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barpe longer than clasper, similar to that oi japix ; left one (Fl. XLVI. f. 6) short 

 ending in a sliort, somewhat clnhbed process, or the process sinnate at end. 

 Penis-sheath (PI, LIII. f. ;iS) with a flat, twisted process, the right edge of 

 which is obtnsely dentate, the teeth being continued as folds on the surface of 

 the process. 



Ilah. Honduras to Bolivia and Sta. Catliarina. 



Two subspecies : 



a. E. jjronoi' pronoe. 

 *Unzela pronoe Druce, l.l.c.r. 

 *Unzela voricgala Rothschild, I.e. 



c??. Hiudwing pale, seniitrauspareut, except distally and posteriorly. Tentli 

 sternite of c? almost three times the length of the tergite. 



I/ab. Honduras to Bolivia and Para. 



In the Tring Museum 5 c?c?, 1 ? from: Chiriqui ; Para; S. Augnstin, 

 Mapiri 1\., Bolivia, ix. (Stuart) ; La Union, ( 'aura R., Venezuela, vi. '02 (Klages). 



L E. proiioi- J'uscatus subsp. uov. 

 l'ir.i'la spec, Bonniughausen, Irk xii. p. 134 (1899) (S. Catharina). 



S . Hiudwing brown, the semitransparent area reduced to a streak in cell and 

 another behind it ; underside of body more clayish, and the discal costal patch of 

 forewing above smaller, than in the northern form. Tenth sternite a little more 

 than twice the length of the tergite ; left harpe sinuate, upjier lobe acute. 



Ilab. Sta. Catharina. 



In the Tring Museum 1 cj (ti/pe) from Sta. (Jatharina. 



CI. EPISTOR.— Typus : hu/iibris. 



Sphinx Linnr, Si/st. Nat. ed. x. p. 489 (1758) (partim ; type : oceilata). 



Enyo Hilbner, Verz. heh. Schm. p. 132 (1822) (partim ; type : japix) : Walk., Lid L<p. Lis. B. M. 



viii. p. 112 (1856). 

 Thyreux, Harris (non Swainson, 1821), in Sillim., Joiirn. Sr. Art xxxvi. p. 306 (1839) (partim). 

 Pterogon, Burmeister {non Boisduval, 1834), Sphinf/. Bran. p. 72 1856). 

 Epistor Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lip. Ilet. i. p. 290 (1876) (type : lu f/iibris). 

 Triptogon Menetries, Ennni. Corp. Anim. .l/».s-. Petr., Lep. Siijipl. ii. p. 94 (1857) (partim ; num. 



inilescr.) ; Kirby, Col. Lrp. Hit. i. p. 644 (1892). 



c??. Palpus smoothly scaled, closely a])pressed to head, apex of lioth together 

 rounded in dorsal view, third segment small, with u pale ti]). Eye large, not 

 distinctly lashed: Antenna feebly or more distinctly incrassate towards hook, 

 this long, sharply curved, tiji generally pointing basad •, end-segment very short, 

 flattened ventrally or excavate, with a brush of long scales dorsally and apically. 

 Mesothorax with a high mesial crest, which is highest in i"ront. Spines of abdomen 

 narrow, weak ; S with apical tripartite fan, mesial brush narrow and prolonged ; 

 ? without fan-tail, seventh segment conical, sternite small, membranaceous apically. 

 Midtarsns with comb; scaling of hindtibia of c? prolonged dorsally and ventrally, 

 the tibia ajipearing compressed ; hindtarsus with four rows of sjjines, with very few 

 additional spines. Apex of forewing sinuate or truncate. 



S. Tenth tergite (PI. XLIV. f. ll). 11. 12) long, narrow, produced into a pointed 

 apical ])rocess and bearing three large, ])ointed, ventral, vertical teeth : sternite also 

 narrow, flat, horizontal, slightly dilated at end, the dilated part asymmetrical. 



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