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lliitf'ii/u S,„: X. ,SV. i. p. -J-J (1K74) (Texas) ; id., I.e. ii. p. 22^■,. u. :« (IHTf.) (Texas) ; id., I.i 



iii.'p. 2-J2. n. 34 (1877) (Texas). 

 P(icli;/lii( ficus var. vem'siii'Ienx/x Scliaufuss, Xiuiq. Otia.t. i. p. 1(1 (1870) (Venezuela). 

 rurhyUa iiiulatifuxrHi Butler, I.e. ix. p. .'J78. a. •> (1H77) (Haiti ; Brazil) ; Kirby, I.e. ii. 2 (IH'.I'J). 

 Puclii/liii ficiix A., Biinninghausen, y;i.s xii. p. 118. n. 2G (18911) (Rio de Jan.). 

 Piichi/lid Jiciis li., id., /.c. n. 27 (18119) (larva noticed). 

 PiD'hi/liaJicus n. var. aterrima id., /.f. p. 1 10. sub u. 27 (18111)) (Rio de Jan.). 



(J?. Eye large. End-segment of antenna long, filiform distally, about as ^ 

 long as the fonr previous segments together. Palpus prominent, broad at end, less I; 

 triangular than in sijces', but more ])rojecting than in rrsnnims and durceta. Spines 

 of abdomen long and strong, and sej)arate on tergites and sternites ; there are 

 no, or few, small weak s])ines. First segment of hindtarsus of ? as long as 2 to 5 

 together, shorter in S ; long terminal hindtibial spur as long as half the first 

 tarsal segment, but somewhat variable. The S generally less olive than the ? ; 

 markings of forewing variable in distinctness. Tlie brown side-patches of the 

 abdomen often vestigial. West Indian individnals on tlie whole less variegated 

 than Continental ones. 



S- Scent-organ of foreco.xa not strongly devcdoped. Tenth tergite of abdomen 

 (PI. XLIl. f. 1, dorsal view) dividcul into two long, slender, pointed, densely hairy 

 processes, wliich are almost parallel, curving a little ventrad and lat(Tad at end ; 

 sternite vestigial, without processes. Clasper (PI. XLVI. f 2) broadly sole-shajied ; 

 a patch of short stiff hairs near the base on inner surface ; harpe short, horizontal, 

 ending in a very obtuse process, which is beset at upper edge with spines pointing 

 upward and basad. Penis-sheath (PI. LIII. f. 12) with a few teeth at the right side. 

 ? . p]ighth tergite sinuate, feebly chitinised distally, strongly chitinised 

 proximally and at the sides. Vaginal jjlate large, not sharply defined distally, its 

 apical edge not being incrassate or elevate ; orifice in a large impression, the walls 

 of which are somewhat raised ; postvaginal part of impression scaled ; no further 

 armature ; proximal part membranaceous, folded (PI. XL. f. 15). Seventh 

 sternite elongate-trapeziform, about as long as proximally bmad : apex truncate, 

 sharply defined, apical edge about .3 mm. long, angles rounded. 



Larva green, with a yellow dorso-lateral line from the head to the tip of the 

 short horn, from this line run on each segment, except first, backwards to hinder 

 margin a yellow oblique band (Burmeister, I.e.). Changing before pupation into 

 orange above, bluish grey below. — Food-plant : Ficiis. 



Hah. Florida, Texas, West Indies, southward to Buenos Ayres. 

 A common species. 



In the Tring Museum (ii) odd sjieeiniens fjom : Jamaica; Cuba; Bahamas; 

 Trinidad ; various places of Ceiiti-al a))d South America, soutliward to Bolivia, 

 Argentina, and Southern Brazil. 



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303. Pachylia syces. 



Merian, Miiam. Ins. Surin. t. 3.3 fig. sup. sinistra (I70.''i) (larva and pupa this species otJickk). 

 Sphii}.rfiri,.'<, Stoll (mm Linne, 17ri8), in Cram., Pap. E.r. iv. p. 21G. t. 394. f. n (1782) (Surinam). 

 Eiiya .•.(/i-fx Hiibner, Veivj. hek. Srhm. p. 132. n. 1424 (1822). 

 Pachylia firm, Walker, List Lap. In«. B. M. viii. p. 189. n. 1 (ISyfi) (partim) ; Boisd., C»n.<. Up 



Guatemala p. 72 (1870) (partim) ; id., Spn: Gni. Lep. Ilct. i. p. 13(i. n. (1875) (partim). 

 C7iae)Wrtni;)a .^«(.s, Menetrie's, £h«w. Corp. .\iiiin. .Utis. Peti: ii. p. 133. n. l.'dl. & Suppl. p. 91 



n. 1.511 (1857) (Haiti). 

 Pachylia syces, Butler, Trans. Zanl. Soc. Loml. ix. p. .')78. n. 4 (1877) (Brazil ; .Jamaica ; Haiti 



= iinirnata) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 678. n. 5 (1892) (Brazil ; Antilles). 

 Sphinx fivn (!), Gundlach, Conlr. Ent. Ciibana, p. 201 (1881) (sub synon.). 



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