SPHINX ELLO. Alis subdentatis cinereis; posticis rufis margine nigro;
abdomine pallido cingulis (dorso interruptis) nigris. (Expans. Alar. 3
unc. 6 lin.)
SYN. Sphinx Ello, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 2. _p._ 800. _No._ 13. _Cramer,
tab._ 301. _fig._ D. _Merian Surin. t._ 61. _f._ 2. _Fabr. Ent. Syst._
III. 1. 362. _No._ 21. _Gmel. Linn. S. N._ 2375. 13.
HABITAT: St. Christopher's (_Drury_). Surinam (_Mad. Merian_).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ white on one side, and brown on the other. Head and
thorax ash-coloured; the latter having some faint narrow dorsal and
lateral black lines. Abdomen ash-coloured, encircled with black rings
extending to its sides, divided on the top by an ash-coloured line.
Anterior wings dentated and ash-coloured, having an irregular shade of
black and dark brown running from the tips to the shoulders, and a few
small black spots dispersed on different parts of the wings. Posterior
wings red, with a black border. Cilia reddish white.
_Under Side._ Breast, thighs, legs, and abdomen ash-coloured. Anterior
wings, in the middle, ferruginous; but toward the external edges and the
tips dirty red brown. Posterior wings next the shoulders and interior
margin ash-coloured, but in the middle of a reddish colour; along the
anterior margin they are of a brown grey, and along the external margin
they are of a dirty red brown. These wings are a little dentated.