[116] [These species = _Thyreus Abboti_ and _Proserpinus Gauræ_ of Butler’s revision. Of the former he states:--“Transformations described, and larva and imago figured, Am. Ent. ii. p. 123, 1870; the larva is also figured by Scudder in Harris’s ‘Correspondence,’ Pl. III., Fig. 1 (1869), and by Packard in his ‘Guide,’ p. 276, Fig. 203.” R.M.] [117] [_Proserpinus (Sphinx) Gorgon_, Esp. R.M.] [118] Rösel, _loc. cit._ vol. iii., p. 26, note. [119] Figured and described by Abbot and Smith. [_Macrosila (Sphinx) Cingulata_ is figured also by Burmeister, _loc. cit._ Pl. XII., Fig. 1. R.M.] [120] Figured in “Cat. Lep. E. Ind. Co.” [121] See the figure in Sepp’s Surinam Lepidoptera, P. 3, Pl. CI., 1848. A specimen in alcohol of the adult caterpillar is in the Berlin Museum. [The following is the synonymy of the above mentioned species:--_Macrosila Hasdrubal_, Walk. = _Pseudosphinx (Sphinx) Tetrio_, Linn.; _M. Cingulata_ = _Protoparce (Sphinx) Cingulata_, Fabr.; _M. Rustica_ = _Protoparce (Sphinx) Rustica_, Fabr.; _Sphinx Convolvuli_, Linn. = _Protoparce Convolvuli_; _S. Carolina_, Linn. = _P. Carolina_; the other species remain in the genera, as given above. The following additional species of _Sphinginæ_ and _Acherontiinæ_ have been figured by Butler:--_Pseudosphinx Cyrtolophia_, Butl., from Madras (_loc. cit._ Pl. XCI., Figs. 11 and 13); _Protoparce Orientalis_, Butl., from India, China, Java, &c. (Pl. XCI., Fig. 16); _Diludia Vates_, Butl. from India, &c. (Pl. XCI., Fig. 18); _Nephele Hespera_, Fabr., from India, Australia, &c. (Pl. XCI., Fig. 20); _Acherontia Morta_, Hübn., from Java, China, India, &c. (Pl. XCII., Fig. 9); and _A. Medusa_, Butl., from nearly the same localities as the last (Pl. XCII., Fig. 10). Most of these species fall under Dr. Weismann’s general remarks, so that it is unnecessary to give detailed descriptions. The most divergent marking is that of _P. Cyrtolophia_, which has a broad white dorsal line bordered with pink, and two large pink ovals on the back of the four anterior segments, the hindmost and larger of these being bisected by the dorsal line. In _N. Hespera_ the subdorsal line is present on segments 6 to 11 only, and it is highly significant that the oblique stripes are absent from these segments, but are present on the anterior segments, where the subdorsal line fails. With reference to the larva of _A. Atropos_, Mr. Mansel Weale states (Proc. Ent. Soc. 1878, p. v.) that in S. Africa the ordinary form feeds generally on _Solanaceæ_, whilst the darker and rarer variety is found only on species of _Lantana_. The following species of these subfamilies are figured by Burmeister: _Amphonyx Jatrophæ_ (_loc. cit._ Pl. XI., Fig. 1); _Protoparce (Diludia) Florestan_, Cram. (Fig. 2); _Sphinx Justiciæ_, Walk. (Fig. 3); _Protoparce (Diludia) Lichenea_, Walk. (Fig. 4); _Sphinx (Protoparce) Cingulata_, Fabr. (Pl. XII., Fig. 1); and _Sphinx Cestri_ (Fig. 5). All these species have the characteristic Sphinx-like markings.