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3. Hemaeis palpalis. 



Hemaris palpalis, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 145 (1874). 

 British Colombia (Crotch). 

 Allied to II. tenuis. 



4. Hemaris dipfinis. 



Macrofflossa diffinis, Boisduval, Sp. Gen. Lep. pi. 15. fig. 2 (1836). 



Sesia diffinis, Han-is, Cat. N. Am. Sph., Sill. Journ. vol. xxxvi. p. 308 (1839). 



Hemaris diffinis, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 5, pi. 1. fig. 8 (1873). 



Sphinx fucifonnis, Smith and Abbot (nee Linnams), Lep. Ins. Georg. vol. i. p. 85, pi. 43 (1797). 



Canada West (Bush), United States (Boubleday), East Florida, Vancouver's Island 

 (Li/all). BM 



Allied toll, fuciformis; the larva is described by Mead (Canad. Ent. ii pp 157 158 

 1870). ' 



5. Hemaris tenuis. 



Hemaris tenuis, Grote, Bull, Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 4, pi. 1. fig. 6 (1873). 

 New York and Pennsylvania (Strecker). 



6. Hemaris thetis. 



Sesia thetis, Grotc and Robinson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. vol. i. p. 3, pi. 6. fig. 36 (Jan. 1868). 



Macrofflossa thetis, Boisduval, Comp. Zool. Rec. p. 326 (1868). 



Hemaris thetis, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 5, pi. 1. fig. 7 (1873). 



California (Lorquin). 

 Closely allied to S. diffinis. 



7. Hemaris metatiietis, n. sp. 



Sesia axillaris, Butler (nee Grote), Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. scr. 4, vol. xiv. p. 366 (1874). 



Texas (Self rage). Type, B.M. 



This species was sent by Belfrage, labelled " S. arillaris, Grote and Robinson," which 

 has led to my error ; it differs in its smaller size, narrower and not dentated border, 

 with other minor characters. 



8. Hemaris sieboldi. 



Macrofflossa sieboldi, Boisduval in De l'Orza's Lep. Japon. p. 35. no. 76 (1869). 

 Sesia whitehji, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xiv. p. 367 (Nov. 1874). 



<J $, Hakodadi (Stephens); tf, Japan (Fortune). Type, B.M. 



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