( ii ) 



citKluldfa comes certainly near conrolndi, but ther'-- are iuan\' points in wliioli the 

 two difl'er more than cingnhtia and goilarti. For instance, the hitter two agree 

 in botli jirocesses of the harpe being' pointed, in the pnlvillus of the tarsi being 

 strongly rednced, in the black median band of the hindwing being simple. Moreover, 

 the tenth abdominal tergite of the S of f/odarti stands intermediate between those 

 of cingulata and convoltidi, so that one might consider cingidata with as much 

 reason a New World representative of the Anstralian godarti as a representative 

 of convolvuli, which inhabits nearly the whole eastern ■ hemisphere including 

 Australia. 



Metanotum witli a buftish wliite lateral tuft wliieh is not distinctly tinged 

 with pink. The discal lines of the forewing, which is broader than in convoleuli, 

 are mncli less deeply zigzag than in that species ; the series of postdiscal ovate 

 markings is nearly complete, reminding one of luctifora. Tlie black discal band 

 of the hindwing is simple, but includes a more or less distinct pale spot at >SM'- ; 

 the basal and autemedian black bands form an irregular ring, the basi-abdoiuinal 

 ])ortion of wliicli is much blacker than in convolouli. End of the white palpus as 

 well as npperside of head also darker. Palpus : PI. LX. f. 1, inner side. 



The autemedian band of tlie hindwing touclies often tlie discal one behind 

 M-. The red colour of the abdomen and hindwings seldom disap})ears entirely 

 (v^). decolora) \ intergraduate specimens are not so rare. An individual (? ) from 

 ("osta Rica in the Tring Mnsenm has barely a trace of red on the hindwing, while 

 the red colour of the lateral patclies of the abdomen is mucli rednced in e.Ktent. 

 No specimens have as yet been observed in wliicli the red colour was replaced by 

 clayish yellow. 



$ . Procoxal scent-organ with longer hairs than in convolvuli. Tenth tergite of 

 abdomen much more dilated before end, broadly imi)resse.l above (Pi. XXVI. 

 i'. IT). Both processes of the harpe pointed, sometimes of nearly eijual size 

 (i'l. XXXV. f 5), generally the lower one shorter and more obtuse. 



?. The groove in front of the vaginal flap found in convolvuli \fi absent iVoin 

 cingulata. ; tlie low ridge beliind the orifice is mcsialiy less tubercnliform, beini;- 

 more evenly arche 1. 



L.irva as variable as that of convolvuli, wliicli it resembles. — Food-plant : 

 Iponioca. 



Pnjia with recurved free tongue-case. Burftieister, I.e., figures the chrysalis 

 as having the tongue-case not recurved ; this is clearly a mistake, or the individual 

 from which the sketch was taken was abnormal. Merian's figure of a clirysalis 

 on Plate LXIV. resembles that of Burineister ; this is strange. 



J lab. America, e.Kcept the extreme south and the far north ; a t.rupifal auil 

 subtropical insect, rarer in temperate regions, occurring as a straggler as far iioiih 

 as Canada ; Galapagos and Sandwich Islands. 



In the Tring Mnsenm 170 odil specimens from variou-; [ilaces fiDiii ( 'anada to 

 Argentina, besides some larvae and jiupae. 



■1. Herse convolvuli. 



Woehag., ArrhHijpa i. t. 8 (lo92) ; id., I)it;:,-!<. lits. t. 5(10:i0); Mouf., Thaili: Jus. p. Dl. f. 1 

 (1G^4) ; Hollar, Dh: Lis. 1. 15. f . 1 (1G4G) ; Goed., .^[Ham. iii. p. 34. f. v. (/.) (IGGO); id., Lis. ed. 

 Lister p. 8G. f. 27 {!.) (1G82) ; Merian, Eiir. Li.i. ii. t. 25 (1G83) ; Rcjaum., Hist. Lix. i. p. 292. 

 t. 13. f. 8 (1734) ; Swamm., Uil,!. Nat. p. 223. t. 29 (1738) ; Roei<., //«. JJehisl. i. 1. p. 49. 

 t. 7. f. b (174G) ; Wilke, EmjI. Moths p. 0. t. 21 (1747) ; Rosel, Lisect. Behist. iii. p. 35. t. 

 f. 3 (1755) ; Heramerich, CM. Cwiuus Lis. t. G. f. a (175-?, no date) ; GeoflEr., Hist. Nat. 



