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c? ?. Tlic olive basal band oi' the forewing is narrow ; the discal silvery spots 

 are nearly oi' eijual size, in most specimens the upper one transverse, the second 

 more or less ronnded ; forewing narrower than in the other Continental species. 

 Harpe obtnsely ])ointed (PI. XL VI. f. S). Dentate part of penis-sheath (PI. LIII. 

 1'. In) obtusely acuminate, elongate-ovate, densely denticulated proximally at the 

 rigiit side. White line of j)alpns interrupted. 



Hah. Mexico to llio de Janeiro. 



In the Tring Museum 5 c?c?, one of them ex coll. Lennep, another from 

 Valencia, Venezuela, a third without locality, two from Costa Kica (M. de 

 Mathan). 



The type oi/au/tt/.s is in Lad condition. The left forewing is much torn at the 

 apex, and the apex of the right one is cut off with a sharp instrument. This 

 accounts for the forewing beitig described by Boisduval as being less sinuate 

 than in j)/ufo and a little truncate at the apex. The posterior silvery spot is 

 nearly as large as in btibasttis, but its upper inner angle points basad. The penis- 

 sheath is as in o/'clus ; the harpe and tenth segment are not preserved in the 

 mutilated sjiccimen. 



313. Madoryx pluto. 



Sjihhix pluto Cramer, Pap. Ex. iii. p. 39. t. 210. f. E (1779) (Surinam) ; Goeze, Eid. Beyti: iii. 2. 



p. 226. n. 85 (1780) ; Chavannes, Bull. Sor. Va(h}xe He. Nat. (18.54) (larva, pupa). 

 Jleme.roplancf: /)liit(iniii.'i Hilbner, FcK. bd: Schm. p. 133. n. 1427 (1822). 

 CalUoinina phito, Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. .1/. viii. p. 111. n. 3 (1856) (partim) ; Burm., Dean: Ri'p. 



Arijent. v. Atlas p. 33. t. 13. f. 1 (larva), f. 6 (pupa) (1879). 

 .\fii(l(iri/j: phiUi, Boisduval, f^pee. Gen. Lip. Hit. i. p. 152. n. 3 (1875) (Cayenne, Surinam) ; Schaus, 



K„t. Xnrs vi. p 141 (1895) (synou.). 

 *.\Ia(lonj.r clebui-ivi, Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. Hit. i. p. 155. n. 6 (1875) (Brazil ; — Mus. BruxeUes) ; 



Maass., Stett. Ent. Zeit. xli. p. 08 (1880) (= "i phito). 

 Calliomuia ? pluto, Butler, Tran.f. Zool. Hoc. Land. ix. p. 538. n. 1 (1877) (partim), 

 Henieruplanes deborrei, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix. p. 630 (1877) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. 



p. 647. n. e (1892) (Brazil) ; Bonningh., Iris xii. p. 124. n. 45 (1899) (Rio de Janeiro; distinct 



from pluto). 

 Callionniia pUitoniiis, Kirby, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 234 (1877) (sjTion.) ; id.. Cat. Lep. Het. i. 



p. 646. n. 1 (1892) (Brazil). 

 Hcmerojdanes plutotoniiis (!), Smith, Tran.s. Amcr. Ent. Soc. xv. p. 60 (1888). 

 Ilemerojilanes pluto, DTuce, in Biol. Centr. Amer., Lep. Het. Suppl. p. 303. n. 3 (1896) ( Jalapa ; 



Chiriqui). 



c??. TJie few specimens from Central America and Colombia which we have 

 seen differ from the South Brazilian individuals in the forewing being dentate at 

 aC', as is the case in Cramer's tigure ; our Surinam specimens, however, have the 

 wing even, like Southern individuals. The lower silvery spot is longer in the 

 ("entral American and Colombian sjiecimcns than in those from the more eastern 

 and soutliern countries, and tlie tentli sternite is longer. There are possibly two 

 subspecies. 



S. Tenth sternite longer than in the other species, about twice or thrice the 

 length of the lobes of the tergite. Harpe broadly triangular, somewhat curved 

 upwards. Penis-sheath (PI. LIII. f. 19) elongate-acuminate, densely spinose at 

 the edges and on the u])per surface at tiie right side and at end, ventro-laterally 

 clothed with spines, which are generally broken off, being very loosely inserted in 

 the membrane of the lateral and ventral apical surface of the penis-sheath. 



Larva figured by Chavannes and again by Burmeister, l.l.c.c. ; long, somewhat 

 flattened, grey ; head small, thorax somewhat enlarged, seventh segment with 



