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Amplii»i;ix jdtrophae, Boisduval, Spec. Geii. Lrp. Tlrl. i. G4. n. 3 (187;")) (Am. mer. ; Antilles). 

 CocjOHf. (Diliiens, Kirby, (,'at. Lrji. ffel. i. p. fi8G. n. 3. (18112). 



We do iHit liclicvc that, ( 'I'aiiior's //i///as/}i/s is l)ase(l on anything else bnt si 

 spccjnu'u oi' (i/ihtr/ts willi tiie alidoiiicn of r/iictit////^, tiic posterior spots of which 

 were bleached to white; the Iiad drawin;;' of the hiiidwing suggests that the 

 specimen was nintilated. 



c? ?. (!elliile M' — M- of forewing seraitransparent, the scaling not being dense 

 and the scales of tiie upper layiM- being hair-like on the nnder snrface, the black 

 dasli in this cellule, tlierefore, more or less obliterated ; the dash R-' — M' much 

 heavier, bnt the modification of the scaling also here apparent ; the huffish white 

 subbasal line, which is separated into a costal, a more distal cellular, and a 

 postcelhilar portion, differs from the same line of dn pone he I in the posterior portion 

 being more distal and standing at right angles to M, this portion being in ftict a 

 little farther from the base than the costal one, while in duponckel the reverse is 

 the case ; the postdiscal line more curved than in duponchel. The transparent 

 spaces of the hindwiug are long, space R' — R- being obviously longer than the 

 brown border of the wing is broad ; the spaces are incised distally, the brown 

 border being more or less strongly dentate between the veins ; cellule M'- — (8M') 

 anteriorly more or less semitrausparent. Underside often rather conspicuously 

 washed with ochre yellow. 



c?. Foretibia very little, midtibia obviously, longer and hindtibia a little shorter, 

 than the respective first tarsal segments ; anterior tarsus as in duponchel, but the 

 first segment possesses only the external spines, the comb being but represented 

 by one or two apical spines, the other segments with a few more spines than in 

 duponchel. Tenth abdominal tergite (PI. XXVII. f. 41. 42) somewhat bi-arcuate 

 in side-view, aj^ex jiointing downward and distad, more or less acute, long ; sternite 

 similar to that of lueifer, bnt the sides more parallel and the apex ronnded-truncate. 

 (Uasi)er large ; harpe with a strong subcyliudrical jirocess, which is rather club- 

 shaped, being dilated at end, the distal part heavily dentate ; above the harjie 

 near the base of the clasper is a high fold (PI. XXXVII. f. 6) beset with 

 numerous long bristles. The penis-funnel is represented by a kind of collar-shaped 

 fold, which is open ventrally and is clothed with minute hairs ; penis-sheath 

 (PI. XXIX. f. 15) with one small tooth before end. 



? . Foretarsns with all four rows of spines present, comb of second segment 

 not so regular as in c?, aud the spines directed more distad ; foretibia little longer, 

 mid- and hindtibia 1 to 2 mm. longer, than the respective first tarsal segment. 

 Vaginal plate very large, strongly chitinised also apically, but with few or no 

 scales (PI. XIX. f. .5), subtruncate, lateral edges incrassate or recurved ; mouth 

 of vagina free, with the edge not so much raised as in lueifer and beel~ehuth, 

 more proximal in position than in any other species, being much nearer the base 

 than the apex. Specimens that have copulated bear generally a liigh longitudinal 

 crest of a whitish substance on the vaginal plate. 



Larva greyish green, one broad white obli(]ue stripe ending at the horn ; 

 stigmata yellow; no green oblique side-bands on segments 4 to 11. — Food : Anona, 

 not Jutrophn. 



Pupa: long and ratiier slender (length HO mm.), eighth abdominal tergite 

 with divided patch of tubercles. 



Hah. Neotropical Region, including the Antilles and Florida, occasionally 

 farther north. 



