( ;^r)4 ) 



dinsalis like- tliat oi' rl/o and a/oj/c. 



Jliih. Trojiical and Snlitrojjical America : West Indies, Texas to Argentina. 



Tlie si)ecie8 varies especially in two directions : in the anoonnt of ferrnginous- 

 rcd on the hindwinj;;, and in size. AVe recognise four forms, of which the first 

 three are connected by intergradations, wliile the fourth seems to be pretty constant 

 and may eventually \iro\e to be s]iecifically distinct. The first and fourth occur on 

 tlie niaiiihxnd only ; the second and third also on the Antilles. Tiie larger 

 individuals liave the ferruginous-red area of the hindwing reduced, the smaller ones 

 have it more or less extended to normal sine (as in other species), but there is no 

 sharp limit between larger and smaller specimens, nor between such with reduced 

 and extended ferruginous-red area. 



If any one has an oc(wision of studying the life-liist(iry of tliis species, lie 

 should ))ay special attention to the variation, and state explicitly to wliit-h special 

 form or forms his observations refer. 



a'. K. Itissdii.ci f. httisanxi. 

 *Anceryx lasmuTi Boisduval, I.e. 



cJ ?. Hindwing witliout feri'ugi nous-red area above, or this colour vestigial. 



Hah. Argentina northward to Venezuela ; most likely also in Central America. 



In the Tring Museum 3 c?cJ, 5 ? ? from: Aroa, Merida, and the Orinoco, 

 Venezuela ; Buenos Aires. 



b.' E. lassaiixi f. omphaleae. 



*A>ireryx nmphiihae Boisduval, Cons. Lep. Guatemnia p. 72 (1870) (Nicaragua ; — coll. Charles 



Obertliur) ; Kirby, Lc. n. 5 (1892) (partiui). 

 Avcei y.K p/prriK, Scbaufuss (mm Grote tt Rob., 1808), A^iiiiq. Olios, i. p. 17 (1870) (Venezuela). 

 Dilophoiiotii cn-cyon Burmeister, Dcm-r. Rip. Arycnt. v. p. 1^32 (1878) (Buencs Aires ; larva). 

 Dilophnnota piperi.i, Butler, I.e. ix. p. (503. n. 2 (1877). 

 D/lophonota picta, Kirby, I.e. n. 11 (1892) (sub syn.) 

 Dilophonota ohsciira ab. omphaleae, Rothschild, I.e. 



S $ . Hindwing with a cinnamon-rufous patch of varying size. 



JIab. South and Central America and the West Indies. 



In the Tring Museum 15 SS, 11 ?? from: Jamaica; Orizaba, Mexico, 

 ii.-iv. (Schaus) ; Costa Rica (Underwood) ; Rio Dagua, Colombia (Rosenberg) ; 

 Merida, Venezuela, iii. v. (Briceno) ; Aroa, Venezuela ; La Paz, Bolivia ; 

 Argentina. 



c. E. lussuuxi f. merianae. 



Anceryx .ipec, Herr.-Sch., Corrcsji. Blalt. p. (50 (1865) (Cuba). 



Erinnyis merianae Grote, Proc. Enl. Soc. Philad. v. p. 75. t. 2. f. 2 (18G5) (Cuba) ; id. & Rob., 



ibid. p. 168. n. 109 (18G5) (Cuba). 

 Dilophonota mirianue, Grote, I.e. vi. p. 329 (1807) ; Butl., /.<•. ix. p. 603. n. 3 (1877) ; Grote, BM. 



Buffalo Soc. N. Sc. iii. p. 225. n. 70 (1877) (Texas) ; Gundl., Contr. Ent. Cuban,, p. 219 (1882) ; 



Grote, Oinail. Ent. xviii. p. 136. n. 94 (1886) (W. Ind. ; Mex. ; Texas) ; Smith, 2'ra«.v. Amir. 



Ent. So,: XV. p. 158 (1882) (Texus) ; Kiiby, Gil. Lep. IIH. i. p. 697. n. 7 (1892) ; Schaus, Ent. 



Ncw.'i vi. p. 144 (1895) (synon.): Druce, /.c. Snjipl. p. 313. u. 3 (a) (1896) (Mexico; Nicaragua : 



Costa Rica ; Panama ; Ecuador). 

 Anreri/x merianae, Bois-duval, I.e. p. 12H. n. 13 (1875) {= omphiiJene) \ Dew., Mitth. Miiiuh. Ent. 



Vir. i. p. 92 (1877) (Porto Rico). 

 * Anceryx janiphae Boisduval, I.e. p. 131. n. 17 (1875) (Haiti ;— coll. Charles ObertLiir) ; Kirby, I.e. 



n. 6(1892). 

 Dilophonota lasxauxi ab. meriamie, Rothschild, l.r. (1894). 

 Dilophonota obscura a.h. janiphae, Rothschild, I.e. 



