SPHINX ACHEMON. Alis anticis griseo-fuscis maculis tribus marginalibus et
apicalibus brunneis, posticis roseis externe fuscis, maculis nigris
submarginalibus. (Expans. Alar. 4 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Sphinx Achemon, _Drury_, _Append. vol._ 2.
Sphinx Crantor? _Cramer_, _tab._ 104. _fig._ A. _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 375.
58.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ reddish ash-coloured. Head and thorax greyish
brown, with a large patch of a deep chocolate on each shoulder. Abdomen
grey brown, but lighter on the sides. Anterior wings, next the shoulders,
grey brown; but of a dark olive brown towards the tips and external
edges. Near the middle of the posterior edges is placed a large square
spot, of a deep chocolate colour: at the lower corners is a small
triangular one; and a third somewhat larger than the last at the tips.
Posterior wings rose-coloured next the shoulders and anterior edges, but
grey-brown along the external edges; having a short row of black spots
lying parallel thereto, and rising from the abdominal corners.
_Under Side._ Breast and abdomen grey brown, but lighter than on the
upper side. Wings rusty red, immaculate, except a dark border running
along the external edges; and also a faint narrow line crossing them,
from the anterior to the abdominal edges.