ME, A. a. BUTLEE ON THE SPHINGID.E. 617 



5. Htloicus strobi. 



Sphinx strobi, Boisduval, Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xii. p. 67. no. 71 (1868). 

 Hyloicus strobi, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 27 (1873). 



California (Lorquin). 



Also allied to ff. pinastri. M. Boisduval thinks the species may possibly have been 

 taken in Chili ; but he is tolerably certain that California is the correct locality. 



6. Htloicus plebeia. 



Sphinx plebeia, Fabricius, Gen. Ins. p. 273 (1776). 



Anceryx plebeia, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 224. no. 3 (1856). 



Hyloicus plebeia, Grote & Robinson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. v. p. 166. no. 99 (1865). 



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7. Htloicus pcecila. 



Sphinx pcecila, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. i. p. 122. no. 8 (1828). 

 Anceryx pcscila, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 229. no. 13 (1856). 



% (Vigors's Coll.). Type, B.M. 



Like a strongly marked female of If. plebeia, which I believe it to be. 



8. Htloicus poeti. 



Hyloicus poeyi, Grote, Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, p. 200 (1863). 

 "Atlantic District!" 



9. Htloicus juniperi. 



Sphinx juniper i, Boisduval, Voy. de Delagorgue, ii. p. 595. no. 112 (1847). 

 Anceryx juniperi, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 229. no. 12 (1856). 



Port Natal (Gueinzius & Stevens). B.M. 



This is the only Sphingid described by Dr. Boisduval in the above work. 



Genus 17. Sphinx, Linnaeus. 

 Sphinx, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 796 (1766). 



l) /l. Sphinx cheksis. 



Lethia chersis, Htibner, Samml. exot. Schmett. ii. pi. 167. figs. 1, 2 (1806). 

 Sphinx chersis, Grote and Robinson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. v. p. 165. no. 92 (1865). 

 Sphinx cinerea, Harris, Cat. N.-Am. Sph., Sill. Joum. vol. xxxvi. p. 295 (1839) ; Scudder, Harris's 

 Corresp. p. 282, pi. 2. fig. 6, larva (1869). 



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