( llfi ) 



//. Oolinicciiiis fi;ruuii(l-i'i)l()iir ot' iitilcrior distal 

 jxirt of disc of forewing below dividi-d ii|) 

 into rather sharply defined halfmoons . li.Ki. N. nephus, 

 Forewing below not ochraceons on disc, or 



the ochraceons spots ill-defined . . . . . i. 



i. Fronotum and anterior j)art of mesonotum 

 gre)', only with a brown mesial line, no 

 distinct lines in basi-costal area of fore- 

 wing above ...... '.\hA. y. mntiinin. 



Fronotum and mesonotum I'aintly variegated 

 witli brown ; a rather obvious abbreviated 

 subbasal band or patcli on forewing . . 'ii)b. S. idophns. 

 j. Apex of forewing sinuate .... 357. iV. riscus. 



Ape.x of forewing truncate .... 358. N. stuarti. 



347. Nyceryx hyposticta. 



* A lahiibjj- lii//)ostirtit Feldcr, Retse Noniiu, Leji. t. 77. f. 2. 3 (1874) (Colombia ; — Mus. Triiig). 

 Nyceiyx hypostictii, Boisduval, Sjiec. Gen. Lep. Ilct. i. p. l(i. n. 1 (1876) (Colombia) ; KirVjy, Cat. 



Lcp. Ilel. i. p. G77. n. 1 (1802). 

 Xijveryx rcijii Boisduval, I.e. {nam. .■iiiiiernic). 

 Ambulyx? kiijiuntiHa, Butler, Trans. Z<jijI. Sue. Loud. ix. p. 582. n. I'.l (1877). 



iS ?. The largest species of the genus. The association with Ambnhj.v. is wild. 

 In shajjc of the wings, pattern, and structure, liypo»ticta is close to o-icea, magna, 

 nictitttHfi, etc. Its i)attern is of a more generalised type. The white, sparsely 

 scaled, discal spots of the forewing correspond to the semi-transparent spots found in 

 Sesia/adns and allies. Similar spots are found in ericea. The interspaces between 

 the obscure lines of the forewing bear conspicuous yellow spots on the underside in 

 the basal half. 



<S. Ninth and tenth segments broad ; processes of tenth comparatively short, 

 resembling those of conthma, tergal ones rather club-shaped iu side-view. Harpe 

 short, truncate-sinuate, the upper lobe a little projecting, rouuded. Fenis-sheath of 

 the same type as in the other sjiecies ; whip (Fl. LIV. f. 1) with few teeth ; 

 left ridge not prominent, also with few teeth ; ridge on right side with four teeth ; 

 armature of penis-funnel symmetrical, the mantle hairy, no processes, but a rather 

 high ventral rounded ridge at each side. 



Hah. ( 'olombia and Venezuela to Bolivia. 



In the Tring Museum II c? c? from : Bogota ; U. Dagua, Colombia (Rosenberg) ; 

 8t. Uomingo, S.E. Feru, i. vi. (Ockenden) ; Merida (Briceno). 



In coll. Charles Obcrthiir a series from Huambo and ( 'hachapoyas, Feru 

 (Mathan). 



In coll. Staudinger from Cihancluimayo and Huayabamba, Feru; li. Songo and 

 R. Tanampaya, Bolivia. 



In coll. Dognin from Loja. 



348. Nyceryx ericea. 



*Piichiijimia ericea Dnico, Ann. .!/<///. X. 11. (d). ii. p. 285 (1888) (Chiriqui ; — coll. Staudinger) ; 



Kirby, Oit. Lep. Ilrl. i. p. (;38. n. '.I (1802) ; Druce, Bid. Centr. Ainer., Lep. Het. Siippl. t. 65. 



f. 2 (18'.m;). 

 Parhygimia njffeae, id. (».<« Walker, 185G), /..■. p. 290. n. 4 (1896) (Honduras; Chiriqui; not 



" Brazil ' ). 



