ME. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPHINGIDiE. 607 



5. Protoparce morganii. 



Macrosila morganii, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 206. no. 12 (1856). 



Sierra Leone (Morgan) ; Congo (Richardson). Type, B.M. 



O i 6. Protoparce ochus. 



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Sphinx ochus, Klug, Neue Schm. Heft i. p. 4, pi. 3. fig. 2 (1836). 

 Maci-osila ochus, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. v. p. 68 (1865). 

 Macrosila instita, Clemens, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 164 (1859). 



" Mexico " (King) ; " Honduras " (Clemens). 



y 7. Protoparce diffissa. 



Sphinx diffissa, Butler, P.Z. S. 1871, p. 82. 



Buenos Ayres (Burmeister). Type, B.M. 



8. Protoparce eurylochus. 



Sphinx eurylochus, Philippi, Linn. Ent. xiv. p. 273. no. 13 a (1860). 



? Sphinx caistri, Blanchard, Gay's Hist, de Chili, Lep. pi. 5. fig. 9 (1854). 



Santiago. 



The figure in Gay's ' Chili ' is very poor ; and the description is not precise. 



9. Protoparce celeus. 



■ Phlegethontius celeus, Hiibner, Samml. exot. Schmett. ii. pi. 164. figs. 3, 4 (1806-24). 

 Sphinx Carolina, Donovan (nee Linn.), Nat. Hist. Brit. Ins. ii. pi. 361 (1804). 

 Sphinx quinquemaculata, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. vol. i. p. 119 (1828). 

 Macrosila quinquemaculata, Clemens, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 166 (1859). 



United States (Doubleday). B.M. 



All the stages of this species are described in Packard's ; Guide,' p. 273. 



10. Protoparce trojanus. 



Sphinx trojanus, Schaufuss, Nunquam Otiosus, i. p. 15 (1870). 

 Venezuela. 



; 11. PrOTOPAKCE CAROLINA. 



Sphinx Carolina, Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 346 (1764). 



Manduca obscura Carolina, Hiibner, Samml. exot. Schmett. i. pi. 170. figs. 3, 4 (1806-24). 

 Phlegethontius Carolina, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 140. no. 1503 (1816). 

 Macrosila Carolina, Clemens, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 165 (1859). 



Delaware (Doubleday) ; Mexico (Salle) ; Panama ?, Haiti (Tiveedie) ; Brazil, Pernam- 



buco (Argent). B.M. 



The larva of P. Carolina is described and figured in Packard's ' Guide,' p. 274, fig. 200. 



I believe the form from Jamaica to be distinct ; it is larger, has most of the markings 



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