( 179 ) 



flic stiiiiglitov distal edge of the liiudwiug, the less curved first discal line, ihefibsence 

 (if the second line, and the not obvionsly dentate tliird line of the same wiug, as 

 well as in the more sradnally nnrrowed distal border of the forewing below. 



141. Protambulyx strigilis (1*1. LXYII. f. 11, c?). 



f!j,hiiix slrif/iliy Liiine, .)f,i,it. I'hiiit. p. :>.W (1771) (America) : Drury, llhislr. E.r. Eiit. i. p. (')■_>. 

 t.-2H.f 4 (177:i) (Jamaica) ; Fabr., Ni/.s/. Kiit. p. 539. n. 10 (177.'.) : MilU., X((/((c.sv Siij,pL\x\Wi. 

 n. 4S (177ri) ; Cram., Pap. Exot. ii. p. 14. t. 10(5. f. B (1777) (Cura9ao ; Jamaica) ; Goeze, 

 Eiit. lieytr. iii. 2. p. 204. n. 4 (1780) ; Fabr., Spec. Lis. ii. p. 144. n. 22 (1781) ; id., .V,,,,!. /».v. 

 ii. p. '.15. n. 25 (1787) ; Gmel., 8»/.<.V. Nat. i. .5. p. 2377. n. 06 (1790) ; Fabr., Eiil. S,/sl. iii. 1. 

 p. 3r.4. n. 2fi (1793) (St. Cruz) ; Drury, ed. Westw., lUnstr. Ex. Ent. i. p. 57 t. 28. f. 4 (1k:!7). 



I'Imlux strlfiili.-<, Hiil.ner, Verz. hek. Schm. p. 134. n. 1437 (1822). 



.[mlwhjx llri/jili''. Walker, List Lop. lux. B.M. viii. p. 121. n. 1 (1856) (Rio de Jan.; Para; 

 St. Domingo) ; Burm., Silzlwr. Xnhirf. Ges. Halle iii. p. 70. n. 1 (1856) ; Luc, in Sagra, 

 //i,s7. Cxha vii. p. 291 (1856) ; Mcnetr., Einim. Corp. Aiiiin. Pelr., Lep. p. 93. n. 1551 (1857) 

 (Jamaica) : Clem., Jouni. Acad. Sat. Sri Phdad. iv. p. 152. n. 40 (1859) ; Morris, Cat. Lep. N. 

 Am. p. 20 (I860) ; Clem., in Morris, Sijii. Lep. N. Am. p. 175. n. 1 (1862) ; Herr.-Scb., Correxphl. 

 iii. p. .57 (1865) : Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. PUlad. v. p. ,64 (1865) (Cuba) ; id. & Rob., ihld. 

 p. 159. n. 04 (18t'.5) : Grote, ibid. vi. p. 329 (1867) (Cuba) ; id., Trum. Amer. Ent. Soc. iii. p. 185 

 (1870) (Cuba) ; Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lep. llet. i. p. 186. n. 7 (1875) ; Moschl., Verh. Zonl. Bot. 

 Gex. Wien xxvi. p. 347 (1876) (Surinam) ; But!., Trans. Zool. Soc. Land. ix. p. 579. n. 1 (1877) 

 (Haiti ; Para : Rio de Jan.) ; Dew., Mitth. Munch. Evt. Ver. i. p. 92 (1877) (Porto Rico) ; 

 But!., Trans. Ent. Soc. Land. p. 39. n. 1 (1878) (Amazons) ; id., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 483. 

 n. 55 (1878) (Jamaica); Gundl., Conlr. Ent. Ciihina p. 1S4 (1881) (larva on Cumocladia, 

 Eri/throxylon) ; Druce, in PioL Centr. Amer., Lej,. Hcl. i. p. 16. n. 1 (1881) (Panama; 

 S. Domingo ; Rio de Jan.) : Kirby, Cut. Lep. llet. i. p. 675. n 6 (1892) ; Druce, I.e. SuppL 

 399 (1896) (Jalapa ; Coatepec ; Orizaba ; Guatemala ; Costa Rica) ; Pitt. & Biol., Lep. llet. 

 Gonta Pica p. 11 (1897) ; Bonningh., IrU xii. p. 115. n. 16 (1899) (Rio de Janeiro ; larva on 

 Anacardium, Spondia) ; Kaye, Trans. Ent. Sue. Lund. p. 138 (1 91 11) (Trinidad). 



Ainhnhjx slrigUis var. ruhripennis Butler, I.e. ix. p. 579. sub n. 1 (1877) (Haiti). 



.linbidyx ruhripennis^ Kirby, I.e. p. 675. n. 7 (1892). 



S ? . The lobe SC'' of the forewing is less iiroiuineut than the apical lobe. The 

 greenish olive spots in the basal half of the forewing are variable in size and 

 distinctness. Tlie third line of the hindwing is either angled at R- as in eurijdes, 

 or rounded as in asti/gonus and eitn/aliis, with intergradations ; the second line is 

 occasionally absent or vestigial, while in other individnals a fourth line apjiears 

 outside the third. The tawny speckles of the underside are sometimes numerous ; 

 such speckles appear not rarely also above, where they become occasionally so 

 dense that the hindwing is altogether tawny with the bands not distinct. 

 Individuals like these occur among striyilis on the continent as well as on the 

 islands, and do not represent a local race ; they arc ab. riihripciinis. End of antenna 

 see PI. LX. f. 4. 



S. Eighth sternite (PI. XXll. f. ISj mesiallj produced into a loiiy and shuriily 

 jiointcd ]irocess, which curves gently upwards. Lobe of tenth sternite broad and 

 sliort (PI. XXIIl. f. 5), shallowly emarginate. Patch of friction-scales of clasper 

 (PI. LVIII. f. 30) narrow, elongate bean-shaped; harpe (PI. XXXI. f. 4) with a 

 rather high submesial process (;««), the edge ind also somewhat raised. Penis- 

 sheath (PI. XXX. f. Ill) resembling that oi enri/cles, but the apical ridge less evenly 

 curved, witii a larger tooth jiro.ximally. Friction-scales of eightli tergite see 

 PI. LVllI. f 40. 



?. Eighth tergite sinuate; scaled. Vaginal plate (PI. XV. f 11) truncate 

 distally, the jjostvaginal part short, witli transverse ridges or folds ; anterior edge 

 of orifice raised, even, incrassate. 



