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83. Nannoparce poeyi. 



Ihjloicus poeyi Grate & Robinson, Proc. Eut. Soc. Phihnl. v. p. Ili6. n. 100 (1865) (Cuba ; nuni. 

 nud.) ; Grote, Ann. Lye. N. York viii. p. 200 (1867). 



cf. Tenth abdominal tergite long, slender, curved ; sternite (PI. XXVIII. f. 5) 

 obtusely triangular, sinuate, convex below. Harpe (PI. XXXV. f. 28) obliijuely 

 rounded at end, dorsal edge sharply dentate, concave ; a patch of suberect scales 

 on the surface of the harpe. Penis-sheath with a short flat process wliich is 

 notched at end (PI. XL. f. 13). 



?. Orifice of vagina (PI. XXI. f. 13) pro.ximal, covered by a triangularly 

 sinuate flap ; behind the orifice there is a very long rod-like tubercle, similar to 

 that found in IL/loicus lanceolata. 



Hab. As above. 



We have not seen a Cuba specimen, but the two Jamaica specimens (or, 

 to be more correct, one specimen and four wings) agree so well with Grote's 

 descri})tion that we have no doubt about the correctness of our identification as 

 regards the species. AV'hetlier Jamaica and Cuba individuals are subspecitically 

 diflerent, that is a question which we cannot decide witliout Cuba material. 



a. N. poeyi poeyi. 



Ili/loiciis jioeiji Grote, I.e.; Bull., Trans. Zool. Soc, Loud. ix. p.617. n. 8(1877) ("Atlantic district " ; 



"1863" ex err.) ; Gundl., Goiitr. Ent. Cubwia p. 227 (1881) (S;iutiago, Cuba) ; Kirby, Cat.Lep. 



Het. i. p. 694. n. 13 (1822) (Cuba ; " 1863 " ex err.). 

 Eriiiyn'w poeyi Grote, I.e. (sub syn.). 



S. Forewing less variegated with blackish brown than in /laferius, more 

 elongate. Tenth sternite more deeply sinuate, and harpe more densely dentate. 



JIab. Cuba ; Jamaica. 



A (? in the Dublin Museum, without antenna but otherwise in fair condition ; 

 another in the Berlin Museum with wrong head and abdomen. The latter indi- 

 vidual has on the forewing a large brown costal mark in the shape of a halfriug 

 open at costal margin. 



b. iV". poeyi haterius. 



*Hylokus haterius Druce, Ann. Mag. N. H. (6.) ii. p. 239 (1888) (Yucatan ;— coll. Staudinger) 

 Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 694. n. 18 (1892); Druce, Biol. Ccntr. Amer., Lep. Het. SiippL 

 p. 318. n. 1. t. 65. f. 5 (1896) (Temax, N. Yucatan). 



c? ? . Forewing variegated with blackish brown, especially on disc and at 

 costal margin. 



S. Tentli sternite minutely sinuate. 



llab. Yucatan. 



In Museum Tring 1 ? ; in the British Museum 1 i ; also in the coll. of 

 H. Druce and Staudinger. 



XXX. DICTYOSOMA gen. nov.-Typus : elsa. 



Sphinx, Strecker (now Linnd, 1758), Lep. Rhop. Het. p. 126 (1878). 



S ? ■ Tongue shorter than the body. Pilifer with bristles and scales. Palpus 

 slender, not prominent, hairy. Eye small, not lashed. Antenna (c?, ?) stont, 



