ME. A. G. BUTLER ON THE SPHINGIDjE. 607 



5. Protoparce morganii. 



Macrosila morganii, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 206. no. 12 (1856). 



Sierra Leone (Morgan) ; Congo (Richardson). Type, B.M. 



6. Protoparce ochus. 



Sphinx ochus, Klug, Neue Schm. Heft i. p. 4, pi. 3. fig. 2 (1836). 

 Macrosila ochus, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. v. p. 68 (1865). 

 Macrosila instita, Clemens, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 164 (1859). 

 " Mexico " (King) ; " Honduras " (Clemens). 



7. Protoparce diffissa. 



Sphinx diffissa, Butler, P.Z.S. 1871, p. 82. 



Buenos Ayres (Burmeister). Type, B.M. 



8. Protoparce eurylociiuk. 



Sphinx eurylochus, Philippi, Linn. Ent. xiv. p. 273. no. 13 a (1860). 



? Sphinx cwslri, Blanchard, Gay's Hist, de Chili, Lep. pi. 5. fig. 9 (1854). 



Santiago. 



The figure in Gay's ' Chili ' is very poor ; and the description is not precise. 



9. Protoparce celeus. 



Phlegethontius celeus, Htibner, Samml. exot. Schmett. ii. pi. 164. figs. 3, 4 (1806-24). 

 Sphinx Carolina, Donovan (nee Linn.), Nat. Hist. Brit. Ins. ii. pi. 361 (1804). 

 Sphinx quinqucinaculata, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. vol. i. p. 119 (1828). 

 Macrosila quinquemaculata, Clemens, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 166 (1859). 



United States (Boubleday). B.M. 



All the stages of this species are described in Packard's ' Guide,' p. 273. 



10. Protoparce trojanus. 



Sphinx trojanus, Schaufuss, Nunquam Otiosus, i. p. 15 (1870). 

 Venezuela. 



11. Protoparce Carolina. 



Sphinx Carolina, Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 346 (1764). 



Manduca obscura Carolina, Hiibncr, Samml. exot. Schmett. i. pi. 170. figs. 3, 4 (1806-24). 

 Phlegelhontius Carolina, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 140. no. 1503 (1816). 

 Macrosila Carolina, Clemens, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 165 (1859). 



Delaware (Boubleday); Mexico (Salle); Panama ?, Haiti (Tweedie); Brazil, Pernain- 

 buco (Argent). BM - 



The larva of P. Carolina is described and figured in Packard's ' Guide,' p. 274, fig. 200. 



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