land. 



Nearly allied to C. geminatus. 



£) fB. Calastmbolus kindermanni. 



Smerinthus kindermanni, Lederer, Verhandl. zool.-botan. Vereins, Wien, Band ii. pt. 2, p. 92 (1853) . 

 Pontus. 



Genus 12. Smerinthus, Latreille. 

 Smerinthus, Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. p. 431 (1802). 



1. Smerinthus ocellatus. 



Sphinx ocellata, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 796. no. 1 (1766); Roesel, Ins. Belust. i. tab. 1 (1746). 

 Merinthus ocellatus, Meigen, Syst. Beschr. eur. Schmett. ii. p. 148. no. 1, pi. 78. fig. 1. 

 Smerinthus ocellatus, Godart, Hist. Nat. Lep. France, i. p. 68, pi. 20. fig. 2. 

 Sphinx salicis, Hubner, Eur. Schmett. Sph. i. pi. 15. fig. 73. 

 Paonias salicis, Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 142. no. 1519 (1816). 



England [Brit, coll.] ; Europe (Becker). B.M. 



i 2. Smerinthus ophthalmicus . 



Smerinthus ophthalmicus, Boisduval, Ann. Ent. Soc. Beige, xii. p. 67. no. 72 (1868) ; Strecker, Lep. 

 Rhop. & Het. pt. 7, p. 58, pi. vii. figs. 4, 5 (1873). 



California and Mexico. B.M. 



According to M. Boisduval, this species should be placed between S. ocellatus and S. 

 geminatus. We have both sexes of an insect which agrees with the descriptions and 

 figures of this species ; but, unfortunately, our specimens have no locality upon them ; 

 they are, however, set in the same way and have the same green label as many of our 



