578 ME. A. G. BUTLEE ON THE SPHINGID^E. 



I have seen an example of this species formerly in Mr. Herbert Sharpe's collection ; it 

 is allied to the two preceding species. 



19. PlIILAMPELUS LABRUSOdE. 

 Sphinx labruscx, Linnams, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 352 (1764) ; Clerck's Icones, pi. 47. fig. 3. 

 Eumorpha elegans labruscoe, Hiibner, Samml. exot. Schmett. i. pi. 167. figs. 1, 2 (1806) . 

 Argeus fabruscce, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 134% no. 1442 (1816). 



Mexico, Jamaica (Gosse) ; Haiti (Tweedie) ; Venezuela (Dyson) ; Columbia. B.M. 



Genus 18. Pachylia, Walker. 

 Pachylia, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 189. gen. 24 (1856) . 



1. Pachylia ficus. 



Sphinx ficus, Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 352 (1764) ; Clerck's Icones, pi. 49. fig. 2. 



Pholus ficus, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 134 (1816). 



Pachylia ficus (part.) , Walker, Lcp. Het. viii. p. 189. no. 1 (1856). 



Gharocampa crameri, Mene"tries, Enum. Corp. Anim. Mus. Imp. Acad. Sci. Petrop. ii. p. 133 (1857). 



Var. Pachylia venezuelensis, Schaufuss, Nunquam Otiosus, i. p. 16 (1870). 



Mexico (Hartweg) ; Haiti (Tweedie). B.M. 



2. Pachylia undatifascia, n. sp. 



Nearly allied to P. Jicus, but more ochraceous in tint ; all the transverse lines much 

 less defined (scarcely perceptible in the male) ; secondaries with the central black bar 

 distinctly waved, not denticulate ; discal line indistinct ; body with the transverse darker 

 bars much less distinct ; wings below much more ochreous, the transverse lines obsolete. 

 Expanse of wings — d 4 inches 4 lines, $ 5 inches 2 lines. 



rf , Haiti (Tweedie) ; ¥, "Brazil." Type, B.M. 



Possibly an extreme variety of P. ficus ; but the two males look very distinct. 



3. Pachylia 1 ? Molucca. 



Eurypteryx molucca, Felder, Reise dcr Nov., Lep. iv. pi. lxxvi. fig. 1 (1874). 



4. Pachylia syces. 



Enyo syces, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 132. no. 1424. (1816). 



Sphinx ficus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. p. 216, pi. 394. fig. D (1782). 



Pachylia ficus (part.), Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 189. no. 1 (1856). 



Char ocampa ficus, Menetries, Enum. Corp. Anim. Mus. Imp. Acad. Sci. Petrop. ii. p. 133 (1857). 



Pachylia inornata, Clemens, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 159 (1859). 



