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patch costad, black distal shadowy band narrower tliaii in snfeUitia aud broadly 

 connected with the black patcli ; uo stigma. 



L'ndersif/e : as in satellitia, no red tints, but disc of forewing soiuewliat rnsset- 

 oehraceons ; first discal line rather S-shaped. White spot of palpus short. 



S. Tenth tergite sharply pointed, apex curved downwards, almost hooked 

 ( 'lasper without patch of bristles on innerside, dorsal margin concave ; harpe 

 as in satellitia, but stouter, tlie vertical part of the hook less evenly curved and 

 longer, slightly bent basad at tip. Penis-sheath slenderer than in satellitia. 



Early stages not known. 



Hab. Mexico. 



In the Tring Museum 1 S from : Guadalajara, Mexico. Not seen in other 

 collections. 



Distinguished from tria)ignlum by the underside not being red, and the absence 

 of a stigma from the hindwing ; from encus by the hindwing being devoid of the 

 discal line which runs in racxs from ujiper outer angle of the black jtatch costad ; 

 from cissi by the distinct white spot of tlie ]ialpus, and by the blnck antemedian 

 jiatcli of the forewing being sharply limited at (SM') and posteriorly liroader. The 

 species is nearest cissi, from which it is, however, distinct. 



4111. Pholus cissi. 



PhiUimpehi^ rh..-; Schaufuss, Nnnq. Of„„<. i. p. 19 (1870) (Venezuela) ; Rutl., Ti;ii,^. Z,ml. S„c. 



Limil. ix. p. .".7(1. n. 11 (1877) ; Kirby, Cat. Lrp. Met. i. p. fiG9. n. 7 (1892) ; Smyth, Eid. Ne.irn 



xii. p. 109 (1901). 

 Philampfbts riiii Kirby, I.e. n. 8 (1892) (laps, calami) ; Smyth, I.e. 



S ? . We have froiu the Felder collection a pair of which the ? is labelled 

 " Venezuela, Moritz," and bears a number in the same handwriting as tlie number 

 on tlie ])in of Xi/loplianes (//ortnlanus =) crotonis. In the Staudinger collection 

 is a S labelled " Tavar, Venezuela, Moritz, ex coll. Sommer." These specimens 

 are undoubtedly the insect miserably described by Schaufuss from Moritz's material 

 in Kadeii's collection. 



Similar to anchemolus and obliquus, from which it is distinct. Upperside of 

 body and forewing more olivaceous-tawny than in the ? of anchemolus. Palpus, 

 legs, and underside of body clayish drab ; first segment of palpus and prouotum 

 without white spots, or these vestigial ; ujjperside of tibiae not white. Mesonotum 

 aud first and second abdominal tergites grey in middle ; an uninterrupted, broad, 

 greyish middle line along the t.ther segments, the line feebly constricted at the 

 bases of the segments, much less so than in anchemolus. 



Wings, upperside. Forewing : lines in basal half irregularly undulate as in 



anchemolus ; patch at hinder margin much less intense, triangular ; no stigma ; 

 dark triangular marginal patches W — M- each bordered pro.ximally by a grey 

 angle-shaped sjiot, the olive-black scaling proximally of these spots extended costad 

 to U- as a rather heavy band, and then continued to near subapical patch as a fine 

 line; instead of this line there is a series of nervular dots in anchemolus; hinder 

 margin with a pale butf fringe, which extends less far distad than the white fringe 

 of anchemolus ; the pale space distally of median patch at hinder margin with two 



rather sharply marked zigzag lines. Hindwing : basal area pale buff", more butf 



than in oljliijuus, more extended than in either of the two close allies ; no stigma ; 

 black patch M- — SM- smaller, being less extended basad between M- and (SM') ; 

 from the upper outer corner of this patch runs a band costad, fading away costally, 



