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CATALOGUE OF 
3. Ccequosa? Phalaris. 
Fulvescens ; thorax linea nigra ; abdomen f asciis angustis fuscis ; 
alee anticce fuscescentes striga basali rufa, vitta postica plaga- 
que subapicali g lauds , fascia obliqua fusca, lineis exterioribus 
tribus obliquis strigaque costali subapicali nigricantibus , mar- 
gine exteriore cervino ; posticce rufee , costa cervina , plaga 
apud angulum interiorem glauca. 
Sphinx Phalaris, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 83, pi. 149, f. A. 
Coromandel. 
Genus 39. CERATOMIA. 
Corpus robustum. Caput breve, vix conicum. Proboscis 
brevis. Palpi longiusculi. Antennas setaceae. Abdomen sublineare, 
thorace vix duplo longius. Pedes sat validi; tibiae posticae ealcari- 
bus quatuor longiusculis. Alae longae, mediocriter latae; anticae 
vix acuminatae, apud costam subconvexae, margine exteriore sub- 
recto perobjiquo ; posticae apice subrotundatae. Mas. — Antennae 
serratae. Fcem. — Antennae simpliees. 
Ceratomia, Harris , Amer. Journ. Sci. xxxvi. 293. 
Body stout. Head short, hardly conical. Proboscis short. 
Palpi a little longer than usual. Antennae setaceous. Abdomen 
almost linear, nearly twice the length of the thorax. Legs rather 
stout; hind tibiae with four rather long spurs. Wings long, mode- 
rately broad. Fore wings hardly acuminated, very slightly convex 
in front, almost straight, and very oblique along the exterior border ; 
second inferior vein hardly further from the third than from the 
fourth ; third about twice further from the fourth than from the 
second. Hind wings somewhat rounded at the tips. Male. — An- 
tennae serrated. Female . — Antennae simple. 
1. Ceratomia quadricornis. 
Cervina ; caput supra thoracisque latera albida ; thorax fascia an - 
tica vittisque duabus fuscis nigro marginatis ; abdomen linea 
interrupta media vittisque quatuor nigris ; alee ciliis albo 
maculatis ; anticce albido varice , lineis transversis obliquis un - 
dulatis obscurioribus , apud discum fuscescentes strigis quatuor 
obliquis nigris , lineis posticis subundulatis albidis fuscisque , 
macula discali alba ; posticce f asciis fuscis. 
Ceratomia quadricornis, Harris. Amer. Journ. Sci. xxxvi. 293. 
a, b. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
c. Massachusetts. From Prof. Sheppard’s collection. 
