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fcirewiiifj is more or less interrtipteil, wideiicrl on disc aiid zigzag ; tlie oliliijue 

 streak before the hinder angle, so ilistiuet in obsrura, is vestigial here. The 

 blackish border of the liindvviug is not sharply defined and fades often awaj' in 

 front. The external series of spines on the first segment of the foretarsns is 

 doubled, at least at base. 



(?. Processes of tenth sternite longer than the tergite. Harpe short and stout 

 (PI. XLV. f 24). Armature of penis-sheath (PI. LIII. f. 8) different from 

 that of the other species : the dentate part of the right-side edge very short, the 

 row reduced to a few teeth ; the left-side row also short, consisting of about five 

 teeth ; the apical process rather prominent, with a short but obvious carina before 

 end and a tooth at the tip. 



Ilah. Mexico: Yucatan; Orizaba; Jalapa; Co^ta Rica. 



In the Tring Museum 5 (^c?, 5 ? $ from: Jalapa, ii. ; and Orizaba, ii.' iv. 

 (Schaus) ; San Jose, Costa Rica, iii. (Underwood). 



Occurring most likely farther south. 



2y(3. Erinnyis oenotrus (PI. X. f. 7, c?). 



Sphiiix oenotrus Stoll, in Cramer, Pup. E.r„t. iv. p. 22. t. 301. f. c (1780) (Suriaam) ; Me'in-tr., 



Emim. Carp. Anbn. Mus. P,tr. ii. Siippl. p. 90. n. 1494 (1857). 

 Sphinx penai'iis Fiibricius, ^[unt. Iii.<s. ii. p. 93. n. 14 (1787) (Amer. mer.) : Gmel., Sijst. Nat. i. 5. 



p. 2374. n. 50 (1790) : Fabr., Eitl. Syst. iii. 1. p. 3(10. n. 15 (1793). 

 Erinnyis oenotrus, Hiiliner, IV;-. hek. Srhm. p. 139. n. 1490 (1822). 

 Dilophonotn ocnulriis, Burmei.ster, Sjililng. Bniail. p. 70 (IHoG) ; Schaus, Eiii. Xews ix. p. 13(! (1898) 



(= meloHi-liol/rii = /liprris ; = i-inerosd = joniji/ioi' ex err.) ; BoQningh., Iris xii. p. 122 (1899) 



(partim V). 

 fiphin-r pirtd Sepp, Siirin. Vliml. ii. t. 9(; (1848) ( $,X'/- '""/")• 

 Ancert/x oenolnis, Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 227. n. 9 (1856) (partim) ; Clem., Journ. Ac. 



N. Sc. Phitod. iv. p. 177. n. 78 (1859) ; id., in Morris, Sijn. Lep. N. Am. p. 202. n. 6 (1862) ; 



Dew., Mitth. .Uiimli. Ent. Ver. i. p. 92 (1877) (Porto Rico) ; MOschl., Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. 



Wien xxxii. p. ,3.32 (1882) (Surinam). 

 Zonilia pcueus, Walker, /.<■. p. 193. n. 2 (1856) (sub syn.). 

 Erinnyis vteUinrholini Grote, Pror. Ent. Sot: PhiUid. v. p. 77. t. 2. i. i (^) (1865) (Cuba) ; id. 



& Rob., ibid. V. p. 168. n. Ill (1865). 

 Dilophonotii nnlanrliolirii Grote, l.r. vi. p. .329 (1867) (Cuba) ; id.. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. iii. p. 185 



(1H71) (Cuba) : id., Onuid. Ent. xviii. p. 136. n. 93 (1886) (West Indies northward) ; Smith. 



Tran.'i. Amer. Ent. Soc. xv. p. 160 (IH88). 

 Anceryx piperis Grote & Rob., Trims. Amer. Enl. Sue. ii. p 77 (1868) ( ? ;= cinerosa ; — Mus. P.iris); 



Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lep. Ilel. i. p. 132. n. 19 (1875) (Brazil). 

 Dihiphonola aenolrus (!), Butler, Proc Zool. Soc. Lorn/, p 484. n. 59 (1878) (Jamaica) ; Druce, in 



Biol. Centr. Amer., Lep. Net. i. p. 19. n. 3 (1«8I) ; id., l.r Snjipl. p. 313 (1896). 

 Dilophmoto hippothoon Burmeister, Descr. Reji. Argent, v. p. 333 (1878) ; id., I.e. Alios p. 29. t. 10. 



f. 5 ( ? ) (1879). 

 Dilophonota obscurii V, inelancholica, Gundlach, Conlr. Enl. Cuhono p. 220 (1882) (syn. partim). 

 DilophonoUi stheno, id., I.e. p. 221 (18S2) (sub syn.). 

 Ddophonola pieta , Kirby, I.e. n. 11 (1K92). 

 Dilophonotti piperis, Bonninghausen, I.e. p. 121. n. 34 (1899) (Rio de Jan.). 



S ?. The sexes are dissimilar, the ? l)eing greyish white on the forewiug, with 

 black patches, while the <S is blackisii l)rown marked with grey. Abdomen below 

 with black dots. Underside of palpus, breast, and abdomen paler than in crameri. 

 Harpe see PI. XLV. f. 20. 



Larva (see Burmeister, I.e., hij>pot/iooii) greenish yellow, with a pale band from 

 head to horn. — Food plant : Morretda. 



Chrysalis j)ale yellow, strij)ed with black on wing-cases and breast, abdominal 

 segments with black transverse dashes. 



