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Ihtlj. Neotmiiical Ui'iriou, cxdnsivo nf tlic Antilles, I'roiu Mexico to Sontlu'rii 

 ]^ra/.il and Piirai^iia)". 



In tlie Trinj;; Museum 11 S S,'^ ? ? from : Honduras; Paraguay (Dr. Bolils) ; 

 Kio de Janeiro ; I'auru, S. I'aulo (Dr. llempel). 



027. Xylophanes rufescens. 



*Tlieretra /■iifisceiis Rotlischikl, Nov. Zihu,. i. y. T'l. t. I'l. f . 1 1 ( ? ) (1K'J4) (British (iuiana ;— Mus. 

 Tring).' 



<??. A liir.ii'e-eyed species. Antenna of ? compressed, with basal rows of 



prolonged ciliae. External spur of midtihia shorter than internal. Brownish 



ferruginous ; forewing with a huffish ground which is densely shaded and irrorated 

 with brownish ferruginous ; hindwing black, a creamy submarginal band shaded 

 with black, abbreviated in front, not reaching beyond R'', dilated basad upon SM-, 

 followed by a marginal patch at anal angle ; both wings ferruginous below. 



S. Tenth abdominal tergite gradually and not strongly narrowed to end, 

 truncate, feebly sinuate, slightly dilated at end ; sternite triangular, curved in side- 

 view, strongly convex below, apex obtusely pointed. Process of harpe horizontal, 

 cylindrical from middle to end, extreme end curved upwards and armed witli teeth. 

 Dorsal margin of penis-slieath j)roduced dextro-Iaterad into a rather long horizontal 

 process, dentate on the proximal side, the edge sinistro-laterally continued as an 

 oblique, slightly raised ridge, which bears some rather prominent teeth (PI. LVII. 

 f. 11). 



Early stages not known. 



/Jalj. Neotropical Region : British Gniana ; Amazons ; Peru. 



In the Tring Museum 1 c?, fi ? ? from : British Guiana : Venezuela ; Carabaya, 

 Inambari R., S.E. Pern, 3000 ft., Ai)ril 1901, dry season (Ockenden). 



In coll. Charles Oberthiir from tS. Paulo d'Olivenc^a, Amazons. 



628. Xylophanes irrorata. 



Chaerocamim spec., Herrich-Sch., Catresp. Bl. iii. p. 58 (1865) (Cuba). 



Chaerocampa irrontta Grote, Proc. Ent. Soi: PhUad. v. p. 52. t. 1. f. 2 ((J) (1865) (Cuba) ; id. & 



Rob., «6«/. V. p. 154. n. 37 (1865); Butl., Tiuniii. Zool. Soc. Land. ix. p. 564. n. 65 (1877); 



Gundl., Contr. Eni. Ciihana p. 195 (1881). 

 Clmei-ncamjm irrorata Grote, I.e. vi. p. .328 (1867) (Cuba) : id., Trans. Amer. Ent. f<(tc. iii. p. 184 



(1871) (Cuba) ; Boisd., Spec. Gen. Up. HH. i. p. 278. n. 74 (1875) (Cuba). 

 Ererij.r irrorata, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Net. i. p. 674. n. 5 (1892). 



(S. Upper and under surface of body and wings uniformly pale cinnamon- 

 rufous, underside paler than upper. White lateral border of mesothoracic tegula 

 continued to end of palpus. A darker cinnamon-rufous line on forewing, a little 

 nearer distal margin than cell, with a pale proximal border. Basal area of hindwing 

 olive-brown. External spur of midtibia shorter than internal. 



c?. Tenth abdominal tergite gradually narrowed, apex convex above, truncate- 

 sinuate ; upper surface of sternite transversely folded distally, apex rounded- 

 truncate. Process of harpe (PI. LIII. f. 3) compressed, short, elongate-triangular, 

 somewhat like the blade of a pointed knife. Process of penis-sheath (PI. LVII. 

 f. 10) projecting distad at base, the free part somewhat fin-shaped and dentate, 

 curving ])roximad and sinistro-laterad ; tiiis process is the left one of otiier species, 

 there being no right process in irrorata. 



Larva mentioned by (iundlach as feeding on Psi/chofria ; not described. 



Jlah. ( 'uba ; Baliamas ; doubtless also on Haiti. 



In the Tring Museum 2 <S 6 from : Cuba ; Abaco, Bahamas (8ir G. Carter). 



