Is(i(/iiiit///i.s liv the uuilci-siile of (lie ulitloiiiL'ii l)ciiig juiivl}' whitu, with consjiicuous 

 black dots. 



IlafK ]?iiizil. 



Ill tlic Ti'iiig Musciuii from " Unizil." 



Ill tlic Hern Musciuu luid tlu; I'ritisli Miisciiin tVom Para (Dr. (Jocldi). 



~'.tl. Isogaathus caricae. 



S/,hin.r ,■„,■!,;„' Linnr, Miis. L,nl. fir. p. Hf/J (I7G4); Clerek, /<•„,,. I,ii<. ii. t. 47. f. 1 (ITlU) ; Houtt., 



XatHi-l. Ili^l. i. 11. p. i\Vl. n. '.) (1707) ; Liniu', S/ixl. Nat. ed. xii. p. 800. n. 11 (17(;7) ; Fabr., 



■S7/.1/. Kill. p. 547. II. '^•t (177.0) ; Cram., Vnji. K.rul. i. p. \UU (177()) (= carui!) ; Goeze, Enl- 



iiri/ti: iii. 2. p. 161. n. 11 (1780) (synon. partim) ; Fabr., Sjm: Im. ii. p. 153. n. .''.8 (1781); 



StoU, Kxsai Oriire Sysl., in Cram., Paji. E.i-ol. iv. p. 16 (1782) (= ™™.s) ; Fabr., Maiit hi.i. ii. 



p. its. n. 64 (1787) ; Gmel., .V<. Nat. i. 5. p. 2371). n. 11 (1790) ; Fabr, Enl. %.s/. iii. 1. p. .378. 



n. 67 (1703) ; Thunb., .l/»... Nat. Ups. xxiii. p. 'J (1804). 

 SpluiLr (v/cii.s Cramer, Pup. E.mt. i. p. 73. t. 46. f. E (1775) ; Fabr., ^prr. Ins ii. i^. Hli. n. 15 (1781); 



id., MkiiI. Im. ii. p. 94. n. 17 (1787) (no name) ; Umel., .S>7. Nut. i. 5. p. 2:!T5. n. 59 (1790) ; 



Fabr., Eid. Si/kI. iii. 1. p. .361. n. 18 (1793); Me'netr., Euiim. Cup Aniin. Mtm. P<-li:. Lq>. 



ii. p. 90. n. 1496 (1857) (Snrinam). 

 Erimiy/s car/cue, Hiibner, Verz. hdc. Schni. p. 139. n. 1493 (1822). 

 Dilophonuta cuius, Burmeister, Sphiiit/. Braxil. p. 70 (1856). 

 Dihplioiiotd lariaie, id.. I.e. p. 70 (1856) {cuciis'^). 

 Anrery.r riirlcie (1), Walker, UkI Lqi. hi<t. B. M. viii. p. 228. n. 1 1 (1856) ; Boisd., Hpec. Gin. Up. Bet. 



i. p. 123. n. 5 (1875) (Cayenne ; larva). 

 Talofjlmaum ciiriivi; Butler, Trans. ZimL Six: Loud. ix. p. 599 (1877); Auriv., Kmii/l. Sv. At. 



Hawll. xix. 5. p. 132. n. 168 (1882) (recens. crit.) ; Kirby, Cat. L,p. Hel. i. p. 699. n. 1 (1892) 



(Surinam) ; Bonningh., Iris xii. p. 118. u. 25 (1899) (Rio de Jan.). 



(? ? . A stont species, reminding one of Acherontia, to wliicli it is, however, not 

 at all related, except in so far as both are Splnrniidar. Bands of abdomen 

 conspicnons ; transverse lines on the black upperside of the forewing distinct, the 

 ])attcrn more ancestral tiian tliat of tlie other species. Veins of iiindwing streaked 

 with black in outer half of wing. Underside of tlie t_vpical Isot/tiaf/it/.s pattern. 



Early stages not known. 



Jf/ifj. South America: Veneznela to Kio de Janeiro : commoner in the North 

 than in the Sonth. 



In the Tring Museum In c?(?, 10 ?? from: British Gniana ; Snapnre, 

 Canra h'., Veiie/,n(dii, end of vi. vii. viii. i.v. (S. Klages) ; Merida. 



XC. ERINNYIS.— Typns : rl/o. 



Sphhix Linnd, Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 489 (1758) (partim ; type : ocellata). 

 Eriniiy/n Hiibner, Verz. heh. Sclim. p. 139 (1822) (partim ; type : elhi). 

 DiliiphniKita Burmeister, Sphiiig. Bras. p. 68 (1856) (type : elhi). 

 Aiicenj.r Walker, List Lep. Lis. B. M. viii. p. 222 (1856) (partim ; type : 2»nastri). 



(J?. Genal process triangular, obtuse, nearly as long as the pilifer. Palpus 

 trnncate, projecting, the two together rounded in dorsal view, a}tical surface obliiiue, 

 on a level with froiis. Antenna setiform, very faintly incrassate distally in ? ; 

 end-segment long, filiform (excepting base), about as long as fi to 8 previous 

 segments, rough-scaled. Scaling of occiput elevate, divided into a double crest 

 (in well preserved individuals). Mesonotum with double crest, which is highest 

 in front. Abdominal tergites with one row of aj)ical spines, these very strong, 

 conical, those of jiosterior tergites separate ; the spines of the steruites less strong, 



