( 490 ) 



pointed, curved ilowiiwavds. Clnsjior narrowed from middle to end, dorsal margin 

 convex near base, then nearly striiiu'lit : a large suLapical jiatch of bristles on inner 

 surface ; Iiarj)e of the safr///f/a-t\]>i.', pmcess shorter than in tliat species. Penis- 

 sheiith with a slender, ])ointed j)rocess. 



Larva green or red-brown, six white lateral elongate spots. — Food-))lants : 

 Vitis and Ainpelopsis. 



t'remaster of jmpa triangular, flattened, rough. 



Ildb. Netirctic liegion, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, extending into Mexico. 



In the Tring Museum 2 larvae, ~ jiupae, 5U-odd specimens from : N. Jersey ; 

 W. Virginia ; Colorado ; Phoenix, Arizona, v. vi. (Dr. Kunze); Prescott (v.). Phoenix 

 (v.), Jerome (vi.), and Flagstaff (vii.), Arizona (Oslar) ; Albuipienpie, New Mexico 

 (Oslar) ; Gold Hill, Oregon (Biedermann). 



410. Pholus typhon. 



*Sjihh,.,- l;//ihi,>i Klug, Nttie Schm. t. .'5. f. 1 (18:iG) (Mexico ;— Mus. Berlin). 



Flii hill, pel IIS tj/pliuii, Walker, List Lip. liis. li. M. viii. p. 177. n. 5 (185ii) (Mexico) ; Clem., Jinirii. 

 Ac. N. Sc Pliihiil. iv. p. U)5. n. 41 (IHr)!)) ; Morriii, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 19 (ISCiO) ; Clem., in 

 Morris, Si/n. Lep. N. Aiu. p. 17S. n. 3 {\W,->.) ; Grote & Rob., Pmc. Enl. Sue. Plidml. v. p. 158. 

 n. ,')7 (18C5) (tropical contin. distr.); Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lep. Hi'l.i. p. 2U4. n. 14 (1875) (Mexico); 

 But!., Trii/ix. Ziiiil. Sue. Lnwl. ix. p. 675. n. 5 (1877) (Mexico) ; Druce, in Biol. Cent,: Aiiier., 

 L,/i. II,t. i. p. 14. n 3 (1881) (Oaxaca) ; Edw., E,it. Amei: iii. p. 223 (1888) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. 

 ll,t. i. p. (itJS n. G (18il2) ; Druce, I.e. Siippl. p. 308 (1890) (Durango). 



c? ? . A magnificient species, intermediate between sfrenua and fasriatiis on 

 one side, and achcmon on the other, but nearer achemoti. Hiudwing above from 

 base to disc, and forewing below (distal marginal liorder excepted) red. Palpus 

 without white spot. Brown patch of mesonotum as large as in achemon. Brown 

 triangular jiostdiscal costal patch of forewing above continued backwards and 

 joining the triangular patch which stands at hinder margin near angle, the baud 

 thus formed thinnest between II' and M', where it is often interrupted ; proximally 

 of this band there is a well-marked brown line, with the interspace })ale. External 

 sjiines of first protarsal segment not piolonged. R^ of hindwing before centre of 

 cell, D' longer than D*. 



cJ. Tenth tcrgite slender, ending in a sharji point. CUasper broad ; a large 

 patch of bristles filling up the greater ])art of the ajiical half of the inner surface ; 

 harjie of the sa/fll/tia-tyYe, not essentially different from that of i^ntellitia licmvL 

 Process of penis-sheath acute, about twice as long as the sheath is broad. 



Early stages not known. 



Hub. Mexico. 



In the Tring Museum 1 c?, 1 ? from : Jalisco, Mexico. 



417. Pholus strenua. 



Uiaeroi-an,pu sireniia Men^tries, Ennm. Corp. Anini. Mas. Peti:, Lip. p. 132. u. 1523. t. 12. f. 3 (1857) 



(Haiti). 

 PUilampeliis ati-eninis, Grote, Proc. Eiit. Sue. Philad. v. p. 00 (I8G5) ; id. t\i Rob., ihiit. v. p. 157. 



n. 53 (1805) (Haiti) ; Butl., 3Voh.s. ZuoI. Soc. Lmut. ix. p. 574. n. 4 (1877). 

 Phihimpebis (Ihipii) mirifieatnf. Grote, Bull. Biiffahi Soc. N. Sc. ii. p. 148 (1875) (Cuba). 

 PhilampehiK xlreniia, Boi^duval, Spec. Gen. Lep. hit. i. p. 203. n. 13 (1875). 

 Philunipelus mirijicatu.'!, Butler, 7Vo;/.s-. Zonl. Soc. Lond. ix. p. 575. n. 8 (1877) (Cuba) ; Kirby, (at. 



Lep. Ilet. i. p. OG'.I. u. 2 (1892). 

 Diipo strenua, Kirby, Cut. Lep. Met. i. p. 608. n. 5 (1892). 

 *L)uj)o doininyiinis Rotbschild, Nov. Zooi,. i. p. 83 (1894) (S. Domingo ;— Mus. Tring). 



