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a. (J. li/cidufi hjclilua. 



*Ambuli/x lyciilax Boisduval, I.e. (1H75) (Brazil ;— coll. Charles Oberthiir) ; Butler, Tniiis. Zaal. 



Soc. Loud. ix. p. 630 (1877) ; Kirby, Pror. Zoul. Soc. Loml. p. 271. t. 27. fig. (1880) ; id., Cut. 



Lep. Bet. i. p. (JTo. n. 2 (1892) ; Bouniugb., Inn xii. p. IIT). n. HI (18'Jll) (Rio). 

 *Ambvhjx tilhoimx Kiiby, Proc. Zool. Snr. Loud. p. 270. n. ,-i. t. 27. f. 2 (1880) (Bnxzil ;— Mus. 

 Dublin). 



cJ?. Aj)L'x of forevving- strongly {irdduced, outer margin very feebly convex 

 between li' and M'-. 



Jldi. Esjiirito Santo ; llio de Janeiro ; proliably alsii Sao Pauhi and Parana. 

 In the Tring Mnseuiu 1 ? witliont precise ioeality. 



//. 0. l'/r/(/ns eos. 



Pltilaiiipehiit ea.i Burmeister, Deticr. Ri'ji. Arrjeiit. v. p. .'VJO. d. 4 (1875) (Bueno.s Ayres) ; Bull. 



P,tj,din i. p. 104 (1881) (not a Plukimpelux). 

 Aiiihulyc Iiji-'hIix, Burmeister, l.i: Athts p. 58. t. 10. f . 1 ( ? ) (18711) (dcscr. of larva and pupa). 

 Amhily.K eos, Kirby, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lund. p. 209. n. 2. t. 27. f. 1 (cJ) (1880) ; id.. Cat. Lep. //</. 



i. p. 675. n. 3 (1892). 



i ? . Apex of forewing less produced than in the preceding subspecies, distal 

 margin more convex, snbbasal band more oblique, subapical costal spot smaller. 

 Hub. Argentina and Uruguay. 

 In tbe Tring Museum c?c?, 7 ? ?. 



XLVII. TROGOLEGNUM gen. nov.— Typus: pAeudamhiihi.r. 

 Xmvnnthiix, Boisduval {mn Latreille, 1802), Sprr. Ghi. Up. Hit. i. p. 29 (1875). 



S. Tongue very wealc, thin, siuirt. Palpus rough-liaired, short. Head hairy, 

 small, sunken. Eye small. Antenna strongly grooved, end-segment short. 

 Abdominal tergites spinose all over. Tibiae not spinosc ; spurs rather long, two 

 jiairs to hindtibia, lougtjr terminal one three-ipiarters tlie length of the first tarsal 

 segment. Pulvillus, paronychium, frenulum and retinaticulum present. Apex of 

 forewing sinuate, lobe S(J^ — 1{> very broad, distal margins of both wings somewhat 

 scallojicd, that of forewing excised between R' and W" ; SC- and K' of hindwing 

 on a rather long stalk, R- central or a little befoi-e centre, D- curved, D'' straight, 

 longer than D', lower angle of cell about 75". Clasper without friction-scales. 



? and early stages not known. 



Hah. Mexico. 



One species. 



A derivation from .\i»j>h/pti'rus. 



151. Trogolegnum pseudambulyx. 



*Smrj'iiitlii(s /i^ciicli(i,ih/di/.r Boisduva', /.'■. D. 18 (1875) (Mexico; "J" ex err. ;- coll. Charlfs 



Oberthiu). 

 .\mbuhjx Ci) /)>!Cii(kiiHbidij.c, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 528 (1877). 

 Smei-iiithiis (';) }>seiidambuhjx, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 711. n. 8 (1892) ; Druce, liiul. Ci'nlr. Ainei:, 



Lep. lie/. Siqqil. p. .SIO. t. 58. f. 4 (1896) (Mexico). 



(J. Only two specimens known, as far as we are aware; botli aie S S. In colour 

 the species resembles Ampli/ptents doiuisa ; the snbbasal band of the forewing 



