( 59) 



(I. ('. (intdcns mrdor. 



Mei-ian, his. Surhi. t. 3. & 38. (1705) (imago). 



Sjiltiii.r liiiiluspux Cramer, Pup. Ex. ii. p. 31. t. IIS. f. a (1777) (Surinam ; artefact !). 



Sjiliht.r medor StoU, in Cramer, l.r. iv. p. 215. t. 394. f. A (1782) (Surinam). 



SjiliiiLf liytla^pfs (!), id., I.e. 



Spkiii.r animue Shaw, Nattir. MiitrrU. xiv. t. SCrt. UM. (1 80-). 



A iiijihomjj: ([) jiitrnphae, Boisduval, Cuiis. Lcp. Uiialemahi p. 75 (1870) (" Linm' " as author !). 



A iiipltoiiij.x )««/())■, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix. p. 699. n. 4 (1877) (Mexico); Schaua, Eiit. 



News vi. p. 142 (1895) {= fiipai/iisa) ; Druce, Biol. C'enlr. Amei:, hep. llrl. i. p. 17. n. 2 (1881) 



(Jalapa ; Valladolid ; Yucatan ; Ecuador ; (iuiana). 

 Atiiplioiii/.i- tajMii/usii Moore, I'mr. Limp. Sue. xxxvii. p. 245. t. 7. f. 1 (/.) (1883) (Brazil, K. D. Jone.s). 

 Aniphoni/.r antaeiis, Moschler, Vevh.Zoul. Bui. &V.v. Wien xxvi. p. 345 (I87G) (Surinam •,—/iitriijihiie = 



hydaspes = ineihir) ; Edw., Eiil. Amrr. ii. p. 103 (1887) (pupa). 

 Cnrylhis t)iecliii\ Kirby, /.c. p. G8G. n. 1 (1892) (Mexico ; S. Amer.). 



Cucylius hiiiltispus, id., I.e. n. 2 (1892) (Surinam) ; llothsch., Nov. Zcjol. i. p. 'Jl (1894) (= nii-dnr). 

 Oiei/liiis iiiitneus, Kirby, I.e. n. 3 (1892) (partim) ; Bonningh., Iris xii. p. 113. n. 11 (1899) (Rio de 



Janeiro ; larva !). 

 Coeytius tapayiisa, Kirby, I.e. p. 687. n. 9 (1892). 

 Coeytiiis eluentius, Troschel, Ent. News xi. p. 334 (1900) (Chicago, Oct. Gth). 



cJ?. The contiueotal form. Darker tluiu the following, the Ibrewing' more 

 variegated ; the black markings more prominent; the yellow jiatuh of the hindwing 

 deeper sinnate as a rule. 



Uab. Florida to South Brazil. 



In the Tring Museum 1 pupa, and 12 cjc?, 3ii ? ? from ; Mexico ; (!o.-ita Rica ; 

 Venezuela, etc. 



b. C. antaeus antaeus. 



Sphinx antaens Drury, I.e. 



Amphiiiiiy.r {[) jnlro/di<ie, Lucas, in Sagra, Tlist. Culm vii. p. 299 (185G) (Cuba). 



Mtieriisda unthaens (I), Herrich-Sch., Coreesp. Bl. p. 59 (18G5) (Cuba). 



Amphmiyx antaeus, Grote & Rob., I'me. Eiit. Sue. Phd. v. p. GG (1865) (partim ; Cuba) ; iid., I.e. vi. 



p. 329 (1866); But!., Tnins. Zool. Soe. Loml. ix. p. 599. n. 3 (1877) (Haiti; .syn. partim); 



Dew., M'ltth. iliineh. Ent. Ver. i. p. 92 (1877) (Surinam) ; Gundl., Contr. Eut. Cuhami p. 206 



(1881) (syn. partim ; Cuba, descr. of larva) ; Dyar, Proe. U. St. N. Mus. xxiii. p. 256 (1900) 



(Florida ; descr. of stages of larva). 

 Cnrytiua antaeus, Kirby, I.e. n. 3 (1892) (syn. partim ; Antilles) ; Rothsch., I.e. 



The insular form. The differences between this and the preceding subspecies 

 are by no means constant. 



Ildh. Antilles. 



In till' Tring Mnsenm 13 c?(?, 2 ? ? from; Jamaica; Nassau, Bahamas (Sir 

 G. ( 'artei-). 



3.5. Coeytius lucifer spec. nov. 



*Aiii]jliiiny:r morgmii, Boisduval (nun Walker, 185G), Sjiee. Gin. Lep. IJet. i. p. 60. n. 6 (1875) 



("Sierra Leone" err. lue, ; — coll. Charles Oberthitr). 

 *Amjdiony.r rleularh Butler, Pruc. Zool. Soe. Lond. p. II. n. 22 (1875) (partim ; ? ) ; id., Trans. 



Zool. Soe. Lond. ix. p. 599. n. 2. t. 94. f. 6 ( ? ) (1877) (//«/< '/) ; Druce, Biol. <_Vnh: Am., Lep. 



Ilet. i. p. 18. n. 3 (1883) (partim). 

 Coeytius riruloris, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 686. n. G (1892) (partim) ; Rothsch., NciV. Zoni,. i. 



p. 91 (1894) ; id., /.(•. p. 541 (1894) (Aroa). 



The S of rirttlaris described before the ? by I'.iil icr, /.'•., belongs to ( '. iliijH^tichcl. 

 riic in.Kcct erroneously identified by l'ois(bivul as Walker's ninrijiini, luid drscrilied 

 by him as sudi, I.e., is the present species. 



