250 Ins. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
Sphjngid^e. 
[Qf. Austaut (20), Butler (92), Diising (157), Fernald & Smith (192), 
Grote (260), Holland (297), Kirby (350), Muller (475), Oberthur (491), 
Boulton (5 GO, 5G1).] 
The N. American genera of, and their nomenclature, discussed ; 
Fernald & Smith (192). 
Fernald’s Sphingiclce of New England, note on ; Grote, Canad. Ent. 
xviii, pp. 121-123 & 206. 
Sphingidce larvae, markings of ; P. E. Soc. 1886, p. xiii. Coloration of 
Sphingidcc larvae ; Diising (157). 
Sphingidcc abundant near Brussels in 1885 ; C.R. ent. Belg. 1886, p. li. 
Ilemaris tenuis , Grote, early stages of; Holland, Canad. Ent. xviii, 
p. 101. 
Dilophonota ello, L., early stages of ; Holland, Canad. Ent. xviii, p. 103. 
Chcerocampa maculator , Boisd., noticed ; Kirby, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 269. 
C. elpenor larva, attitude of, food- plants ; Poulton, Tr. E. Soc. 1886, pp. 
154-156. 
Deilephila nerii, L., p. 3, pi. i, fig. 7, celerio , L., p. 4, pi. i, figs. 8 & 9, 
larvae, noticed and figured ; Mill., Nat. Sicil. vi. D. nerii in Gothland ; 
Lampa, Ent. Tidskr. 1886, p. 115. 
Sphinx celerio and nerii not indigenous in Europe ; Mill., Nat. Sicil. v, 
p. 241. S. ligustri : relations of the colours of the larva to those of its 
food-plants; Poulton, Tr. E. Soc. 1886, p. 153: $ paired with Attacus 
cecropia £ , Weniger, Ent. xix, p. 136. S. Vancouver ensis, Edw., and 
vashti , Str., .synonymy of ; Holland, Canad. Ent. xviii, p. 103. S. con- 
volvuli females are barren in Westphalia ; Landois, JB. westf. Yer. 1885, 
p. 25. 
Acherontia , odour-apparatus of ; Haase; Z. Ent. Bresl. (2) xi, pp. 5 & 6. 
A. atropos , distribution, &c., discussed ; Riihl, Soc. Ent. i, pp. 7, &c. : var. 
of larva ; JB. westf. Yer. 1885, p. 24 : var. of larva described ; Balding, 
Ent. M. M. xxii, p. 279 : notes on larva of ; Poulton, Tr. E. Soc. 
1886, pp. 143-153 : stridulation of ; Ent. xix, p. 248 : sound made by 
larva; Poulton, Ent. xix, p. 17: note on the position of its organ of 
sound; Bleuse, Le Nat. viii, p. 358: reported in beehive ; Ent. M. M. 
xxiii, p. 162. 
Smerinthus : note on newly-hatched larvae, with woodcut of caudal 
horn ; Poulton, Tr. E. Soc. pp. 141, &c. S. ocellatus and tilice, notes on 
larvae of ; id. t. c. pp. 137-141. S. ocellatus , larval variation; id. (561). 
S. populiy variety noted ; Ent. xix, p. 126. S. exccecatus, food-plants of ; 
Beutenmiiller, Ent. Am. i, p. 196. S. myops , larval var. ; Bunker, Canad. 
Ent. xviii, p. 207. 
S. michaelis, Mantchuria, Ch. Oberth., Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) vi, p. lvi, 
n. sp. 
Amhulyx (sub Philampelis) eos, Burm., var. described and figured ; 
Kirby, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 269, pi. xxvii, fig. 1. 
A. tithonus , Brazil, Kirby, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 270, pi. xxvii, fig. 2, n. sp. 
rrotoparce ahadonna , Fab., figured ; Kirby, P. Z. S. 1886, pi. xxvii, 
fig. 3, p. 271. 
