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larva of Sphinx ligustri feeding upon holly, and quotes an observation of 
Weymer’s to the same effect. See also notes by Duer & Matthew, 1. c. p. 163. 
' W. PI. Flower lias recorded the occurrence of 2 specimens of Acherontia 
atropos and 1 of Sphinx convolvuli on board a ship at a considerable distance 
from any land. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 305. 
New genera : — 
Ilfcmorrhagia^ g. n., Grote & Kobinson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. v. p. 173. 
Allied to Sesia (Macroglossd) j palpi extending beyond clypeus ; antennoe 
gradually narrowed to base ; wings large and acuminate. Sp. Sesia ruji- 
caudis (ICirby), Sphinx thyshe (Fab.), M. fuscicaudis (Boisd.) j H, gracilis, 
sp. n,, Grote & Robinson, 1. c. p. 174, pi. 3. tigs. 1 & 2, Canada and New 
York {—ruftcaudiSf Walk, nec Kirby). 
Euproserpinusy g. n., Grote & Robinson, 1. c. p. 177. Allied to to Proser- 
pinus y hind wings small, subtriangular, scarcely excavated before the anal 
angle ; antennae long, stout, flexuous ; anal segment with a spreading tuft. 
Sp. E. phaeton (Boisd. MS.), sp. n., Grote & Robinson, 1. c. p. 178, California. 
Cressonitty g. n., Grote & Robinson, 1. c. p. 186 (with outlines of wings). 
Allied to Smerinthus , antennae rather short, doubly bipectinate in c?, simple 
in 5 f palpi acuminate, free, exceeding the forehead ; wings excavated be- 
tween the venules at outer margins, hind wings rounded in form. Sp. S. 
Juglandis (Smith). 
Diludia, g. n., Grote & Robinson, 1. c. p. 188. Allied to Macrosila ; outer 
margin of fore wings nearly straight, internal angle produced. Sp. S. hrontes 
(Drury). 
Syzygia, g. n., Grote & Robinson, 1. c. p. 189. Allied to preceding ; an- 
tennae very long and stout ; fore wings much rounded on outer margin, de- 
pressed at apex. Sp. S. pamphilius (Cram.) and S. affiicta (Grote). 
New species : — 
Perigonia divisa (H.-Sch. MS.), Grote, Ann. Lyc. N. York, viii. p. 199, 
and Poey, Rep. Cuba, i. p. 256, Cuba. 
Ilyloicus poeyi (Gundl. MS.), Grote, 1. c. p. 200, Cuba. 
Erinnyis congratulans (Gundl. MS.), Grote, 1. c. p. 900, and E. cinerosay 
Grote, 1. c. p. 201, Cuba. 
Amhulyx sexoculata, Grote, 1. c. p. 204, Brazil. 
Chcerocampa (sic) swinhoei, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 362, Formosa. 
Philampelus linnei, Grote & Robinson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. v. p. 182, 
pi. 3. tig. 3, Atlantic States and West Indies (= S. vitis. Cram, nec Linn.), 
Basiana superha , Moore, 1. c. p. 793, Bengal. 
Darapsa hhaga, Moore, 1. c. p. 794, Bengal. 
Potidcea virescens, Wallengren, Kongl. Sv. Akad. Handl. v. 4. p. 17, Eastern 
Caffraria. 
Castniid^. 
Vithora, g. n., Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 795. Allied to Hespagarista ; 
body long; head and thorax with long hairs; palpi porrect, pilose, joint 3 
cylindrical ; middle tibiae with 2 appendages, the inner longest ; hind tibiae 
thickened in middle, with 2 pairs of short appendages ; hind tarsi shorter 
than the others ; wings long and narrow, subcostal vein 6-branched, 1, 2, and 
