( r.ns ) 



Tlic ciildui' (iT the uiijicr siivliU'c vai-ics IVom parrot-green to tawny-russet. TIk^ 

 rnsset specimens are mucli rarer on the Continent tlian in Jamaica. The green 

 colour often changes to rnsset when the insect becomes clamp in the relaxing box. 

 Tlie <liscal lines of tlu> forewing are not very distinct ; four are marked in middle 

 ()\' iiinder margin ; tlie line from aj)ex is short, but reappears generally beyond K". 

 The hinilwing has, besides the anal \)i\.U:h and a larger square spot M- — SM'-, four 

 or live ovate spots ; spot H( !-' — II' is always small, the next is generally tlie largest 

 of the five, but is occasionally reduced to a streak. The abdomen is marked on 

 the npperside by an extremely faint mesial line, which is seldom jilairdy visible, 

 and by two rows of dots. Spines of tergites of ab(h)men very strong, uniseriate on 

 last segments. 



(J. Th(! sexual armature remarkably different from tliat of all the other 

 Xf/lophancs. Tenth ab<lominal tergitc broad, flat, deeply sinuate, the sinus rounded, 

 tlie lobes feebly curved downwards, slightly concave beneath, apex rounded 

 (PI. XLV. f. y. 1(1) ; sternite (PI. XLV. f. II) compressed basally, dilated at end, 

 truncate-sinuate, the angles rounded, the upper side concave. Har[)e (PI. LI I. f 4) 

 rather widened dorsad, tiie upper margin angnlate, the process compressed, feebly 

 curved, apex rounded, mostly armed with a tooth, up])er margin more or less 

 notched. Penis-sheath (PI. LVII. f. 18. 19): dorsal margin abrnptly ending at 

 tlie right side in a comb of from three to seven teeth ; a regular row of long, 

 sharply pointed teeth parallel to the edge, extending from near the comb to the 

 left side— these teeth break off very easily except the two small proximal ones, 

 so that one does not find many caught specimens which show the armature intact. 



? . Eighth abdominal tergite rather deeply sinuate. Vaginal armature more 

 strongly chitinised than is ordinarily the case in this geims : the proximal edge of 

 the mouth of the vagina more prominent. 



Early stages not known. 



JIab. Neotrojiical Kegion, inclusive of tlie West Indies. 



Two subspecies : 



a. X. chiror/necJiKS. 



S/ililiix npclni.i Cramer, Pap. E.mt. ii. p. 125. t. 178. f. n (1777) (W. Indies) ; Goeze, Ei>t. Bf;/tr. iii. 



•>. p. •224. n. 76 (1780) ; Fabr., -V--. J,i.-<. ii. p. 152. n. 50 (1781) : id., ^r,lnl. Ins. ii. ].. 08. 



n. (il (1787) ; Gmel., S>/.'<t. Nut. i. 5. p. 2384. n. 8;t (1790) ; Fabr., Etit. Syst. iii. 1. p. .".77. u. i'.:; 



(179:i) ; Lep. & Serv., E,w. MHh. x. p. 4(i(!. t. f;7. f. 1 (1825). 

 r/ierctra nechiix, Hiibner, Ver:^. hek. Srhiii. p. 135. n. 1447 (1822) ; Kirby, Cit. Lip. Hit. i. p. 



658. n. 101 (189"2) : Bunningh., Iris xv. p. 127. n. 52 (18l9) (Rio de Janeiro). 

 Chaeniaimpa clih-oii, Walker, /.r. (1856) ; Clem., Joiini. Ac. X. Sr. riiihul iv. p. 150. n. 32 (1859) ; 



But!., Tnin.<. Z,m]. Sor. Limd. i.x. p. 565. n. 67 (1877) (Brazil; Montevideo) ; Druce, in Biol. 



Onlr. Amer., Lrji. Ilet. i. p. 12. n. 15 (1881). 

 Chnerorniiqm diinm, Mortis, Cut. Leji. A\ Am. p. 20 (1860); Clem., in Morris, Si/ii. Lrji. X. .!;». 



p. 172. n. 2 (1862); Grote, Trrws. Amer. Ent. Hoc. iii. p. 184 (1871) ; Moschl., Vvili. /m,]. 



lint. Gcs. Wiru xxvi. p. 350 (1876) (Surinam). 

 ChiiiTonuii/ia uechiis, Lucas, in Sagra, ///'»■/. Ctilxi vii. p. 294 (18.56) ; Grote, Pmr. Ent. Snc. Pliilwl. 



vi. p. 328 (1807) (Cuba); Boisd., lijier. Gen. Up. Hcl. i. p. 271. n. 62 (1875) ; Druce, J.c Snpjil. 



p. 300 (1896) (Mexico ; Guatemala : Costa Rica ; Chiriqui). 

 Clidcrorampa iirrhiiH, Herrich-Sch., Comsp. Bl. p. .58 (1K(;5) ; Grote, I.e. v. p. 50 (1865) (Cuba) , 



id. & Rob., ihid. V. p. 155. n. 39 (1865) ; Butl., Tmns. Z„nl. 8oc. Loud. ix. p. 565. n. 68 (1877): 



Dew., .Miltli. Miiiich. Ent. Ver. i. p. 91 (1877) (Porto Rico) ; Druce, in Ii\nl. Ceiitr. Amei:, Lcp. 



Ihl. i. p. 12. n. 16 (1881) ; Gundl., Conti: E,,t. Cibana p. 194 (1881). 

 Choeronaiqya chirriii a. nechii.'i, Grote, Trans. Atncr. Ent. Sor. iii. p. 184 (1871). 

 *Chaerocampii liaitensis Butler, I'roc. Znol. Soe. Lond. p. 9. n. 18 (1875) (Haiti :— Mu.i. Brit.) ; 



id., Tunis. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix. p. 565. n. (ii; (1877). 

 T/ieretrn haitensis, Kirby, l.c, n. 102 (1892). 



