( "06 ) 

 (■)()-. Xylophanes hydrata spec nov. (PI. VI. f. 2, $). 



(?) Tlinelr,: spec. ,\, H.iniiiMghausun, /ris xii. p. l-_'il. ii. .oil (1898) (Rio de Jan.). 



?. Body iiljove iiiul iliscul liaud (if himlwiiii;- juile reddisli iViTiigiiious ; 

 Ibrovviiij;- waslicd with the saiue coloitr. ralpus, breast, stigiuatal region of 

 al)doiueii and wings ochraeeous ochre, underside of abdomen bnff. Midtibial sjinis 

 of the same length. Last abdominal tergites with weak spines besides longer and 

 stronger ones ; spines uniseriate. Tiiora.x without ])ale stripes ; abdomen witli a 

 thin mesial line and at each side a broader but less distinct line somewliat deeper 

 reddish. Antenna with seriated ciliae ; scaling ferruginous in basal half, grey 

 in distal half. 



AVings, (diore. Forewing : a black stigma; six lines in outer iiaif, fourtli 



the most jirominent, sixth weak and broad, seventh accentuated by minute vein- 

 dots ; distal margin strongly convex, apex acute and produced. Hindwing : 



basal half brownish black (costal area excepted), the black colour extending to 

 apex of wing, where it meets a brownish black submargiual band, which does 

 not quite reach to anal angle, being much shaded with ferruginous behind. 



Wings below finely irrorated with cinnamon-rufous ; markings extremely 



faint. Forewing : brownish black from near base to beyond cell, except costal 



area ; no distinct marginal band, but there are traces of four lines, the most 

 proximal one 7 mm. from end of 11', barely vestigial, the second a little more 

 distinct between SC° and R-, accentuated upon SO' and R' by tiny vein-dots, 



the third visible down to 1^', tlie fourth quite indistinct. Hindwing : a slightly 



darker distal border, a vestigial line toucliing cell, followed by an equally weak 

 second line, and then by a series of tiny vein-dots ; cross-veins strongly oblii^ue, 

 D' little more than half the length of D^ 



Length of forewing : 38 mm. 



Hab. Brazil. 



A ? in the Oxford Museum. 



Another ? in the Vienna Museum labelled: " Heyne, India? IsT:^," and 

 bearing a second label with the name in pencil : " hydrata Plotz i. I." The species 

 is easily distinguished by the absence of pale stripes from head and thorax, the 

 shajie and pattern of the forewing, etc. The Vienna specimen is partly discoloured, 

 and redder than the type figured. 



0(53. Xylophanes robinsoni. 



Cli'ieniraiujia Juico, Herrioh-Sch. (nun Walker, IS.^C), Cnn;:-</i. 111. p. 148 Cl«ti:i); id., /.-•. p. oH 



(18r.5) (Cuba). 

 Chaeruauiqiit nihinsuiii Grote, Pnir. Knt. Sor. PliHail. v. p. TM. t. 1. f. ■_' (18r>.i) (Cuba) ; id. & Rob., 



Ibid. V. p. 15.'j. n. 44 (IHCf)) ; But!., Tr.nis. Z,ml. S,„: Lun,L ix. p. aCa. n. ,".:.' (1S77) ; Gundl., 



Cotiti: KnI. Ciibiimi p. liC) (IKSl). 

 CliucrocanqMi mbimnni Grote, l.r. vi. p. 'A'lX (ISC.T) ; id., 'I'nin^. Ama: Enl. Sor. iii. p. 1,S4 (ISTl) ; 



Boisd., Spec. Gcii. Lip. IIH. i. p. 2G'.l. n. 6'J (l>i75). 

 Choerocani I'll cvrvatiis Schaufuss, Nuiii/. Olios, p. 17 (1870) (Cuba). 

 Cliacrocampa citvvahi, Butler, Trans. Zml. Soc. Land. ix. p. .'J.')7. n. 17 (1877). 

 Theretra robinsoni, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Hit. i. p. 656. n. 79 (1892) ( = curratns). 



(S ? . Sjmrs of midtibia rather short, equal in length ; long proximal spur 

 of liiudtibia reaching base of distal spurs. Mesothoracic tegula with a butiish 

 middle line ; sides of abdomen jjale dorso-lateraliy, with some white scales, dorsal 

 surface brown, shaiqdy defined, narrowing behind, with an indistinct, thin, deejjer 



