

618 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPHINGID^E. 



2. Sphinx leucoph^eata. 



Sphinx leucophceata, Clemens, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1859, p. 168. 

 Sphinx lugens (part.), Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 219. no. 11 (1856). 



Oaxaca, Mexico (Hartweg). B.M. 



3. Sphinx lugens. 



Sphinx lugens, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 219. no. 11 (1856). 

 Sphinx andromedoe, Boisduval, Lep. Guat. p. 74 (1870) . 



Oaxaca, Mexico (Hartweg). Type, B.M. 



Although coming from the same locality as the preceding, and very like it in its 

 general characters, I believe this species to be quite distinct. It is altogether shorter, 

 broader, and darker, and has the pale bars of secondaries much narrower and whiter. 



4. Sphinx jasminearum. 



Sphinx jasminearum, Boisduval, Griffith's Anini. Kingd. vol. ii. pi. 83. fig. 1 (1832). 

 New York, Pennsylvania. 



/ 5. Sphinx yancouverensis. 



Sphinx vancouverensis . H. Edwards, Proe. Calif. Acad. Sci. v. p. Ill (1874). 

 Esquimault, Vancouver Island (Bremner). 

 Taken in August 1871. It seems closely allied to S. gordius. 



« ^6. Sphinx gordius. 



Sphinx gordius, Cramer, Pap. Exot. vol. iii. p. 91, pi. 247. fig. B (1782). 

 Lethia gordius, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 141. no. 1512 (1816). 

 Sphinx pmcila, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. i. p. 222 (1828). 



United States (Doubleday) ; North America (Jones). B.M. 



I cannot see any reason for separating this generically from Sphinx. 



\ 7. Sphinx luscitiosa. 



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Sphinx luscitiosa, Clemens, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 172 (1859). 

 Lethia luscitiosa, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 28 (1873). 



New York ; Wisconsin. 



S. Sphinx oreodaphne. 

 Sphinx oreodaphne, II. Edwards, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. v. p. 109 (1874). 



California. 



Henry Edwards says : — " Taken on the wing, about flowers of Califomian Laurel 

 (Oreodaphne calif or nica), near St. Helena, Napa County, in June 1872. A strongly 



