ME. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPIIINGKME. 579 



<S , Brazil (Stevens) ; ? , Jamaica (Argent) ; 6 , Haiti (Tweedie). B.M. 



I have to thank Mr. Kirby for calling my attention to Hiibner's name for this 

 species. 



5. Pachylia resumens. 



Pachylia resumens, "Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 190. no. 2 (1856) ; Herrich-Schaffer, Samml. auss. 

 Schmett. ii. fig. 556 (1869). 



Haiti (Tweedie); Honduras (Dyson) ; Rio Janeiro (Stevens). Type, B.M. 



6. Pachylia inconspicua. 



Pachylia inconspicua, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 190. no. 3 (1856). 

 Jamaica. 



Subfamily III. AMBULICIN.E. 



Genus 1. Ambulyx, Walker. 

 Ambulyx, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 1.20. gen. 11 (1856). 



1. Ambulyx strigilis. 



Sphinx strigilis, Linnaeus, Mant. i. p. 538 (1771) ; Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 106. fig. B (1779). 

 Sphinx strigiles (sic), Drury, 111. Nat. Hist. i. p. 62, pi. 28. fig. 4 (1770). 

 Pholus strigilis, Hiibner, Verz. bck. Schmett. p. 113. no. 1437 (1816). 

 Ambulyx strigilis, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 121. no. 1 (1856). 



Haiti (Tweedie) ; west coast of South America (Kellett & Wood) ; Brazil (Saunderx) ; 

 Rio Janeiro (Stevens) ; Para (Bates). 



Var. rubripennis. Primaries much darker, the transverse lines and spots blacker, the 

 hatchings less distinct ; secondaries reddish castaneous, transverse lines obsolete ; body 

 less yellowish ; wings below altogether darker and redder, transverse lines obsolete ; 

 whitisli border of outer margin diffused internally. 4 inches to 5 inches 1 line. 



Haiti (Tweedie). Two specimens. B.M. 



This may possibly be specifically distinct, but I think not. 



2. Ambulyx eurycles. 



Ambulyx eurycles, Herrich-Schaffer, Ausscreurop. Schmett. pi. 22. fig. 102 (1850-58). 



Surinam. 



Scarcely distinct from A. strigilis, so far as I can remember. Unfortunately, not 

 having the above work by me, I have been obliged to depend upon notes made from it. 



3. Ambulyx substrigilis. 



Sphinx (Ambulyx) substrigilis, Westwood, Cab. Orient. Ent. p. 61, pi. 30. fig. 2. 



