( 414 ) 

 34."). Cautethia grotei. 



Citildltia spec, Hiillur, rupilU, i. p. 105 (IWl) (Imliiin K., Fla. ; is not nnrlnifuni, ',:<). 



Ciiulilhia grolei Edwards, Pujiilio ii. p. 10 (1882) (Indian R., Fla. ; is Macroglossid ) ; id., Eiil. 

 Amer. iii. p. 103 (1887) (pupa) ; Kirby, I.e. n. 3 (1892); Dyar, Pxyche vii. p. .-{So (18%) 

 (descr. of larva ; on Chidcoini nweiiiasa ; Lake Worth, Fla.) : id., Pmr. U. St. N. .l/«.s. .\x.\iii 

 p. 2rir. (1900). 



c? ?. The silvery-grey colour of tlie forewiiiii; and body j)romiiieiit. 



c?. Tenth tergite (PI. XLIII. f. -U) mucli longer tiuui the Bteruite, somewhat 

 hooked at end ; sternite strongly curving upwards, forming almost a semicircle in 

 side-view (PL XLIII. f. 32), sinuate at end, the lobes rounded, somewhat incrassate 

 on the ujiperside, base of sternite broad, dilated into a rounded lobe at each side, 

 tlie edge of this lobe, as well as of the curved process, rough with short spines. 

 Harpe (PI. XLVII. f. 13) long, pointed, not projecting. Penis-sheath (PI. LIII. 

 f. 3t)) without process. 



//'</;. Baiiamas ; Florida. 



Ill the Triug Museum 22 specimens from : Bahamas (Sir G. ('arter) ; Florida. 



34(). Cautethia noctuiformis. 



*()i:iiixau(la ii'irtiiiform/s Walker, A/.s/ Lqi. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 2.S2. n. 1 (185fi) (St. Domingo ;— Mu>. 



Brit.) ; Clem., Proc. Ac N. Si: Phihid. iv. p. 187. n. 1)2 (18511) (St. Domingo) ; Grote, Pror. 



Eiit. Sue. Phihtil V. p. 79. 83 (1865) (Cuba) : Herr.-Sch., Cumsp. HI. p. 57 (18(55) ; Schauf., 



XiDKj. Ofh,.^. i. p. 23 (1870) (Cuba); Dew., .Uillh. .Miiaih. Knt. I'-c. i. p. 91 (1877) (Porto Rico). 

 Cautethia noctiiifm-rnin, Grote & Rob., Pior. Eiit. So<: Philad. v. p. 168 (18l')5) (Cuba) ; Grote, Ann. 



Lye. N. Y,irk viii. p. 202 (1867) ; Herr.-Sch., Auxs. Schni. ii. f. 552 (1869) ; Butl., TraiiK. Zml. 



Soc. Loud. ix. p. 602 n. 1 (1877) (Haiti) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Tlet. i. p. 699. n. 1 (1892). 

 Braesia hipparsux Grote c^ Robinson, Trans. Ainei-. Knt. Soc. ii. p. 77 (1869) {num. max. super nu-.). 

 Cautethia grotei, Gundlach (non Edwards, 1882), Contr. Ent. Cuhana p. 179 (1882) (Cuba ; larva 



on Rnhiaceae). 



c? ? . The amount of yellow on the hindwiug is variable, in some individuals 

 the black marginal band extending almost to cell ; below, the yellow area is 

 sometimes reduced' to a small patch. 



S. Tenth tergite shorter than the sternite (PI. XLIII. f. 29. 30), truncate- 

 sinuate, slightly dilated at end ; sternite rounded at end, chib-shaped in a side-view, 

 the upj)er surface being swollen at apex, this swollen part divided mesially and 

 each half transversely ribbed. Harpe (PI. XLVII. f. 12) with a short, obtuse, 

 incrassate, process which is denticulate at the edge on the inner side. Penis-sheath 

 })roduced into a dentate jjrocess, which is longer than the sheath is wide. 

 (PI. LIII. f. 34). 



Hub. St. Thomas ; Porto Rico ; Haiti ; Cuba. 



In the Tring Museum 3 c?(J, 5 ? ? from : Cuba ; St. Thomas. 



CV. NYCERYX.— Typus : hi/po.^ticta. 



Periynula Walker, List Lip. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 100 (185G) (partim) : Boisd., Sp,c. Gen. Lip. Hit. 



i. p. 320 (1875) (partim). 

 Anthuly.r, Felder (rum Walker, 1856), Reise Niirara, Lep. t. 77 (1874). 

 Nyeeri/x Boisduval, I.e. p. 16 (1875) (type : hypostieta). 



S ? . Close to Perigoiiia, apex of forewing sinuate between SC^ and SC', or 

 truncate. 



