( :^7() ) 



Hull. Trojiical and iSiibtropiciil America, occasionally northward to Canada. 



Tlif s|H'(iniens from the West Indies and the Continent belong apparently tn 

 three snbsjiecics : 



1. Sj)ecini('iis t'nmi the ('ontiiient, ( 'iiba and Haiti have Ihc thorax brownish, at 

 least in front, and the brown markings and patches nl" tiie forewiui;' distinct ; this is 

 15oisdnval's rliachii.'i (PI. VIII. f. (i, ? ; 7, 6). 



'■I. An individnal withont locality, in the Tring iMnsenui, agrees I'airly well 

 with Hiibner's fignre of nthejio, differing from ( lontinentai individuals in tiic forewing 

 being shorter, less elongate, and in the mesial basi-apical line being widely 

 interrnjited on the disc, the apical j)ortion joining the oblique streak wliich stands 

 before hinder angle, and forming thus a kind of submarginal l)and. The harpe 

 of this specimen (PI. XLV. f T-\) is also obviously different, being slenderer 

 and more spatulate tl'.an in ( 'imtinental examples; this may be true xtheim 

 (Fl. VIII. f. 0, 6). 



:i The specimens from Jamaica (PI. VIII. f 8, J) are very jiale in both sexes 

 on thorax and forewing ; the longitudinal streak of the forewing of the S is feebly 

 nnirked, and tlieobli([Ue streak before hinder angle is absent ; the brown shading of 

 the forewing of the ? is less distinct than in the Continental ?, the Jamaica ? ? 

 agreeing nearly with the description of (irote's pallida from Cuba. Our Cuba and 

 Haiti ? ? and those in the British Museum as well as c?c? and ? ? from Haiti in 

 tlie Paris Mnseum are not essentially different from Continental examples. 



The tyjfes of ohncuia and stheiio came from the \\'est Indies ; possibly ohxcufd 

 and atheno are the same. More material from Cuba must be compared before it is 

 possible to say whether pallida is based on an abnormally pale ?, or whether the 

 pale Jamaica form occurs normally also in Cuba, perhaps in the eastern districts. 



In the Tring Museum 33 (?(^, 28 ? ? from : Jamaica ; Cuba; Haiti ; Mexico 

 southwards to Argentina and Southern Brazil. 



■,".111. Erinnyis domingonis (PI. VI II. f. 12, ? : 13, i). 



. I iirrnij- u\,f.i-ura, Walker (mm Fabricius, 1775), Lhl Lep. Im. B. M. viii. p. 226. n. 7 (1856) (partim). 

 *l)il;/,!„i,intu (hiiiniKjuiih Butler, Prur. Zoul. Soc. Loml. p. 268. n. 52 (1875) (Haiti ;— Mus. Brit.) ; 



ill., 7';-((H.s-. Zoai. Sue. Loml. ix. p. 004. n. 6 (1877): Kirby, Cut. Lep. Ilct. i. p. i^\)l. ii. 10 (1892) ; 



Schaus, Eiit. News ix. p. 136 (181)8) ( = fidu). 

 Dilnplionnta rliafhn?, Druce {non Boisduval, 1875), in B/dI. Ceii/i: Amer., Lip. Het. i. p. 19. d. 5 



(1881). 

 Dihphoiwla ffiita Edwards, I'lipilio ii. p. 11 (1882) (N.W. Texas; in coll. Neumoegen) ; Smith. 



Trans. Amei: Ent. Sor. xv. p. 161 (1888) (N.W. Texas); Kirby, I.e. p. 696. n. 4 (1892); Ottol., 



Ent. News vi. p. 218 (1895) (Texas, in coll. Neumoegen) ; Druce, l.r. StippL p. 314. n. 5 (.\) 



(1896) (Jalapa; Costa Rica). 

 nUiiphniiola iihsii(i-ii a.h.i'f!ita, Rothschild, Nov. Zooi.. i. p. 95 (1894). 



<^?. Forewing in both sexes brownish black for the greater part, differing in 

 this respect conspicuously from that of obscura, with which domingonis agrees in 

 tiie colour of the hindwing and in size ; a median and a larger subapical costal 

 patch and the distal marginal area more or less extended grey. The longitudinal 

 line of tlie S of ob.sciira is also j)resent in d(imin(/oni.s, Imt much less distin(^t, owing 

 Id the dark colour of the wing. 



J. Sexual armature essentially as in ohscarn ; process of harjie less curved, 

 uneven at upper edge, and deeper notched at end. 



Early stages not known. 



llab. West Indies ; Texas to Paraguay ; i)robably also Southern Brazil. 



