( 302 ) 



(I. Forewiiig K'"''yi 'n i ^itli a iiicsiiil liliick 

 streak, blackish liorder of liiiidwiiifi re- 

 placed by vein-streaks in i'ront . 



Forewin<r grey, liindwing not cinnainon-rnfons 

 but greyisb-lirowii, without a niarjj:inal 

 band ....... 



Fori'winf? for tlie grciiter part black, or the 

 marginal border of the hindwing c<)mj)lete 



e. Length of forewing 138 mm. or more 

 Length of forewing 35 mm. or less 



f. $s 



¥ ? 



//. No distinct black dots on underside of 

 abdomen : mcsothorax clay-colonr, except 

 in front, without whitish grey lateral 

 vitta ; border of hindwing complete . 



Abdomen below with black dots ; thorax 

 streaked, not obviously paler behind ; 

 black area of forewing excised behind 

 between M' and M- ; marginal border of 

 liindwing complete ..... 



Thorax with conspicuous whitish grey lateral 

 vitta ; a black basi-apical streak visible 

 within the black area of the forewing, 

 corresponding to the streak of ob.scura ; 

 marginal border of hindwing replaced by 

 thin vein-streaks in upper half ; a small 

 species ....... 



h. Forewing grey for the greater part 



Forewing black for the greater part, border 

 of liindwing complete .... 



Forewing black for the greater part, border 

 of hindwing incomplete in upper half, not 

 sharply defined ; a small species 



31)0. E. gutttilaris. 



295. 

 298. 



./■- 

 E. yueatana. 

 E. obscura. 



9- 

 h. 



2ii7. E. crdinevi. 



296. E. oemtrns. 



292. Erinnyis alope. 



Merian, Metain. Snrhi. Ins. t. 62 (1710) (partira ; eruca). 



Sjiliinx alope Drury, Illunlr. Ex. Im. i. p. 58. t. 27. f. 1 & Index (177.^) (Jamaica) ; StoU, in Cram., 



Pnj). E.n,t. iv. p. 23. t. 301. f. G (17H2) ; Fabr., Muiit. lux. ii. p. 94. n. 19 (1787) ; Gmel., .S^.-^. 



Nul. i. 5. p. 2375. n. (32 (1790); Fabr., Eni. Si/.it. iii. 1. p. 362. n. 20 (1793) ; Drury, ed. Westw., 



lUuxtr. E.r. Ins. i. p. 52. t. 27. f. 1 (18.!7) ; MentHr., Enum. Corp. Anim. Mus. Peti: ii. SupiA. 



p. 90. n. 1495 (1857) (Brasilia ; Jamaica). 

 Sphinx Jiaricans Goeze, Ent. Beylr. iii. 2. p. 216. n. 44 (1780) (Jamaica). 

 Erinnyis alope, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Sclim. p. 139. ii. 1492 (1822) ; Grote, Proc. Ent. Sor. I'lril.al. v. 



p". 75 (1865) (Cuba) ; id. & Rob., ilM. p. 167. n. 168 (1865). 

 Sphinx faseiata Swaiuson, Zool. lUustr. iii. t. 150. f. 2 (1823) (Jamaica?). 



Dilophonota alope, Burmeister, Sjihiiii/. Bras. p. 69 (1856) ; Grote, I.e. vi. p. 329 (18G7) (Cuba) ; id., 

 Tran.'i. Amer. Ent. Soc. iii. p. 185 (1871) (Cuba) : Burm., Ot.src. Rep. Argent, v. p. 331 (1878) 



(Corrientes ; Paraguay); id., I.e. Atlas p. 32 (1879) (larva noticed); Gundl., Vontr. Ent. 

 Cubana p. 218 (1882) ; Scliaus, Enl. Xeus vi. p. 144(1896) (syuon.); Bonuingh., Iris x\i. p. 122. 



n. 38 (1899) (Rio de Jan.). 



