( 451 ) 

 21. Hemeroplanes nomius ^Valk. (1856). 



//. H., R. & J., Revlsinii p. 388. n. 316 (1003). 



69 <?(?. 



22. Hemeroplanes pan Craiu. (ITT'.i). 



//. p., R. & J., Rei-ision p. 388. n. 317 (1903). 



Now we have seen more material of tliis rare species, we find tliat there are two 

 subspecies, which dilfer as toliows : — 



(«) //. pan dentieulafa iSe])ans (1895). 



Calliommn ileiiliciiliitu Schaus, IliiI. Xfir^ vi. p. 141 (1895) (Jalapa). 



Forewing more or less strongly dentate, in the cf the ape.x sinnate. On the 

 hindwing the black anal spot at least U mm. wide. Basal half of forewing beneath 

 tawny. 



In the ?, of which we liave now one specimen from Costa Rica (Banana River), 

 the forewing is less dentate tlian in c? and broader, with the tip truncate. 



This form is found from Mexico to Bern. 



{/)) II. pan pan Crara. (1770). 

 Sjihiiir pan Cramer, Pap. Exol. iii. p. 39. t. 210. fig. D (1779) (Surina-n). 



Apex of forewing truncate, sinus l)elow apex nearly as deep as in rlenticnlata, 

 teeth of margin very sinili. Hindwing darker along distal margin, being here 

 dusted witli black ; black aual spot narrower than in the preceding form. On 

 underside the basal area of tlie forewing with little or no tawny colour. 



Hoffmanns obtained 'Z S S . We have other specimens, also ^ (S , from the 

 Upper and Lower Amazons (Rio Caciiyaco, Pebas, and Par.i), and British Gniana 

 (Omai). 



23. Hemeroplanes acuta sp. nov. 



S . Body similar to that of //. jxiive, but much dee|ier in tone, being olivac."'- 

 ous fawn. 



Vfmgs,aliO':e. Forewing narrower than in Il.parce, apex sliarply pointed, outer 



margin deeply sinuate below apex ; ground-colour blackish sepia, the wings appear- 

 ing mucli more uniform in colour than in //. jxirce ; two triangular costal patches 

 plumbeous, one in middle and tlie other at tlie subcostal fork, this second patch 

 without the small dark lunules present in H. prrce; at the proximal side of the 

 silver spot a dark curved band as in parce but fainter, and farther basad an indis- 

 tinct pale band edged proximally by a thin pale line ; near liase a vestige of another 

 pale band ; at hindniargin a plumbeous [lalch below the silver spot ; outer half of 

 wing with black transverse speckles ; no sharply marked oblique apical line as in 

 //. parcc, but a plumbeous submarginal cloud before centre of outer margin, out- 

 wardly bordered with black. -Hindwing ferruginous, with a blackish sepia distal 



border, which is II mm. wide at apex and encloses an ill-d(_•fill^■d pale bar at anal 

 angle; on disc the vestige of a dark band. 



Underside dark fawn, with numerous blackish transverse sjieckles, both wings 

 bearing a blackish band outside cell ; forewing fcrrnginons from base to apex of 

 cell, no a[iical line ; lines of dots in outer half of hindwing, like the median line, 

 more prominent tlian in II. puree. 



Length of forewing : 32 mm. 



