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CATALOGUE OF 
Sphinx adscita Coras, Cram . Pap. Exot. iv. 46, pi. 312, f. A. 
Acharia Coras, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 124, 1340. 
Surinam. 
Automolis reducta. 
Fcem. Testaceo-albida ; palpi apice f us ci ; antennce nigree subse- 
tosce , corpore paullo breviores ; abdomen pallide luteum ; tibice 
et tarsorum articuli apice fusee scentia ; alee anticee vittis dua- 
bus pallide purpureis. 
Female. Whitish, with a slight testaceous tinge. Proboscis 
testaceous. Palpi with brown tips. Antennae black, slender, 
minutely setose, about three-fourths of the length of the body. Ab- 
domen pale luteous ; tips of the tibiae and of the joints of the tarsi 
brownish. Fore wings with a pale purplish stripe extending along 
the costa for more than half the length from the base, and another 
from the interior border to the tip near the exterior border. Length 
of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 
Valley of the Amazon. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Page 269. 
Eucerea Sylvius. 
Var. £. Brown. Head testaceous about the eyes. Proboscis 
tawny. Palpi whitish, with brown tips. Thorax with brown stripes. 
Pectus whitish. Abdomen luteous along each side and at the tip ; 
under side whitish, with brown spots along each side and a brown 
tip. Fore wings whitish, with many elongated brown spots. Hind 
wings whitish-hyaline, with brown borders. 
In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Page 271. 
Eucerea rhodophila. 
Fcem. Nigricans; caput rufo biguttatum ; thorax ferrugineo 
vittatus ; abdomen coccineum , basi vittisque duabus fuscis ; 
alee ferrugineo venosee , f asciis duabus abbreviatis albido-hya- 
linis ; posticee albido limpidee , marginibus latis nigro-fuscis. 
Nearly allied to E. Rosina . Female. — Blackish brown. 
Head with a reddish dot on each side behind the antennae. Palpi 
and antennae black, the latter hardly pectinated. Thorax with fer- 
ruginous stripes. Abdomen crimson, browm at the base above, and 
with two brown lateral stripes, which form a subapical band 
beneath. Fore wings ferruginous along the veins, with two short 
