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cingidata comes certainly uear concoleuli, but there are man}- points in wliir.h the 

 two differ more than ciiigulula and godarti. For instance, the latter two atjreo 

 in both processes of the harpe being pointed, in the pulvillus of the tarsi being 

 strongly reduced, in the black median band of the hindwing being simple. Moreover, 

 the tenth alxloiniiial tergite of the $ of goiktrfi stands intermediate between those 

 of cingtilata and conrolimli, so that one might consider cingidata with as mnch 

 reason a New World representative of the Australian gorlarti as a representative 

 of eonvoh'iili, which inhabits nearly the whole eastern hemisjihere including 

 Australia. 



Metanotam with a huffish white lateral tuft whicli is not distinctly tinged 

 with pink. The discal lines of the forewiiig, which is broader than in concoleuli, 

 are much less deeply zigzag than in that species ; the series of postdiscal ovate 

 markings is nearly com])late, reminding one of luctifei-a.- The black discal band 

 of the hindwing is simple, but includes a more or less distinct pale spot at tSM- ; 

 the basal and antemedian black bands form an irregular ring, the basi-abdoniinal 

 portion of which is much blacker than in convolmdi. End of the white palpus as 

 well as npperside of head also darker. Palpns : PI. LX. f. 1, inner side. 



The antemedian baud of the hindwing touches often the discal one behind 

 M^. The red colour of the abdomen and hindwings seldom disappears entirely 

 {nh. fkcolora) ; intergradnate sjiecimens are not so rare. An individual ( ?) from 

 (!osta Rica in the Tring Museum has barely a trace of red on the hindwing, while 

 the red colour of the lateral patches of the abdomen is much reduced in extent. 

 No specimens have as yet been observed in which the red colour was replaced by 

 clayish yellow. 



S- Procoxal scent-organ with longer hairs than in convoleuli. Tenth tergite of 

 abdomen much more dilated before end, broailly ini[)ressed above (PI. XXVI. 

 f. IT). Both processes of the harpe pointed, sometimes of nearly equal size 

 (PL XXXV. f. 5), generally the lower one shorter and more obtuse. 



?. The groove in front of the vaginal flap found in conrolvuli \>^ absent from 

 cingidata ; the low ridge behinil the orifice is mesially less tnberculiform, being 

 more evenly archeJ. 



Larva as variable as that of conrolndi, which it resembles. — Fooil-plaiit : 

 Ijtomoiiu. 



Pupa with recurved free tongue-case. Purmeister, I.e., figures the chrysalis 

 as Iiaving the tongue-case not recurved ; tliis is clearly a mistake, or the individual 

 from wliicli tiie sketch was taken was abnormal. Merian's figure of a chrysalis 

 on Plate LXIV. resembles that of Bnrmeister ; this is strange. 



Ilah. America, excej)t the extreme south and the far north ; a tropical and 

 Kiihtroijical insect, rarer in tenqieratc regions, occurring as a straggler as far nortli 

 a.s Canada ; Galapagos and Sandwich Islands. 



In the Tring Museum 17 (J odd sj)ecimens IVoni various places IVoni Canada to 

 Argentina, besides some larvae and pupae. 



ft. Herse convolvuli. 



noeiaaz., ArrhHuim i. t. S (ir/J2); iil., Dir.u-x. /„.,. t. .'') (Irt.TO) ; Mouf., Thcalr. //(«. |i. ill. f. 1 

 (li;:!)) ; Hollar, Dir. Im. t. :i. f. 1 (lG4i;) ; (ioed., Mliim. iii. p. :!4. f. v. (/.) (ICiOy); id., /''i. «d. 

 liiBter p. -M. f, 27 (/.) (l(iH2) ; Merian, ICir. /nx. ii. t. 25 (lli83) ; Roaum., //«/. Tm. i. p. 292. 

 t. y.y f. 8 (17:il) ; Swamm., IlihI. Nut. p. 223. t. 29 (17;i8) ; Roes., //«. He/H.sl. i. 1. p. 41). 

 t. 7. f. r, (I74i;) ; VVilko, K,,;/!. .Wnllin p. '.). t. 21 (1747) ; Riisel, /«.■.•«■^ Jlclusl. iii. p. ;i.O. t. 

 f . a (nofj) ; ilcmmcricli, Coll. CuriouH lux. t. G. f. a (175 V, no date); Geoffr., Ilisl. Nat. 



