( 412 ) 



cm. IIIMANTOIDES.— Typus: >unlat,(. 



I'lnijoniii Wiilker, LiH Lep. In^. IS. M. viii. p. l();i (1H.0G) (partim). 



Iliiiiiiiihiiili'K lUitler, Triinx. Znol. Sue. Lund. ix. p. (i2(i (1877) {noiii. imlcsir.) : Kirby, Trimn. 

 /■;»/. Snr. /.,„„/. p. 1'34. ■J4I) (1H77) («n,„. imir.irr.) ; Butl, Ibid. p. 395 (1877) (descript.). 



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cj ? . Allied to I'dcln/gonia. Antenna very lonj;;, reacliinf? beyond fork SC*-'' o: 

 forewing, filiform, slightly iucrassate in ? before the long and gradually taperin, 

 hook, end-segment about tliree times as long as broad. Palpi rounded in dorsal 

 and iu lateral view, ascending above eye, closely appressed to head. Frons sligiitly 

 crested ; side-scales forming a kind of eyebrow. Spines at edges of abdominal 

 segments elongate, only two rows present ; scales at ventral edges of tergites pro- 

 longed, especially in S, anal mesial tuft smooth, truncate, conical, not fan-like, 

 ventro-lateral scales prolonged to two rather thin but prominent tufts in both 

 sexes ; seventh sternite of ? transverse, short, apical edge straight and entirely 

 spinulose. Foretibia externally and hindtibia above and below with long scaling, 

 first liindtarsal segment also witli long scales. R' and M' of hindwing on a short 

 stalk ; hinder angle of forewing obtuse, not projecting backwards. 



(J. Tenth segment sim})le, not divided, narrow and long, sternite longer than 

 tergite. Clasper (PI. XLVII. f. 1.")) long, narrow, with almost parallel sides, 

 curved nj)wards, apex rounded, dorsal margin with very long scaling ])roximally, 

 inner surface densely clothed with long stiff liairs ; harpe short, ending in a short, 

 slender and slightly clubbed process. Penis-sheatli witli a sj)atulate, densely 

 dentate process, as shown by PI. LIII. f. 43. 



¥ . Vaginal plate feebly chitinised except at edges, triangular, sliort. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilab. Jamaica. 



One s]iecies. 



343. Himantoides undata. 



*Penijiima nndula Walker, I.e. n. G {\KA\) (.laraaic-a ; — Miis. Brit.) ; Boiscl., Njxt. Ghi. Li'p. EH. i. 



p. .328. n. 13 (1875). 

 Uimantuidex uiidota, Triim. ZoiA. Soc. Lund. i.\, p. (V.Ti (1877) : Kirby, Tninss. Ent. Sue. Land. 



p. -234. 240 (1877) ; Butl., ibid. p. 305 (1877) : Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilel. i. p. (134. n. 1 (1892) 



(.Jamaica). 



<? ? , The sexes differ obviously in the forewing, which is much more variegated 

 in the ? than in the c?. The series of black dots on the abdomen, above, cor- 

 responds to the respective dots of Paclnjgonia. The median interspace of the 

 forewing, which includes a distinct white black-edged stigma, is widened in front, 

 standing at right angles to the costa and reaching hinder margin at outer third ; it 

 is generally white behind and fuscons in front, seldom all greyish. The orange 

 median band of the hindwing is dilated basad in front. The fringe and edge of the 

 wing are somewhat orange before anal angle, reminding one of EKpyrrhoglos&um 

 aagra. The basal area of the forewing, below, exclnsive of a black triangular 

 patch, and the basi-abdominal area of the hindwing are orange. 



$. Tenth segment bent downwards, forming an obtnse angle with the rather 

 elongate ninth segment (PI. XLIV. f. 8) ; tergite obtuse at end, which is faintly 

 hooked in side-view ; sternite long, narrow, produced into a thin point which curves 

 downward, upperside of sternite concave, the groove gradually narrowing distally, 



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