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Show 1875.] SPECIES OF SPHINGIDcE. 9 16. CHCEROCAMPA VIRESCENS, n. sp. Form, size, and general appearance of C. crotonis, but primaries greener, with only the outer, central, broader streak (running from inner margin to apex) distinct, the other lines scarcely visible; yellow spots of secondaries paler, outer margin greener ; body greener, without the longitudinal central whitish streak ; wings below redder, primaries without the postmedian oblique blackish line; the subapical spots smaller; discocellular spot white ; outer margin broadly bordered with reddish grey; base more broadly suffused with blackish; secondaries with central lines very indistinct, reddish; body below irrorated with ferruginous, abdomen with a longitudinal pink streak. Expanse of wings 3 inches 2 lines. Bogota (Stevens). Type, B.M. Intermediate in some respects between C. crotonis and C. aristor. 17. CHCEROCAMPA DOCILIS, n. sp. S • Allied to C. amadis; wings above dull green ; primaries with an interno-basal black spot; a minute discocellular black spot; a basi-subcostal spot, a transverse oblique streak crossing the middle of discoidal cell, a nebula just beyond discoidal cell, a transverse subapical litura, an oblque streak (edged internally with silver-grey), and a submarginal row of spots, all olive-brown ; a zigzag submarginal greenish-grey line, margined internally with silver-grey; outer margin from zigzag line silver-grey, irrorated with blackish atoms; fringe pinkish, except at external angle, where it is cream-coloured ; secondaries with the basal three fifths and a broad submarginal band tapering to and not extending beyond first median branch, black; abdominal area yellowish ; head olive-green, whity brown at the sides; thorax olive-green, with a broad central and narrower lateral grey streaks; abdomen clay-coloured, pinkish at the sides, irrorated with black atoms; a double central series of blackish points, as in C. nitidula; basal segment olive-green, greyish in the centre, with a large lateral black spot; antennse cream-coloured; wings below brick-red, irrorated with grey, outer margin irregularly sericeous whity brown; a discal series of black points; primaries with the costa yellow; a blackish subcuneiform patch from base through centre of cell to just beyond discocellulars; two subcostal black spots near apex; secondaries with the costa yellowish, abdominal area whitish: body pink, irrorated with blackish atoms; abdomen with a lateral row of black points; thorax at base of wings golden-yellow ; legs pale olivaceous, tibiae and tarsi of front pair white. Expanse of wings 3 inches 11 lines. Ecuador (Buckley). Type, B.M. This is a softly coloured and beautiful species. 18. CHCEROCAMPA HAITENSIS, n. sp. S 2 • Allied to C. nechus; differs in having the external area of primaries browner, the pale-brown patch towards external angle broader; the sulphur-yellow spots of secondaries smaller ; the lateral |