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ones; the Ini'diu'siis is soiuewluit longer in ? tiuiu in c^, and has more small 

 cxtenuil subilorsal sjiines. Mid- ami Jiindtilnae as long as the resjiective firat 

 tarsal segments. Spines of abdominal sternites weak. 



(?. Tenth tergite of abdomen somewhat dilated before end, which is strongly 

 convex above, apex sinuate (PI. XXVII. f. 10, distal view); side-margins of 

 sternitc dilated Ijefore end, curved upward, tlie dilated triangular portions 

 h-aning towards each other ; tip of sternite rounded ; harpe with a long ventral 

 pointed process, which is slightly curved (PI. XXXVI. f. 4. 5. 6), and a broad ujjper 

 jirocess or lobe which lies on the surface of the clasper is more or less triangular, 

 and has the apical and dorsal margins dentate ; the size of this lobe is variable. 

 Penis-sheath with a short, broad, acute, terminal tooth as in petuniae. 



? . Plate of seventh abdominal sternite about as broad at base as long, truncate. 

 Antevagiual lobe broad, obtnse, rounded triangular, with the indication of a mesial 

 sinus, concave proximally as a rule, the impression bordered proximally at each 

 side by an oblique low ridge or fold, which is sometimes very inconspicuous. 



Larva with oblinue lateral bands. Tongue-case of pujia straight, reaching about 

 halfway to end of wing-cases. — Food-plants : Solanaceae. 



Uab. America. 



We can distinguish four geographical forms : 



(jamaiccnsiis from the West Indies : Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, Bahamas ; 

 sexta from C'anada to Honduras ; 

 paphus from Costa Kica to Argentina ; 

 caestri from Chili. 

 The dilferences between these forms are very slight, caestri alone being fairly 

 conslant and more easily recognisable. 



a. P. sexta janiakensis. 



Browne, Hkl. Jamaim p. 438. t. 43, f. 7 (1756). 



Slihiiix Carolina Auot. vetust. (pai'tim) ; Walk., List Lrp. lux. B. M. viii. p. "ill), n. 4 (lS5li)(partiui); 



Luc, in Sagra, JJisl. Cuba vii. p. 'i'Jli (1851)) ; Herr.-Soh., Cui-reqi. HI. iii. p. 51) (18G5) (Cuba) ; 



Grote, Proc. But. Sm: Phil. v. p. 37 (18G5) (Cuba) ; Bond., Spec. Geu. Up. Ilil. i. p. 70. u. 1 



(1875) (partim). 

 Sjihiujc paphus, Mom'tric's, Enuut. Corp. Aniui. Mas. Petr., Lep. p. 89. n. 1482 (1857) (Haiti). 

 .HacrusiUi candiua, Grote & Rob., I.e. p. 1G2. n. 81 (18G5)(Cuba) ; Guudl., Oiutr. Eul. Culiaua p. 210. 



n. 99 (1881) (Cuba ; larva, pupa). 

 Protiipaire mrulimi, Butler, Trans. Zool. S'ic. Lonfl. ix. p. 1)07. n. 11 (1877) (partim) ; Dew., M/tlh. 



Miinch. Ent. Vcr. iii. p. 92 (1877) (Porto Rico); id., in Wieg., Arch. Natury. p. 12 (1878) 



(Cuba, larva). 

 * Prill, puree Jauiaiccu.'iis id., I.e. p. (i(J8. n. 12 (IK77) (^Jamaica ; — Mus. Brit.). 

 Phhijellinnlinsjamiiieensis, Kirby, Cal. Lrp. Hct. i. p. 688. n. 12 (1892) (Jamaica). 



(??. Differs {vmn.'ifxtasexUi'Mi being duller in colour, in the forewing being 

 generally more russet, and the hindwing more brown. The difference is not 

 constant. 



cj. Dentate lobe of harpe as broad as in the northern continental form sexta. 



Larva with the black dots proximally of the side-bauds not ipute so distinct as 

 i n sexta, sometimes absent (in our .Jamaica, larvae). 



llab. West Indies : Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, Bahamas. 



In the Tring Museum some larvae and 16 ii,\% ? ? from : Jamaica ; Haiti; 

 Nassau, Bahama.) (Sir G. Carter). 



