C 187 ) 



a. (J. /i/cii/a.s liji;)(l((S. 



*Anibidi/x li/fidax Boisduval, I.e. (IHVf)) (Brazil ;— coll. Charles Oberthiir) ; Butler, Trans. Zool. 



Soc. Loml. ix. p. CaO (1877) ; Kirby, Pror. Zool. Soc. Loml. p. 271. t. 27. fig. (1886) ; id., Vat. 



Lep. Net. i. p. i;75. n. 2 (18;i2) ; BGoningb., Iris xii. p. 115. n. I'J (189y) (Rio). 

 *A,iihuli/:r lilhmui^ Kirby, Proc. Zoul. Sor. Lund. p. 270. n. 3. t. 27. f. 2 (188G) (Brazil ;—Mus. 

 Dublin). 



(? ? . xipex of forewing strongly jiroduceJ, outer margin very feebly convex 

 between 11' and M-. 



H'ifj. Es])irito Santo ; Rio de Janeiro ; probably also Sao Paulo and Parana. 

 In tlie Tring IMnscum 1 ? without jirecise locality. 



i. 0. lycidas eos. 



Pli'daiiipehix eos Burmeister, Descr. Rep. Argeid. v. p. .^20. n. 4 (1875) (Buenos Ayres) : Bull. 



Papillo i. p. 104 (1881) (not a Philaiiipehis). 

 Aiiibulyi li/vidiis. Burmeister, I.e. Adas p. 58. t. 10. f. 1 ( $ ) (1879) (descr. of larva and pupa). 

 Ambidy.r eos, Kirby, Proe. Zool. Soe. Lund. p. 2G9. n. 2. t. 27. f. 1 ((J) (188(j) ; id.. Cat. Lep. Iht. 



1. p. 675. n. 3 (1892). 



c??. Apex of forewing less produced than in the preceding subspecies, distal 

 margin more convex, snbbasal band more oblique, subapical costal spot smaller. 

 llab. Argentina and Uruguay. 

 In the Tring Museum 6 cjtj, 7 ? ? . 



XLVII. TROGOLEGNUM gen. nov.— Typus: pseiidambuhjx. 



Hi„en,idins, Boisduval (,mi, Latreille, 1802), Spe,: Gen. Lep. Hit. i. p. 29 (1875). 



S. Tongue very weak, thin, short. Palpus rough-haired, short. Head hairy, 

 small, sunken. Eye small. Antenna strongly grooved, end-segment short. 

 Abdominal tergites spinose all over. Tibiae not spinose ; spurs rather long, two 

 jiairs to hiiidtibia, longer terminal one three-ipiarters the length of the first tarsal 

 segment. Pnlvillus, paronychium, frenulum aud retiuaticnlum present. Apex of 

 forewing sinuate, lobe S( '" — R' very broad, distal margins of both wings somewhat 

 scalloped, that of forewing excised between R' and R' ; SC- aud R' of hindwing 

 on a rather long stalk, R- central or a little before centre, D- curved, D^ straight, 

 longer tlian D', lower angle of coll about 75°. Clasper without friction-scales. 



? and early stages not known. 



Ilnb. Mexico. 



OiK! species. 



A derivation from .\mpbjpterus. 



lol. Trogolegnum pseudambulyx. 



'Xineiiiitli'is /j-<eii(lamliidi/.r Boisduva'., I.e. a. 18 (1875) (Me.xico; '■'}" ex err. ;— coll. Charles 



(Jberthiir). 

 Aittljidi/.r (?) /isei/dainluilifr, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soe. Loml. i.\. p. 528 (1877). 

 Sineeinlhns ('fj pKeinhinihnlijj; Kirby, Cat. Lep. llet. i. p. 711. n. 8 (1892) ; Druce, Biol. Centr. Anier., 



Lep. llet. Huppl. p. :)10. t. 58. f. 4 (189(;) (Mexico). 



r'l . Only two s])ecimens known, as far as we are aware; botli are cJc?. In colour 

 tlie species resembles Amplypterus donyaa ; the subbasal Ijand of tlie forewing 



