590 MR. A. G. BUTLEE ON THE SPHINGHXffi. 



Genus 9. Cressonia, Grote and Robinson. 

 Cressonia, Grote and Robinson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. v. p. 18G (1865). 



1. Cressonia juglandis. 



Sphinx juglandis, Smith and Abbot, Lep. Ins. Georg. vol. i. p. 57, pi. 29 (1797). 



Amorpha dentata juglandis, Hiibner, Samml. cxot. Sehniett. i. pi. 171. figs. 1-4 (1806-24). 



Polyptychic jugkmdis, Ilubner, Verz. bek. Sehmett. p. 141. no. 1516 (1816). 



Smerinthus juglandis, Harris, Sill. Journ. vol. xxxvi. p. 292 (1839) ; Strecker, Lep. Rhop. & Het. 



pt. 7, pi. vii. figs. 12, 13 (1873). 

 Cressonia juglandis, Grote and Robinson, Proc. Ent. Soe. Phil. vol. v. p. 161. no. 74 (1865). 

 Sphinx insHbilis, Martyn, Psijche, pi. xx. fig. 49, and pi. 21. fig. 53 (1797). 



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We have a pair of what seems to be a second species ; it is of a greyer tint and 

 half as large again, the transverse lines wider apart, and the primaries with central 

 band not darkened on the inner margin. I propose to call it C. robinsonii, n. sp. 



2. Cressonia robinsonii. 



Cressonia robinsonii, Butler, supra. 



New York. Type, B.M. 



It is quite possible that the above may be a large form of C. juglandis ; but it differs 

 noticeably from our six examples of that species. 



3. Cressonia fallens '. 



2, Smerinthus pallens, Strecker, Lep. Rhop. & Ilet. pt. 7, p. 5 1, pi. vii. fig. 14 (1873). 



Texas. 



In Mr. Strecker's jocular strictures on the excellent subdivision of the Smermthince 

 proposed by Mr. Grote, he exhibits a weakness in admitting that S. juglandis and S. 

 fallens might be placed in one genus, provided that uniformity of shape in the wings 

 were taken as the basis thereof. I find that dissimilarity in the outline of the wings 

 is almost always accompanied by modification of the discocellular nervelets, which would 

 be sufficient in the eyes of any Lepidopterist to warrant generic separation. 



Genus 10. Paonias, Hiibner (restricted) 2 . 

 Paonias, Ilubner, Verz. bek. Sehmett. p. 142 (1816). 



1. Paonias exoecatus. 



Sphinx excacatus, Smith and Abbot, Lep. Ins. Georg. i. p. 49, pi. 25 (1797). 



1 Mr. Grote is confident that this is only a variety of C. juglandis. It looks quite distinct. 

 * At once distinguished from Calasymbolus and Triptoyon by the form of the secondaries, which approach 

 Laothoe in outline. 



