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 14. Xylophanes chiron cubanus subspec. nov. 



Xylophanes chimn nechtm, Rothschild & Jord., !.<■. p. G'J8. n. Cul.a. (1903) (partim ; Cuba). 



Fresh material from Cuba shows that there fire several jioiuts of difference 

 between Cuban and Continental specimens. 



c??. Smaller than the (,'ontinental form; antenna pinkish; nnderside of 

 l)ody more rnfous. 



AV'iugs, ujjperside. Forewing proportionately shorter, the costal and discal 



clayish patches much smaller. Hindwing : discal spots smaller, huffish. 



Underside: on the whole more extended rufous ; the costal discal luteons 

 patches of the forewing more restricted, the latter patch replaced by a dot. 



Hub. Holiiuin, Cuba (Tollin ; Parish). 



A small series. 



15. Xylophanes pyrrhus spec. nov. 



(??. Closely resembling A', thijeha L. (ITHs). Much larger. Forewing, 

 ahove : the pale band bearing the double line wider than in thi/clia, the line 

 bordering this band distally gradually widening from tip of wing to R^ ; distal 

 margin less rounded than in thi/elia. 



Underside. Forewing : with three lines across disc, the first heavy, curved 



in front, reaching costal margin abont 4 mm. beyond subcostal fork, the second 

 and third thin, close together but separate, curving costad in front, more proximal 

 than in thyelia, the third being at iSC° abont 3 mm. distant from oblique apical 

 line ; posterior portion of third line slightly dentate, tlie luteons streak standing 



at its distal side more irregular than in tliyeVm and thinner. Hindwing : 



proximally of the double line a vestige of another line. 



Length of forewing : 33 to 37 mm. 



Hah. 8. Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru (G. U. Ockenden), a long series ; 

 Merida, Venezuela (Briceno), one S. 



Wo have a series of A. thyelia from various places, the range extending from 

 S.E. Peru to Colombia, and eastwards to the Guianas and Trinidad. 



