( 686 ) 



spines of first iirDiarsai sc<,niieiit luimeroiis only at liaso, reiluced distally to oiiu 

 row. Tlic wiiite lateral border of the nicsotlioraeical tegiila not marked ou 

 occiput, indistinct anteriorly ou pronotuiu, reajjpearing as a fine line in front of 



the antenna. Forewin.!;- with a single row of dots distally on disc ; a dark 



transverse clond indicating another line about 3 mm. from cell at li^, two more 

 clouds occasionally in basal half. Abdomen without traces of lines, the distinct 

 blackish basi-lateral patch of rhoilocera also absent from porcus. 



6. Tenth abdominal tergite long and slender, apex gradually narrowed, 

 obtusely pointed ; sternite also long, feebly si)atulute, ape.x obtusely rounded. 

 Dorsal edge of penis-sheath projecting in the shape of a halfmoon, both horns 

 free, pointing proximad, the right one narrow, the left one broader, dentate. 



Early stages not known : larva feeding on Ilamelia patens according to 

 (Jundlach, I.e. 



Il((h. Neotro]iical Region. 



Two subspecies : 



<(. A. porcus porcus. 

 Orcus porcus Hiibner, I.e. 

 Dai-upsa 2iorcus. Walker, l.r. 

 Chaeroc((mpa poirii.s, Herrich-Sch., Oinxsp. HI. p. 58 (1805) (Cuba) ; Grote, Pmr. Enl. S'ir. P/iihnl. 



V. p. 53 (1805) (Cuba) ; id. & Rob., ihkl. v. p. 154. n^ 38 (1865) ; Butl.. Tmns. Zoul. Sor. Lmni 



i.K. p. 561. n. .3i) (1877) ; Gundl., ConU-. Eni. Cuhaiui p. 195 (1881). 

 VhutviH-ampa pmvux Grote, I.e. vi. p. 3:^8 (1807) ; id.. Tniii>t. Anicr. Eiit. .b'yc. iii. p. 15-1. n. 38 (1871) ; 



Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lip. Hit. i. p. 278. n. 75 (1875). 



c? ? . Stigma of forewing distinct. An obvious olivaceous cloud beyond apex 

 of cell. Processes of penis-sheath slender, the left one dentate proximally, 

 comb-like. 



ilab. (Juba. 



In the Triug Museum 1 S. 



h. X. porcus eontimntalis subsp. uov. 



C/iocrocdiiijui puniix, Druce, in JSiul. Cmlr. Amer., Lcji. Ilet. i. p. 9. n. 4 (1881) (Chiriqui : Ecuador) ; 



id., l.i:. Si(ppl. p. 304 (18'J0) (Me.xico). . 



T/ieretm parens, Bonningbausen, Ir/s .xii. p. 12'J. n. 5^i (IM'.t'.t) (Ri<j do Jan.). 1 



d ? . Stigma smaller, olive-green clond outside cell less obvious, distal dots 

 a little more pronounced ; otherwise the same in colour as the insular form. 



c?. Armature of penis-sheath obviously different from that of the insular 

 porcus : the left process especially broader, more or less rounded, the right process 

 shorter, stouter. 



J/ad. Oontiueatal South and Central America, as far south as Sta. Catharina. 



Type from Colombia. 



In the Triug Museum 13 6 6, 8 ? ? from: Sta. Catharina; Hio de Janeiro; 

 Espirito Santo ; Minas Geraes, xi. (Kennedy) ; Area, Venezuela ; Kio Dagna, 

 Colombia, t//pe (Rosenberg); (!osta llica; Orizaba and Jalapa, Mexico, ii. iii. iv. 

 (Schaus). 



i):}2. Xylophanes schausi (PI. IX. f. 13, ?, f;/pe). 



*Danipsa schausi Rothschild, Nov. Zimi.. i. p. 84 (18'J4) (Petropolis ; — Mus. Tring). 

 *Theretra arpi Schaus, Ent. News ix. p. 135 (18"J8) (Rio de Janeiro ; — coll. Schaus). 

 Theretra spec. B., Bonningbausen, Iris xii. p. 129. n. 00 (18'J9) (Rio de Janeiro). 



cj?. Antenna of ? prismatically compressed, basal rows of ciliae prominent. 

 External spur of midtibia much shorter than internal. \\'hite lateral border of 



