HESPERIIDJC^ SPHINGID^. 
Ins. 169 
pt. 2, p. 257, Andaman Islands ; P. fritz-gcertneri, Bailey, Bull. Brooklyn 
Soc. iii. p. 62, Salvador (P), Central America. 
Cyclopides fruticolens^ fig. 12, p. 477, with varr. tractipennis, quadrinota- 
tus and pulcher, p. 478, and C. philippii^ fig. 13, p. 479, Butler, Tr. E. Soc. 
1881, pi. xxi.. Chili. 
Nisoniades ncevius, p. 69, petronius, p. 70, and somnus, p. 73, Lintner, 
Papilio, i., Florida. 
Tagiades distans^ Moore, 1. c. p. 175, pi. Ixviii. figs. 1 & It*, Ceylon. 
SPHINGIDJi. 
Druce, H. Biologia Central! Americana (cf. Insecta, General Subject, 
sub Godman & Salvin). Leqndoptera Heterocera, pp. 1-24, pis. i* 
& ii. 
Includes Spliingidm. The following known species are figured, or 
specially noticed : — Perigonia lusca^ Fabr. (= *7ms, Boisd.), p. 3 ; Pachy- 
gonia suhhamata, Walk. (= rubiginosa, Feld.) ; P. hopfferi, Stand., pi. i. 
fig. 1, p. 4 ; Ghcerocampa libya, Druce, fig. 5, C, Irelia, Druce, fig. 4, pi. ii., 
salvini^ Druce, fig. 2, p. 9, aristor, Boisd., fig. 7, p. 10, titana, Druce, fig. 6, 
belti, Druce, figs. 3 & 4, nitidula, Clem. (= Iceois^ G. & R.), p. ll,/t*Zco, 
Walk. (= fugax, Boisd.), fig. 8, p. 12 ; Smerinthus saliceti, fig. 9, pi. i. 
p. 17 ; Dilophonota obscura, Fabr. {= stheno, Hiibn., rhoibus, Boisd. (= 
domingonis, Butl.), p. 19 ; Protoparce ochus, Klug (= instita, Clem.), 
p. 20 ; Sphinx lugens, Walk. (= andromedcje^ Boisd.), jasticice, Walk, (= 
merops, Boisd.), p. 23. 
Grote, a. R. Now Check List .of North American SpMngidcc. Bull. 
Buff. Soc. iii. pp. 220-225. 
Mosciiler, H. B. Die Familien und Gattungon der europaischen 
Sch warmer. Abh. Ges. Gorl. xvii. pp. 1-40, pi. 
Includes tables and detailed characters of the 5 families and 18 genera 
of Sphinges^ according to Staudinger’s Catalogue, and a plate of neura- 
tion. 
Meldola (Weismaun’s Studies, ii.) makes, or records, many observations 
on Sp>hingidoi ; the following being among the most important : — Pergesa 
and Darapsa should not be separated from Ghoirocampa (p. 190) ; larval 
classification of Choerocampince (pp. 104 & 105). Acherontia atropos^ 
habits of larva in Spain (by Noll), p. 324 ; variation of larva in South 
Africa (Trimen), pp. 531 & 532. Lophostethus dumolim, Latr. : larva 
described by Trimen & Gooch, pp. 527 & 528. 
Variation in larvse of Sphingidce, and frequent absence of the caudal 
horn noticed ; Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn Soc. ii. pp. 35 & 36. 
Butler (111. Lep. Het. v.) figures and redescribes the following known 
species: — Acosmeryx cinerea, Butl., fig. 1, sericeus, Walk. {— anceoides, 
Boisd.), fig. 2, p. 1 ; Pergesa aurifera, Butl., fig. 4, p. 2, velata, Walk., 
fig. 5, gloriosa, Butl., fig. 6, p. 3 ; Panacra perfecta^ Butl., fig. 8, p. 4, 
mydon, Walk. (= scapularis, p.. Walk.), fig. 9, pi. Ixxviii. p. 5; Angomyx 
automedon, Walk. ( $ — truncata, Walk.), fig. 1, busiris, Walk., fig. 2, p. 6 ; 
Ghoirocampa macromera, Butl. {■= rivularis, Boisd.) fig. ^,fraterna, Butl., 
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