( 30O ) 



Iso(^>iul///is liy the underside of the abdoiueu being purely white, with consjiicuous 

 black dots. 



JIdfj. Brazil. 



In the Tring Musenni from " Brazil." 



In the I'ern Museum and the British Museum from Para (Dr. Goeldi). 



201. Isogaathus caricae. 



Sphira- enririif Linnt', Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. ."ifjO (1704); Clerck, lam. Tiis. ii. t. 47. f. 1 (17G4) ; Houtt., 



Nntiirl. lIiHl. i. 11. p. 4:i2. n. 9 (1707) ; Linnc', %.v/. Nut. ed. xii. p. 800. n. 11 (1707) ; Fabr., 



StjHl. Kill. p. 547. n. 3.') (177,5) ; Cram., /Vy). Exol. i. p. 1.55 (1770) (= cams) ; Goeze, Eiil- 



Beijtr. iii. 2. p. 101. n. 11 (1780) (fsynon. partim) ; Fabr., Spec. htx. ii. p. 153. n. 58 (1781) ; 



Stoll. Exsui Onire N.v-v/., in Cram., Pap. E.rol. iv. p. 10 (1782) (= ciirus) ; Fabr., Maid. Ins. ii. 



p. il8. n. 04 (1787) ; Gmel., ^ust. Nat. i. 5. p. 2.^79. n. 11 (1790) ; Fabr., EjiI. S,/sI. iii. 1. p. 378. 



n. 07 (1793) ; Thunb., Mn.i. Nat. Up.':, xxiii. p. 9 (1804). 

 Sphinx racns Cr.imer, Pap. E.nd. i. p. 73. t. 40. f. E (1775) ; Fabr., Sjiec. In.': ii. p. 143. n. 15 (1781); 



id., Mant. Ins. ii. p. 94. n. 17 (1787) (no name) ; Gmel., .SV/.s/. Nat. i. 5. p. 2375. n. 59 (I79U) ; 



Fabr., Eid. Si/st. iii. 1. p. 3G1. n. 18 (1793); Menetr., Enum. Corp. Aiiini. Mas. Pili:, Lep. 



ii. p. 90. n. 1490 (1857) (Surinam). 

 Ei-inniils curmie, Hiibner, TV,-,-. 6<*. Srhm. p. 139. n. 1493 (1822). 

 IHiopliiyiiida earns, Burmeister, Sphhifj. lints//, p. 70 (1856). 

 Dilijjihnnota lar'icae, id., t.c. p. 70 (1856) {earns?). 

 Anccryx caricae {\),'Wa\keT, L/sl Lep. Im. B. .V. viii. p. 228. n. 11 (1850) ; Boisd., Spec. Gen. Up. Hit. 



i. p. 123. n. 5 (1875) (Cayenne ; larva). 

 Tator/lns.sum carirae, Butler, Trans. Zunl. Sue. Loinh ix. p. 599 (1877); Auriv., Konr/l. Sv. Al.\ 



llamll. xix. 5. p. 1.32. n. 168 (1882) (reeens. crit.) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilel. i. p. 699. n. 1 (1892) 



(Surinam) ; Bonningh., Iris xii. p. 118. u. 25 (1899) (Rio de Jan.). 



c? ? . A .stout species, reminding one of Acherontiii, to which it is, however, not 

 at all related, e.\cei)t in so far as both are Sphin<ji(hte. Bauds of abdomen 

 consiiieuons ; transverse lines on the bhudc ujijierside of the I'orewing distinct, the 

 pattern more ancestral than that of the other sjiccies. Veins of iiindwing streaked 

 with iilack in outer half of wing. Underside of the typical Isognathiis pattern. 



Early stages not known. 



Jliih. South America : Venezuela to liio de Janeiro; commoner in the North 

 than in the South. 



In the Tring Museum H) id, 10 ?? from: Britisii Guiana; Suapure, 

 Caura IJ., Venezuela, end of vi. vii. viii. i.\. (S. Klagcs) ; Merida. 



XC. EUINNYIS.— Typus : dlo. 



Spliiiix Linn^, Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 489 (1758) (partim ; type : oeellutn). 

 Erinni/is Hiihner, Verz. hek. Seliin. p. 139 (1822) (partim ; type : ellv). 

 Diln/jhiiHiita Burmeister, Sjihinr]. Bras. p. 68 (1850) (type ; elln). 

 Anceryx Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 222 (1856) (partim ; type : jiinasiri). 



f? ? . Genal ])roerss tviangular, obtuse, nearly as long as the jjilifer. Palpus 

 truncate, jirojecting, the two together rounded in dorsal view, apical surface obliijne, 

 on a level with frons. Antenna setiform, very faintly incrassate distally in ? ; 

 end-segment long, tiliform (excepting base), about as long as 6 to 8 previous 

 segments, rough-sealed. Scaling of occiput elevate, divided into a double crest 

 (in well j>resc'rved individuals). Mesonotum with double crest, which is highest 

 in front. Alidoniinnl tergitcs witii one row of apical sjiines, these very strong, 

 (■(inical, tliii.---e of )i()sti'i-lor tcrgiles scjiarate ; the sjjiiu's of tlie sternifes less strong. 



