( (i!»4 ) 



iiuich rcdiu'cd : Craiiicr's figure is cortainly exagj^cratod : tlic jhiIc sjints 1{'--R'' 

 "Ci'iici'iilly ciinflnc'iit, vciy rarely wejjarated. 



Sdiitli American ? ? on tlie whole more distiin'tly stri[)ed tliun the J J, ami 

 fliMM Mexieaii individuals of hoth sexes. 



Length of forewing : '.i2 to 5H lum. 



d. Tentli abdominal segment slenderer than in ceratomioides, the tergite 

 rounded at end, feehly sjioon-shaped, concave below ; tlie sternite concave above, 

 very feebly sinnate in dorsal view. Process of harpe curved upwards, basally 

 cylindrical or prismatieal, distally irregularly compressed, its sharp upper edge 

 notched and denticulate. Penis-sheath (PI. LVII. f. 1 4) peculiar : a patch of 

 teeth at the left side, not distinctly raised or separated from the rest of tlie sheatJi 

 as a process ; a short dentate right-sided process directed proximad. 



Early stages not known. 



I lab. Neotro]iical Hegion, from Mexico to Southern Brazil. 



In the Tring Museum 24 c?c?, 22 ? ? from : Vera Cruz, Mexico ; Honduras ; 

 Costa Kica ; Popayan, Colombia (Lehmann) ; Paramba and Lita, Ecuador ; Onaca; 

 Santa Marta (Engelke) ; Aroa and Puerto Cabello, Venezuela; ]{io Demerara ; 

 Kio de Janeiro ; Sao Paulo. 



04(1. Xylophanes docilis. 



*C'h((ernc(iiiipii dnc/lis Butler, Pmc Zool. Snc. Laml. p. H (ISTfj) (Ecuador: — Mus. Brit.) ; id., 



Trims. Zonl. Sn,-. Lorn/, ix. p. 564. n. fi2. t. 94. f. 1 (1877). 

 ClifHi-waiii/ia (l,irii;s,I>Tace, in llinl. Cenfr. Aihpi:, l.ep. Jht. Snppl. p. 305. i). 13 (a) (IJ^OH) (sub 



syn.). 

 Therelra dwilis, Kirby, Cat. Lrp. 11,1, i. p. f,5.'<. n. 9C) (1892). 



S. Perhaps only a form of uimulis, from which it differs in the following 

 particulars : abdomen with distinct mesial line, outer margin of forewing more 

 straight, discal line also straighter, a vestigial, dentate, pale sabmarginal line 

 pio.ximaliy of the submarginal dots; the brown marginal border of the forewing 

 below narrower, the black jiostdiscal dots ujjon the veins rather more distal. 

 Midtibial spurs equal in length. 



Sexual armature as in amndi.i ai/iiidig. 



? and early stages not known. 



Hub. Ecuador ; Bolivia. 



In the Tring Museum 2 S S from : K. Songo to R. Suapi, Bolivia, 1100 mm., 

 March, April IsuG (Garlepji) : S. Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., June 

 1002, dry season (Ockenden). 



047. Xylophanes amadis. 



^j>Mnx ainadU Stoll, in Cram., Pap. E.nit. iv. p. I'lfi. t. 394. f. c (1782) (Surinam). 

 Oreusamadis, Hiibner, Verx. heh.Mnii. p. 136. u. 1464 (1822). 



Chaerocampa ainmJis, Wallcer, List Lep. Iiis. 11. ^f. viii. p. 134. n. 11 (1856) ; Butl., Tranx. Zool. Soc 

 Loiiil. p. .-,61. n. 63 (1877). 



c? ? . (iround-colour varying from green to brown-red. A single prominent 

 line on the forewing, ending at the apex, olive-green or olive, gradually shading off 

 distally, sharjily defined by a pale border proximally, which border is generally 

 more prominent near internal margin ; proximally of the pale border there are 

 vestiges of two or three lines curving costad in front, mostly indicated by dots 

 on the veins ; a submarginal line of dots is also present in most examples ; a dark 



