( 300 ) 



(??. Ditl'ers t'roui ij/Ziis us lulluws : wliitf licit :it liase ol' uIhIoiucii iinioli 

 narrower, the following tergite not brown ; bluck median lines of forewing indistinct 

 behind, excei)t first, whicli is bordered white proximally, not distally, excejjt at 

 costal margin ; distal patch of forewing below almost black, smaller than in the 

 preceding species, generally not touching the cell, at least not between 11' and M', 

 there being always a spot of the ground-colour at the base of the cellule R' — M'. 



S. Tenth sternite rather shorter than in iji/iis and a little more curved. Left 

 harpe (PI. XLVI. f. U) obtuse ; right one (PI. XLVI. f. 13) more strongly curved 

 and rather longer than in ijj/u's. Penis-sheath compressed distally (PI. LIII. f. ::,':>) 

 the cariniform part ending in a point and bearing a few teeth. 



JIah. Mexico to Bolivia and Southern Brazil. Ti/jjc {S) from R. Cachyaco. 



In the Tring Museum Vi S <S , \ ?? from: Jalapa, Mexico, vi. (Schaus) ; 

 ("osta Rica (Underwood) ; Rio Cachyaco, Prov. Iquitos (Stuart) ; San Augnstin, 

 Mapiri R., Bolivia, 35U0 ft.,ix. (Stuart); Maripa, Caura R., Venezuela, iii. (Klages); 

 Rio Demerara ; Bauru, Sao Paulo (Dr. Hempel) ; St. Cathariua. 



0. ENYO.— Typns : jaj,ix. 



S/)hiii.i-, Cramer (/*"« Linne, 1758), Pap. Ex. i. p. 137 (177G). 



Setiii, Oken, Lehi-h. Xaiiirg. iii. I. p. 750 (1815) (.S'l.v/V; emend.). 



Enyo Hiibner, Verz. hek. Schiit. p. 132 (1822) (partim ; type : jaj>ix). 



Unzehi Walker, List Lep. Ins. U. M. viii. p. 161 (185G) (type: japic = dUrrepaMs). 



Thijreiis. Schaufuss {mm Swaiason, 1821), Nanq. Otios. i. p. 20 (1870). 



Cortiipalpiis Felder, Reise Norara, Lep. t. 82 (1874) (mm. hidescr.). 



Ti/toyiiiithiis Boisdnval, Spec. Gen. Lep. Het. i. p 293 (1875) (partim). 



S ? . Differs from Aleuron in the tibiae being spiuose. 

 Early stages not known. 



Hab. Trojiical and Subtropical America, exclusive of the West Indies, from 

 Mexico to Southern Brazil. 



Two species, which have both the first and second segments of the paljius 

 strongly angulated, and the third rather prominent. 



Forewing with dark olive median band, interrupted 



in front 331. K. JKpLr. 



Forewing with only the triangular costal patch of 



the median interspace dark olive . . . 332. JJ pronoe. 



331. Enyo japix. 



Sphhur japix. Cramer, Pap. Ex. i. p. 137. t. 87. f. c (1776) (" N. York " err. loci) : Goezo, Eiit. Bei/lr. 



iii. 1. p. 220. n. 55 (1780) ; Grote & Rob., Prm: En/. Sue. Philad. v. p. 102 (1865) (not fouud 



in U.S.A.). 

 Kmjiijiipix, Hiibner, Vnz. h,k. Srhw. p. 132. n. 1416 (IS-_>2). 

 rnzela?japyx(\), Walker, Li.'tt Lrj/. Jits. B. .1/. viii. p. 162. n. 2 (1856) : Clcni., /V.-r. .1,-. .V. Sr. 



Philad. iv. p. 134. n. 11 (1850) ; id., in Morris, Syn. Lep. X. Am. p. 155. n. 1 (1862). 

 Thyrcus japix, Schaufuss, Niinq. Otitis, i. p. 20 (1870) (Venezuela). 



Tylognathusjapyx (I), Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. Hit. i. p. 203. n. 1 (1875) (Brazil ; Surinam). 

 Unz€lajaj)i.c, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilet. i. 641. n. 1 (1802) (America). 



J?. The median band of the forewing is straight proximally, incised at M- 

 distally and interrnpted between R' and costal margin ; it is variable in width and 

 fades often into tawny olive. The first abdominal tergite has a white fringe 

 resembling that of Aleuron iphis and neglcctum. 



