( I'V ) 



S. Sexual armature as in cuiya///.^, but tooth of liarpe higher ami carina of 

 peais-sheatli shorter. 



Jh/j. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.B. Pern ; 6(i00 ft. ; wet and dry seasons. 



In the Tring Museum 7 (?c?, caught in November, December, Jannarj', June 

 (Ockenden). 



13t?. Protambulyx sulphurea (I'l. LXVIl. f. 5. 0, c^). 



*Aiiihiilij.t eiiiijdes (Ren.Sch'AS.) ab siil/iliurei( Rothschild, Nov. ZooL. i. p. 542 (1894) (Aroa ;— 

 Mus. Tring). 



S. Forewing with the lobe SC as prominent as in euri/cles ; wings narrower, 



much paler, hind wings lemon-yellow. Forewing : no large costal and internal 



subbasal jiatches, discal lines dentate also at W, a faint pinkish tint in basal half, 

 especially before SM- ; marginal double band much narrower than in eiwi/cles 



between R' and W. Hindwing : second and third lines thin, third curved as in 



earyaliis. 



First discal line of forewing below close to cell, marginal band narrowed to a 

 point below e.xtremity of SC^, much narrower between R' and R' than in eunjcles, 

 measuring only 4| mm. at the widest point. 



S- Eighth sternite (PL XXII. f. 21) mesially produced into a very small 

 lobe, which is convex, the edges being turned internad. Tenth sternite with a 

 much narrower lobe than in euri/cles, mesially sinuate (PI. XXIII. f. 4). Friction- 

 patch of clasper as in euri/cles ; harpe different, armed with a high, erect, submesial 

 process which is hollowed out proximally and rounded at the apex (PI. XXXI. f. 3). 

 Penis-sheath with a dorso-lateral ridge which has the ajipearance of a ribbon fastened 

 to the sheath with one edge, the free edge of the ridge minutely notched ; distally 

 the ridge is continued along the edge of the sheath (PI. XXX. f. 18). 



? and early stages not known. 



Hab. South America : Venezuela. 



In the Tring Museum 3 c? <? from Aroa, Venezuela. 



130. Protambulyx astygonus (PI. LXVU.f. \. 2, type). 



*Aiiibuli/j- rixliji/oiiux Boisduval, fijier. Geii. Leji. IIH. i. p. 188. n. 10 (187.5) (Brazil ; — coll. Charles 

 Oberthiir) ; But!., Tmiix. Zool. Snc. Loiul. ix. p. 630 (1877) ; Kirby, Cut. Lep. Met. i. p. 675. 

 n. it (189-2) ; Bonningh., Iris xii. p. 1 15. n. 18 (1899) (Rio de Janeiro). 



(J. Close to A. i/Ofhlii. Forewing, above, without distinct stigma ; third discal 



line of hindwing regularly crenate, first line S-shaped, much more curved than in 



i/oi'l(lii and more jiroxiinal, second almost absent or very thin. Hindwing less 



pointed, distal margin more couvex ; distal marginal band of forewing below halfmoon- 

 shaped from tip of S( ;' to beyond M', then linear, the i)Osterior portion thinner 

 than in i/orl '//'/. 



Kighth sternite with a prominent mesial process, which is, however, much 

 Bhorter tiian in Mrii/ilix. Friction-iiatch of clasper narrow, elongate bean-shaped, 

 obliquely longitudinal. Tooth of harpe long, obtuse, almost vertical on the clasper. 

 Penis-sheath with a short tooth jiointing sinistro-laterad. Tenth sternite short, 

 very broad, widest at apex, which is shailowly sinuate, angles rounded, projecting 

 lateral]. 



Hub. Brazil. 



In the Tring Museum 1 i from Uio de Janeiro. 



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