_Upper Side._ Antennæ black, and smallest at their extremities. Head yellow. Thorax the same, streaked longitudinally with black. Abdomen black, having one ring near the middle; the extremity of the tail being yellow. Anterior wings black, with six yellow spots and streaks on each; one streak being the longest, running parallel and near to the posterior edge; another is placed on the edge itself. The space between these streaks and the anterior edge is occupied by the remaining four spots; the foremost being much narrower than the others. Posterior wings yellow next the shoulders, with a broad black margin running along the external edges. _Under Side._ Tongue curled up. Breast and sides yellow. Legs black. Thighs yellow. Abdomen yellow; the extremity black, with two yellow rings. Wings as on the upper side, but the colours less brilliant. SPHINX BRONTES. Plate XXIX. fig. 4. ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Crepuscularia. FAMILY: Sphingidæ. GENUS. SPHINX, _Auct._ SPHINX BRONTES. Alis griseis puncto discoidali albido, strigisque transversis undatis fuscis, posticis nigricantibus margine interno et ad angulum ani pallidioribus. (Expans. Alar. 4 unc.) SYN. Sphinx Brontes, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. HABITAT: New York. _Upper Side._ Antennæ white within, brown outside. Head and neck dark brown. Thorax and abdomen grey; on the hinder part of the former are two black spots, and on each ring of the latter are two small black streaks, placed on its sides, down to the tail. Anterior wings grey, with a white spot in the middle of each near the anterior edges, and a small white cloud next the tips; having several curved and indented black lines crossing them from the anterior to the posterior edges, some being faint, others very distinct; cilia brown, spotted with white. Posterior wings very dark brown; but along the abdominal edges and corners grey; cilia white and brown. _Under Side._ Breast white. Legs mottled. Abdomen white, with four reddish spots placed along the middle. Anterior wings dark grey brown, without any marks on them, except at the tips, where is placed a narrow white streak joining to the anterior edges. Posterior wings dark grey brown; but next the abdominal edges white, without any marks on them, except two faint lines crossing them from the anterior edges to the abdominal corners. {57}PLATE XXX. [Illustration] TRICHIUS (ARCHIMEDIUS) DELTA. Plate XXX. fig. 1, natural size--fig. 2, magnified. ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Lamellicornes. FAMILY: Cetoniidæ, _MacLeay_. GENUS. TRICHIUS, _Fabr._ Scarabæus P. _Drury_. SUBGENUS: Archimedius, _Kirby in Zool. Journ. No._ 10. TRICHIUS (ARCHIMEDIUS) DELTA. Thorace nigro, triangulo albo, elytris testaceis puncto fusco. (Long. Corp. 5 lin.)