S . Sexual aimatiire as in mri/iihis, but tooth of liaipe higher and carina of 

 penis-slieatli sliorter. 



Hah. Sauto Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru ; OoOii ft. ; wet and dry seasons. 



In the Tring Museum " S 6 , caught in November, December, January, June 

 (Ockenden). 



13.S. Protambulyx sulphurea (I'l. LXVIl. f. 5. (i, c^). 



*An,h,ily.r r«/-y.7rs(Herr.-Schaff.) ab xiil/.Inirni Rothschild, Nov. ZoOL. i. p. 542 (1894) (Aroa ; — 

 Mus. Tring). 



<S. Forewing with the hjbe HV'' as prominent as in eiiri/detf \ wings narrower, 



much paler, hindwings l<'mon-yello\v. Forewing : no large costal and internal 



subbasal ])atches, discal lines dentate also at H'^, a faint pinkish tint in basal half, 

 especially before 8M" ; marginal double band much narrower than in eun/cles 



between K' and R'. Hindwing : second and third lines thin, third curved as in 



eiayalifs. 



First discal line of forewing /jelow close to cell, marginal band narrowed to a 

 point below extremity of SC"', much narrower between R' and W than in e/nycles, 

 measuring only 4| mm. at the widest ])oint. 



<S. Eighth sternite (PI. XXII. f. 21) mesially produced into a very small 

 lobe, which is convex, the edges being turned internad. Tenth sternite with a 

 much narrower lobe than in curi/dcs, mesially sinuate (PI. XXIII. f. 4). Friction- 

 patch of clasper as in eun/cles ; harpe diilerent, armed with a high, erect, submesial 

 process which is hollowed out proximally and rounded at the apex (PI. XXXI. f. 3). 

 Penis-sheath with a dorso-lateral ridge which has the appearance of a ribbon fastened 

 to the sheath with one edge, the free edge of the ridge minutely notched ; distally 

 the ridge is continued along the edge of the sheath (PI. XXX. f. 18). 



? and early stages not known. 



Hab. South America : Venezuela. 



In the Tring Museum 2 H from Aroa, Venezuela. 



139. Protambulyx astygonus (PI. LXVIt.f. 1. 2, t>/jje). 



*Aii(hulyx aslyrjoiius Boiaduval, Spec. Geii. Lej>. Met. i. p. 188. n. 10 (1876) (Brazil ;— coll. Charles 

 Oberthiir) ; Butl., Tranx. Zool. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 630 (1877) ; Kirby, Cat. hep. Het. i. p. 675. 

 n. 9 (1892) ; Bonningb., Iiix xii. p. 115. n. 18 (1«99) (Rio de Janeiro). 



S . Close to A. (/oeldii. Forewing, above, without distinct stigma ; third discal 



line of hindwing regularly crenate, first line S-shnped, much more curved than in 



(/oeldii and more proximal, second almost absent or very thin. Hindwing less 



pointed, distal margin more convex ; distal marginal band of fore wing below halfmoon- 

 shaped from tip of S(J' to beyond M', then linear, the posterior portion thinner 

 than in i/oeldii. 



Eighth sternite with a prominent mesial process, which is, however, much 

 shorter than in strii/ilis. Friction-patch of clasper narrow, elongate bean-shaped, 

 obliquely longitudinal. Tooth of harjte long, obtuse, almost vertical on the clasper. 

 Penis-sheath with a short tooth ]>ointing sinistro-laterad. Tenth sternite short, 

 very broad, widest at apex, which is shallowly sinuate, angles rounded, projecting 

 laterad. 



Hab. Brazil. 



In the Tring Museum 1 6 from Rio de Janeiro. 



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