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83. Nannoparce poeyi. 



Hylokus pneyi Grete & Robinson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phihid. v. p. 1G6. n. 100 (1865) (Cuba ; ntnii. 

 nud.) ; Grote, Ann. Lyi: N. York viii. p. 200 (1867). 



cJ. Tenth abdominal tergite long, slender, curved ; sternite (PI. XXVIII. f. 5) 

 obtiLsely triangnlar, sinnate, cnnve.K below. Harpe (PL XXXV. f. 28) obli(|nely 

 rounded at end, dorsal edge sharply dentate, concave ; a patch of siiberect scales 

 on the surface of the harpe. Penis-sheath with a short flat process which is 

 notched at end (PL XL. f. 13). 



?. Orifice of vagina (PL XXL f. 13) proximal, covered by a triangularly 

 siunate flap ; behind the orifice there is a very long rod-like tnbercle, similar to 

 that found in IL/loiciis lanceolata. 



Hab. As above. 



We have not seen a Cuba specimen, but the two Jamaica specimens (or, 

 to be more correct, one specimen and four wings) agree so well with Grote's 

 description that we have no doubt about the correctness of our identification as 

 regards the species. Whether Jamaica and Cuba individuals are snbspeciflcally 

 diSercnt, that is a (question which we cannot decide without Cuba material. 



a. N. poeyi poeyi. 



Uijlokus [meyi Grote, I.e. ; Bull., Trans. Zool.Soc, Land. ix. p. 617. n. 8 (1877) ("Atlantic district " ; 



" 1863" ex err.) ; Gundl. , f-y«<r, Ent. Cabana p. 227 (1881) (Santiago, Cuba) ; Kuliy, Cat. Lep. 



Het. i. p. 694. n. 13 (1822) (Cuba ; " 1863" ex err.). 

 Erinynis poeyi Grote, I.e. (sub syn.). 



S. Forewing less variegated with blackish brown than in /tateriKs, more 

 elongate. Tenth sternite more deeply sinuate, and harpe more densely dentate. 



Ilab. Cnba ; Jamaica. 



A cJ in the Dublin Museum, without antenna but otherwise in fair condition ; 

 another in the Berlin Museum with wrong head and abdomen. The latter indi- 

 vidual has on the forewing a large brown costal mark in the shape of a halfring 

 open at costal margin. 



b. Jy. poeyi hateriiis. 



'/fi/lolcuH hfitmns Druce, Ann. .Va^. N. H. (0.) ii. p. 239 (1888) (Yucatan ;— coll. Staudinger) 

 Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 694. n. 18 (1892); Druce, Biol. Centr. Amer., Lep. H,l. Snppl. 

 p. 318. D. 1. t. 65. f. 6 (1896) (Temax, N. Yucatan). 



i ? . Forewing variegated with blackish brown, especially on disc and at 

 COHtal margin. 



i. Tenth sternite minutely sinuate. 



Ilab. Yucatan. 



In Museum Tring 1 ? ; in the British Museum 1 S ; also in the coll. of 

 II. Druce and Staudinger. 



XXX. DICTYOSOMA gen. nov.-Typus : elsa. 



Bpkinx, Strecker (now Linn^, 1758), Lep. ICIio/). Ilet. p. 126 (1878). 



(??. Tongue shorter than the body. Pilifer with l)ristles and scales. Palpus 

 slender, not prominent, hairy. Eye small, not lashed. Antenna (cJ, ?) stout, 



