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M. Cameiro, 14 km North of Aracu, 07-15.02.1997. - Occurs in Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina. The collected specimens were very worn, therefore it could not be determined with certainty if they be­longed to the darker form, being typical of some Mato Grosso specimens. Erinnyis ello (Linnaeus, 1758) - Examined material: 3 male, Brazil, Goias State, Fazenda F. M. Cameiro, 14 km North of Aracu, 07-15.02.1997. - Common American species, occurs from Can­ada to Chile. Madoryx oiclus (Cramer, 1779) - Examined material: 1 male, Brazil, Sào Paulo State, Sitio Itatuba, Near Sào Roque, 24.01.-04.02.1997. - Occurs from Mexico to south-eastern Brazil, also in Trinidad. Enyo lugubris (Linnaeus, 1771) - Examined material: 1 male, Brazil, Sao Paulo State, Sitio Itatuba, Near Sào Roque, 24.01.-04.02.1997. Enyo ocypete (Linnaeus, 1758) - Examined material: 1 male, 1 female, Brazil, Sào Paulo State, Sitio Itatuba, Near Sào Roque, 24.01. - 04.02.1997. Nyceryx riscus (Schaus, 1890) - Examined material: 1 male, 1 female, Brazil, Sao Paulo State, Sitio Itatuba, Near Sào Roque, 24.01 .-04.02.1997. - Occurs from Mexico to Central and South Brazil as well as the lower altitudes in Bolivia. Eupyrrhoglossum sagra (Poey, 1832) - Examined material: 1 male, 1 female, Brazil, Sào Paulo State, Sitio Itatuba, Near Sào Roque, 24.01.-04.02.1997. - Occurs from Mexico to South Brazil and Cuba. Aellopos fadus (Cramer, 1775) - Examined material: 1 male, Brazil, Sào Paulo State, Sitio Itatuba, Near Sào Roque, 24.01.- 04.02.1997. - Occurs from the southern USA to North Argentine. Xylophanes pluto (Fabricius, 1777) - Examined material: 1 female, Brazil, Goias State, Fa­zenda F. M. Cameiro, 14 km North of Aracu, 07-15.02.1997. - Occurs from southern USA to Argen­tina, as well as the West Indies. Xylophanes tersa(Linnaeus, 1771)-Examined material: 1 male, Brazil, Goias State, Fazenda F. M. Cameiro, 14 km North of Aracu, 07-15.02.1997, 2 males, Brazil, Sao Paulo State, Sitio Itatuba, Near Sào Roque, 24.01.-04.02.1997. - Occurs over a large area, from Canada to Argentine, on the Galapagos Island and the West Indias. Hyles euphorbiarum (Guérin-Méneville et Percheron, 1835) - Examined material: 1 female, Brazil, Goias State, Fazenda F. M. Cameiro, 14 km North of Aracu, 07-15.02.1997. - Occurs in Ar­gentine, South Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. Acknowledgements - We would like to express our thanks to Professor Dr José Hidasi, Direc­tor of the Museu Ornitológia of Goiana, Mrs and Dr Carlos Kögl, proprietors of Sitio Itatuba, Dr Rudolf Rohr, sponsor of a number of scientific research and Professor Nilson Gomes Jaime, Director of the Escola Fazenda F. M. Cameiro for their most significant help in many aspects of the field work in Brazil. We are also indebted to Dr José Nunes Junior, Superintendant of Instituto Braziliero de Meio Ambientendos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (IBAMA) for his sympathy towards our project and for issuing the export authorisation for the collected material. Our special thanks to Mr Jean-Marie Cadiou for his kind help in the identifications and the edition of the taxonomical content of this paper. REFERENCES d'Abrera, B. (1986): Hawk moths of the World. E. W. Classey Ltd, Faringdon, Oxon, 226 pp. ­Kitching, I. J. & Cadiou, J.-M. (2000): Hawkmoths of the World. An annotated and illustrated

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