( 701 ) 



colour ; abdomen above as in crotonis f. crofonis, but side-stripe (from blacii jtateh 

 backwards) narrower, shorter, paler, and sj)eckled with olive and rufous ; underside 

 of abdomen more pink than iu crotonis, sides of breast more orange. Midtibial 

 sjjtirs equal in length. 



Wings above as iu green si)eciniens of crotonis, but Ibrewing decidedly shorter 

 and broader, apex less produced ; first discal line distinct, rather heavy, second aud 

 third barely traceable, fourth heavy, rather broader than in crotonis, with a broad 

 whitish green ill-defined proximal border, the following lines (o. 6. T.) (juite 

 indistinct, the sixth slightly accentuated by vein-dots. 



Underside of wings ferruginous red, distal border of both wings bistre-brown or 

 brownish grey, strongly contrasting with the red disc. 



i. Harj)e slenderer than in crotonis, strongly tapering ajiicad, curved upwards. 

 Fenis-sheath as iu crotonis, but the broad left dentate process with some larger 

 teeth at the base. 



Length of forewing : c?, 40 — 43 mm. 



Hab. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, GUUU ft., December to June, wet 

 and dry seasons (Ockenden) ; R. Inambari, S.E. Peru, 60U0 ft., Nov. (Ockendeu). 



In the Tring Museum 12 c?c? ; type : June. 



This species was collected together with crotonis in some numbers at the same 

 time and place. Easily recognised by the red underside of the wings. 



054. Xylophanes eumedon. 



*Choei-uraiiq)ii cuiaedon Boisduval, Spei-. Ge/i. Lqi. Ilel. i. p. 272. n. 61 (1875) (Mexico ; — coll. 



Charles Oberthiii) ; Druce, in BhL Cnilr. Anifi:, Lfp. Hel. Suppl. p. 305. n. 7 (a), t. 66. f. 9 



(IS'.di) (Mexico ; Guatemala). 

 Clutcroniiitpa euniedoii, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix. p. 631 (1877). 

 *Chaeroram2M iirtos2>aiict Druce, Aim. Mag. N. H. (6). iv. p. 77 (188"J) (Mexico ; — coll. Druce) ; 



Schaus, Ent. Neivs vi. p. 141 (18'J5) {= eumcdoit) . 

 Tlifi-etra oHus/mivi, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Hct. i. p. 657. n. 82 (1892). 

 Therelni ciimaluu, id., I.e. n. 85 (1892). 



S ? . External mesotibial spur longer than inner one. The pale mesial baud 

 of the abdomen is much narrower than in crotonis f. aristor, and divided by a 

 sharply defined thin brown line. Mesothoracic tegula with a pale mesial line. 

 The first discal line of the forewing very heavy, the second fused with it, except 

 in front, interspaces between lines 1 and 3 very pale. Upper three spots of hindwing 

 more or less fused together. 



Not dissected. 



Early stages uot known. 



Hab. Mexico, southward to Brazil. 



In the Tring Museum 1 6 from Jalapa, Mexico, April 1897 (W. Schaus). 



In the Paris Museum 1 c? from Guatemala, a ? from Brazil. 



655. Xylophanes titana. 



*Clnieivcampa titana Druce, Ent. Mo. May. xiv. p. 249 (1878) (Chiriqui ; — coll. Druce). 

 Clioerucampa aristui; Burmeister (no/i Boisduval, 1875), Detfcr. Heji. Aiyent. v. p. 355 (1878) ; id., 



l.c. Atlas p. 28. t. 10. f. 3 ( ? ), t. 15. f. 4. (L). 8 {p.) (1889) (Petropolis). 

 Cliaerocaiiipa titana Druce, in Biol. C'eidr. Amei:, Lep. Met. i. p. 11. n. 10. t. 1. f. G (1881) (Chiriqui). 

 Tlieretra aristor, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Hut. i. p. 657. n. 89 (1892) (partim). 

 Theretra titana, id., l.c. n. 92 (1892). 



c? ? . External spur of midtibia longer than inner one. Thorax and abdomen 

 with two grey lines above, the inters])ace between which is about 2 mm. wide 



