( 372 ) 



(18G2) : Herr.-Sch., Corresp. /Hull p. 59 (IHC.'j) (Cuba) ; Moschl., Verh. Zual. Bui. Gi'x. Wifn 



xxvi. p. 34G (IKTC)) ; id., /..-. xxxii. p. 332 (1882) (Surinam). 

 Kriiiiif/is nii,-ii«, Grote, Proi: Kiit. Sor. I'liilad. v. p. 72 (ISO;)) (Cuba) ; id. I'i Rob., ibid. p. 167. 



II. IOC. (ISOri). 

 Dilnjihimnhi cairtis, Grote, l.i:, vi. p. 3-iil (IgGT) (Cuba) ; id., Trims. .Imer. Kid. S,k: iii. p. 185 (1871) 



(Cuba) ; Bull., Tnaig. Zool. S,„: Loud. ix. p. ('.115. n. 11 (1877) ; Druce, in Biol. Centr. Amer., 



Lep. Ifet.i.p. 20. n. 6 (1881) (Honduras; Chiriqui ; Ecuador); Gundl., Coidi: Knt. Cuhaim 



p. 224 (1882) (larva and pupa). 

 Choerocampa caiciLi, Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lip. Hit. i. p. 24'J. n. 30 (1875) (Cayenne ; Cuba). 



c? ? . The s])ccie8 is easily recognised by the pale lines behind end of cell of 

 forewing, the bright rufous hindwing with the hliick distal band entirely separated 

 into vein-siKits, and the sharply banded abdominal tergites. 



6. Lobes of tenth tergite about five times as long as broad in middle, obtuse; 

 processes of sternite longer than the tergal lobes, apex curved downwards. Clasper 

 narrow, acuminate ; harpe slender, not distinctly dilated at end. Penis-sheath 

 situilar to that of Erinmjis crameri. 



llab. Florida : West Indies ; Central and South America, as far south as 

 Buenos Ayres. Not yet recorded from Mexico. 



In the Tring Museum 9 c?<?, 6 ? ? from : Florida ; Haiti ; Aroa, Veuej^uela ; 

 Britisii (juiaua, vii. xii. ; Iqnitos (Stuart). 



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Tkibe Sesiicae. — Typus : Iluin»ovrh<ujia fiti/us. 

 Scxiidae Stephens, Jlliistr. Brit. Ent., Hand. i. p. 132 (1828) (partim ; type : HuemorrhiKj/u tJti/iis). 



S ?. Abdominal spines not uniseriate, or if uniseriate then thorax not double- 

 crested. End-segment of antenna long or short, in the former case the midcoxal 

 merum angulatc. 



Hub. Cosmopolitan, but ouly three genera in the Old World. 



20 genera ; 102 species. 



Key to the genera see p. 350. 



XCII. PACHYLIA. 



S/iiiinx Linne, Si/st. Nal. ed. x. p. 489 (1758) (partim : type : ocellata). 



Kinjij Hiibner, I't;-. bek. Srhm. p. 132 (1822) (partiiu ; type : japix). 



Pholiis id., Lr. p. 134 (1822) (partim : type : criudur). 



Dcilqjhilii, Burmeister, (nun Laspeyres, 1809), Spliiny. Bras. p. 67 (1856). 



Pachylui Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 189 (1856) (type : ficiis). 



Chaeriirampa, Meue'tries {mm Duponchtl, 1835), Enum. Corp. Anini. Mas. Pelr. ii. p. 133 (1867). 



6 ? . Eye large, not lashed. Antenna setiform, without the trace of a club, 

 hook long, slender ; end-segment long, compressed, conical or filiform, except at 

 base, penultimate segment longer than vertically broad. Palpus different in the 

 four species, smooth-scaled. Abdomen with triangular tail in S, simply pointed in 

 ? ; spines very heavy, in one row, the long ones alternating with small ones, or 

 the small ones absent, in which case the long ones stand separated ; first sternite 

 (second segment) witii very few or with many spines. Hinder edge of midcoxa 

 cariniform, faintly angnlate. Comb of midtarsus preseut. Distal margin of 

 forewing entire, apex j)ointed ; cross-veins of hiudwing oblique, lower angle of cell 

 acuminate, R' and M' rather close together. 



