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*Anceryx muiivhus Boisduval, Spec. Gin. Lip. Hit. i. p. 124. n. 7 (1875) (Cayenne ; —coll. Charles 



Oberthur). 

 Ancerti-r rimnsii, id., I.e. p. 125. n. 9 (1892) (partirn ; Brazil). 

 *Aiu-ir!/.i- j/eliijt.'! id., I.e. p. 12C. n. 11 (1875) (hab. ? ; — coll. Charles Oberthiir). 

 *Ifinf/nathu!< atanzonuma Bntler, Trans. Zoiil. Sor. Lnnd. ix. p. GDI. n. ?>. t. 94. f. 8 (1H77) (Villa 



Nova ;— Mus. Brit.) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. G98. n. 5 (1892). 

 Pxruilo.-^jihiii.r sri/ron, Burmeisfcer, Descr. Rep. Ari/ent. V. p. 327. n. 5 (1878) (partim) ; id., I.e. Allii.it 



p. 32. t. 13. f. 4 (0 (1879). 

 Tsofiiiiilliii.i iiicnerjiiis, Kirby, l.r. n. 13 (1892). 

 Ixtiynathus pihips, id., I.e. n. 15 (1892). 

 hofinathm scijroii, BoQninghausen, Ivi.i xii. p. 117. n. 23 (1899) (larva ; Eio de Janeiro). 



(? ? . A heav3'-bo(lied species. Bands of abdomen well marked, often not 

 distinctly interrupted above. Body and forewings of a pecnliar blnish grey colonr. 



Wings, ahore. Forewing with an antemedian and a discal pair of lines, 



more or less distinct at costal margin, the discal [lair generally interrupted at li", 

 rea])pearing behind, here concave and connected with the antemedian pair, forming 

 with this a kind of half-ring opening at hinder margin ; a discal elongate black 

 ])atch R'— M' invading the discal jiair of lines ; the white discal vein-streakn 

 generally cons])iciious. -Border of hindwiug variable in width. 



Amount of yellow on underside also variable. 



Larva like that of P.seudospliiiix tetrio, with white rings ; head, anal segment 

 and abdominal feet orange-red (Burmeister). 



Ildh. South America : Surinam to Espirito Santo, perhaps more widely 

 distributed. 



In the Tring Museum 10 S S , P> ? ¥ from : Amazons ; Bahia ; Espirito Santo. 



The tijjie of pelops is in very bad condition. We caimot say with certainty 

 whether it belongs here or to some other sj)ecies. 



288. Isognathus congratulans. 



Eriniit/h cmtf/nituhuix Grote & Robinson, Pror, Eiil. 8oc. Philml. v. p. 107. n. 105 (1865) (Cuba ; 



iKjiii. hulescr.) ; Grote, Ann. Lye. N. York viii. p. 200 (18l!5) (Cuba). 

 Dilojilimiotti eonf/ratiiliiii.i, id., Prne. Eiil. Soc. Pliihul. vi. p. 329 (18(i7) (Cuba). 

 hrKjmithHS cimijnilulan.i, id.. Trims. Aiiier. Ent. Soc. iii. p. 185 (1871) (Cuba) ; Bull., Trims. Zool. 



Soe. Loml. ix. p. GOl, n. 4 (1877) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Bel. i. p. 008. n. 4 (1892). 

 Sjilihu eo)ir/riitnlrm.s, Boisduval, S/iee. Gen. Lip. Hit. i. p. 558 (1875). 

 Ijilnjihoniita rirnosa, Gundlach {turn Grote, 1865), Contr. Ent. Cnhiitnt p. 215 (1881). 



i. Bands of abdomen distinct. Forewings, above, for the greater part blackish 

 brown. This may be an extreme variety of riinosa. 

 Hub. ( !uba. 

 In the Tring Museum 1 S from Cuba ; also in the Berlin Museum. 



289. Isognathus rimosa. 



Erinmjh rimoHii Grote, Proe. Ent. Soe. Ptiilad. v. p. 73. t. 2. f. 1 (cj) (1865) (Cuba). 



f^?. Hody paler than in mritrrln(.<( and .sri/n>n ; abdominal bands distinct. 

 'Jroinid coloiu' of forewing, above, chalky ; white marginal spols larger and hind- 

 wing paler yellow than in mcne,cku>i. 



Larva known of two of the three snbsi)ecies (see below), younger stages 

 diderent in colonr and markings from adult cat('r])illar. Head and underside grey ; 

 longitudinal stripes on back and irregular hiteriil miirkings. 



Iliil). Neotropical l{egion : West Indies, Mexico, southward to Nortlicrn Ura/.il. 



Three subspecies : 



