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"'. X. ivofoi'/.s f. crotoniti. 



*C/i«CTOcn«i/)a f;-«^i«/s Walker, /.-•. (ISfiCi) (partim ;— Mus. Brit.); f?ois(]., Cniiskl. Lii>. niKitetndhi 



p. 70 (1870) (Nicaragua; Colombia); Druce, in Biol. Cenlr. Amei:, Lip. Ilel. i. p. 10. n. 8 



(1881) (Chiriqui ; Nicaragua). 

 C'hin-iirdmpii rmliinis, Boisduval, Spec (j'/'-n. Lip. Jlit. i. p. :i70. n. Cil (187.')). 

 '('/nii)-iirinii/in viriilcsirtut Butler, Prm'. Zunl. Sue. Loud. p. 11. n. 10 (1H75) (Bogota ; -Mus. Brit.) 



id., Trans. Ziml. Sue. Limd. ix. p. UC,?^. n. .57. t. 94. f. 2 ( ? ) (1S77) ; Maaas., Stett. Ent. Zoit- 



xli. p. ."iC. (1880) (= n-otouix). 

 Cluierni-amjia nristor, Butler (nnn Boisduval, 1H70), l.f. \>. r)(l8. n. Tii; (1877) (Venezuela). 

 Tliiretm rrolonis, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Hel.i. p. G57. n. «1 (1H>(-J) (partim). 

 Theretra vivescenx, id., I.e. n. 90 (1802). 



Walker describes under rmtnnix botli tbc form witli abdominal dorsal stripe 

 and tlie form witliont it. As he calls the former " var. /3" and " var. 7," Bntler 

 was certainly wrong in figuring it as typical crofonig. Maassen, I.e., has already 

 drawn attention to the mistake. Walker described four varieties, but had only 

 three specimens (« — c), I.e. 



S ? . Dorsal stripes of abdomen absent or vestigial. Upperside of body and 

 forewiug varying from greeu to russet, especially bright green in some of the 

 ? ? ; mesothoracic tegula occasionally witli mesial line. 



b'. X. erotonis f. aiistor. 



Chaeriirampa nolonit: Walker, l.r. var. /3. var. y. (1856) (Venezuela). 



*Chiii-rncfnn2>ii m-hli.r Boisduval, CViH-/-/. Lip. GiKdniuda p. 09 (1.S70) (Guatemala :— coll. Charles 



Oberthiir). 

 Chaeriicampii liuiiidaiim Schaufuss, V/(;»y. 0//(W. i. p. 18 (1870) (Venezuela). 

 CItoerncampa aristor Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. Het. i. p. 270. n. 60 (187;')). 

 Chierncampa rrohni.t, Butler, Trans. Zoo}. See. Land. ix. p. 563. n. 55 (1877) (Venezuela) ; id., 



lllustr. Tijp. Spi-i-im. Lep. Hit. B. M. i. p. 1. t. 15. f. 1 (1877) ; Maass., Slett. Ent. Zeit. xli. p. 50 



(1880) ( = arhtiir = crntimiit var.). 

 Chtrrocampii nei-hua, Butler, Tnins. Ziiol. Sor. Land. ix. p. 565. n. 68 (1877) (sub syn.). 

 Chaerocampa aristor, Dnice, I.e. i. p. 10. n. 9. t. 1. f. 7 (1881) (syn. partim). 

 Theretra crntoms, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 657. n. 84 (1892) (partim). 

 Theretra aristor, id.. I.e. n. 89 (1892) (partim). 

 Tlieretra nechns, id., I.e. p. 0.58. n. 101 (1^92) (partim). 



c??. Thora.x and abdomen with a broad and distinct grey mesial stripe, 

 often more or less divided. A specimen in the Felder collection from " Venezuela, 

 Moritz," is labelled hortukums " von ehifon Urury wesentlich verschieden." This 

 is undoubtedly the true hovUdanus. 



llnh. Neotropical Region, known from Venezuela, (Colombia, Panama, Costa 

 Rica, and Guatemala. 



In the Tring Museum : — 



f. erotonis, 28 cJc?, 6 ? ? from : Costa Rica ; Popayan, Colombia (Lehmann) : 

 Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Pern, 6000 ft., iii.— vi., dry and wet seasons 

 (Ockenden) ; Mcrida, Venezuela (Briceno). 



f. aristor, 7 J (5' from : Popayan, Coloniliia (Lehmann); Merida, Venezuela 

 (Briceno) ; Venezuela (Moritz). 



fi53. Xylophanes rhodochlora spec. nov. 

 S. Somewhat smaller than r/v)/f)A/.s-. PTi)perside of body and forewing bright 

 olive-green ; thorax with grey mesial stripe shaded with olive-green like side-stripe 

 of head and thorax ; yellow tuft of metanotum and of base of abdomen brigiit in 



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