(-373 ) 



c?. Forecoxa with scent-orgau. Tenth segment divided. C'lasper witli many 

 erect friction-scales. 



9 . Seventh sternite without spines. 



Larva cylindrical, thoracical segments not enlarged. A dorso-lat^ral stripr tVom 

 thorax or head to horn, from this stripe oblique bauds extend downwards and 

 backwards. Horn short in adult. — Food-plants: Ficus ; Artocarpiis. 



Pupa imperfectly described. 



Hab. Tropical and Subtropical America. 



Four species. 



Key to the species : 



a. Hindwing with white marginal spot at tip 



of SM'^ . . . ^ b. 



Hindwing without white marginal spot at tip 



ofSM- c. 



b. Hindwing without distinct black median band . 303. P. syces. 

 Hindwing with distinct black median band . 302. P. ficus. 



c. Hindwing with distinct black median band . 305. P. resiinienx. 

 Hindwing without distinct black median band. 304. P. darceta. 



302. Pachylia ficus. 



Merian, Metdin. lits. Sui-iii. t. 33. fig. sup. dextera (1705) (larva & pupa thi.s species or mcen). 

 S/,J,;,i.r ^ticii-f Linn6, Syst. Nat ed. x. p. 491. n. 13 (1758) ; Linne', .Uus. Lnil. Ulr. p. 353 (17(U) ; 



Clerck, Icmi. Ins. ii. t. 49. f. 2 (17C4) ; Linne, Si/s/. Nat. ed. xii. p. 800. n. 15 (17G7) ; Diury, 



JIhiKlr. Ex. Eiif. ii. p. 44. t. 20. f. 1. & Index (1770-73) (Jamaica) ; Miill., Natuiv. v. 1. p. (YM. 



n. 15 (1774) ; Fabr., Si/st. Etit. p. 540. n. 13 (1775) ; Cram., Pnp. Ex. iii. p. 90. t. '-Ui;, f. i: 



(1779) ; Goeze, Ent. Bf>/lr. iii. 2. p. 1G4. n. 15 (1780) ; Fabr., Sjm: Ins. ii. p. 145. u. 20 (1781) ; 



id., Ma?d. Ins. ii. p. 95. n. 29 (1787) ; Gmel., Syst. Nat. i. 5. p. 2380. n. 15 (1790) ; Fabr., Eul. 



Syst. iii. 1. p. .360. n. 31 (1793) ; Thunb., Mus. Nat. Ups. xxiii. p. 9 (1804) ; Turt., Syst. Nat. 



iii. 2. p. 172 (180G) ; Drury, ed. Westw., Illustr. Ex. Ent. ii. p. 48. t. 20. f . 1 ( ? ) (1837). 

 Pholus ficus, Hiibner, IVrr. b.k. Schm. p. 1.34. n. 1438 (1822). 

 DeiUphUa fij-us, Biirmeister, Sphing. Bras. p. 61. n. 1 (1850). 

 Pachylia ficus. Walker, List Lf/). fits. B. .1/. viii. p. 189. n. 1 (1850) (partim) : Lucas, in Sagra, 



hist. Cuba p. 295 (1850) ; Clem., Joiini. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philail. iv. p. 158. n. 14 (1859) (synon. 



partim) ; Morris, Cat. Lcp. N. Am. p. 19 (1800) (partim) ; Clem., in Morris, Syii. Lcp. N. Am. 



p. 181. n. 1 (1802) ; Herr.-Sch., Corresp. Bl. p. 58 (1805) (Cuba); Grote,' Proc. Ent. Sac. 



Philad. V. p. 62 (1805) (Cuba) ; id. & Rob., ihid. v. p. 158. n. 59 (1805) (Cuba) ; Grote, Lc. 



\i. p. 329 (1807) (Cuba) ; Boisd., Cons. Lq>. Guatemala p. 72 (1870) (partim) ; Schauf,, Ninni. 



Olios, i. p. 10 (1870) (Surinam); Grote, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. iii. p. 185 (1871) (Cuba); 



Wallengr., (ifr. Vet. Ah. Eiirh. xxviii. p. 913. n. 15 (1871); Boisd., Spec. Gen. Up. llet. i. 



p. 130. n. 3 (1875) (partim) ; Grote, Bull. Buffalo Sac. N.Sc. ii. p. 226. n. 31 (1875) (Florida) ; 



MOschl., IV,;,,. Zool. But. ties. Wien xxvi. p. 347 (1870) (Surinam) : Butl., Tnins. Zool. Sue. 



Land. ix. p. 578. n. 1 (1877) (Mexico; Haiti) ; Grote, I.e. iii. p. 222. n. 33 (1877) (Florida) ; 



Dew., Mitth. Miincli. Ent. I'er. i. p. 91 (1877) (Porto Rico) ; Butl., Trans. Ent. Soc. Land. 



p. 40 (1878) (Amazons) ; id., Proc. Zool. Soc. Land. p. 483. n. 54 (1878) (Jamaica) ; M.aass., 



Slett. Ent. Zeit. xH. p. 59 (1880) {undatifascla =fici(s) ; Druce, in Biol. Centr. Amer., Lep. Bet. 



i. p. 15. n. 1 (1881) ; Gundl., Contr. Ent. Cuhana p. 200 (1882) (Cuba) ; Auriv., Kongl. Sr. 



Vet. AL Handl. xix. 15. p. 1.35. n 171 (1882) (recensio critica) ; Schaus, Papilio iv. p. 21 (1884) 



(larva noticed) ; Snell., Tijdschr. Ent. xxx. p. 34 (1887) (Curasao) ; Smith, Trans, .imer. Ent. 



Soc. XV. p. 138. t. 0. f. 1. 2 (genit.) (1888) (Florida; Texas) ; Edw., B«//. U. St. N. .Uus. xxxv. 



p. 42 (1889) (liter, rel. to metam.) ; Kirby, Cat. Lcp. Ilct. i. p. 078. n. 1 (1892) ; Druce, I.e. 



Suppl. p. 309 (1890) ; Sloss., Ent. News x. p. 96 (1899) (Florida) ; Hamps., Ann. .Mafj. N. II. 



(7). vii. p. 250 (1901) (Bahamas). 

 Cliaeroenmpa erauieri Mt'netrii's, Enum. Corp. Anim. Mus. Pctr., Lej). ii. p. 133. n. 1511. i<: Su/i/il. 



p. 91 (18,'57) (Bahia). 

 Pachychia lyncea Clemens, l.l.cc. ("(J of /,us, or distinct V ") ; Morris, I.e. (1800); Grote, fiull. 



