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Clhrysalis like that of cllo and alojio. 



Hull. Ti(.)}]ical and Snlitrojiical America : West Indies, Texas to Argentina. 



The species varies especially in two directions : in the amount of ferrnn'inous- 

 red on the hindwing, and in size. We recognise fonr forms, of which the first 

 three are connected by intergradatious, while the fourth seems to be pretty constant 

 and may eventually ])rove to be sjiecifically distinct. The first, and fourth occur on 

 the mainland only ; the second and third also on the Antilles. The larger 

 individuals have the ferruginons-red area of the hindwing reduced, the smaller ones 

 have it more or less extended to normal size (as in other sjjecies), but there is no 

 sharp limit between larger and smaller sj)ecimens, nor between such with reduced 

 and extended ferruginous-red area. 



If any one has an occasion of studying the life-history of this species, he 

 should ]iay special attention to the variation, and state explicitly to whicii special 

 form or forms his observations refer. 



d' . K. liissa/i.ri f. /iissdiixi. 

 *Anceri/x hrs^/nrri Boisdm'ul, /.*'. 



cJ ?. Hindwing without ferruginous-red area aliove, or this colour vestigial. 



Hall. Argentina northward to Venezuela ; most likely also in Central America. 



In the Tring Museum 3 c? c?, 5 ¥ ? from : Aroa, Merida, and the Orinoco, 

 Venezuela ; Buenos Aires. 



/a' A'. Idssaitxi f. omplialcae. 



*Ancer;ir nniphnltae Boisduval, Cimx. Lip. Guitlfinalu p. 72 (1870) (Nicaragua; — coll. Charles 



Obertliiir) ; Kirby, /.<•. n. & (1892) (partiin). 

 Aiiceryx piperix, Scbaufusa (iimi Grote i^i Rob., 1808), Nmiq. Olioa. i. p. 17 (1870) (Venezuela). 

 Dilopliimuhi crreyiiii Burmeister, Dexcr. Iti'p. Arflint. v. p. X'}2 (1878) (Buenos Aires ; larva). 

 Dihiphoniita piperix, Butler, l.c. ix. p. 003. n. 2 (1877). 

 Diliiphiinota p/rlii, Kirby, l.c. n. 11 (1892) (sub syn.) 

 Diloplionntn (ibsciira ab. ovipliaUw, Rothschild, /./'. 



(J 5. Hindwing with a cinnamon-rufous patch of varying size. 



Il(tb. South and Central America and the West Indies. 



In the Tring Museum 15 cJJ, 11 ?? from: Jamaica; Orizaba, Mexico, 

 ii.-iv. (Sclians) ; Costa Rica (Underwood); Rio Dagna, Colombia (Rosenberg) ; 

 Merida, Veneznela, iii. v. (Briceno) ; Aroa, Venezuela ; La Paz, Bolivia ; 

 Argentina. 



c'. E. lassuuxi f. merianae. 



Anceryx spec, Herr.-Sch., Correxp. Blatt. p. GO (1865) (Cuba). 



Erinnylx merianae Grote, Pnu-. Ent. Soc. Fhihul. v. p. 76. t. 2. f. 2 (1805) (Cuba) ; id. & Rob., 



ihkl. p. 108. n. 109 (18i;5) (Cuba). 

 DilopliMiota iiuriaiiae, Grote, l.c. vi. p. .S29 (1HG7) ; Bull., l.r. ix. p. G03. n. 3 (1877) ; Grote, Bull. 



Buffulu Soc. N. Sr. iii. p. 22.5. n. 70 (1877) (Tex.as) ; Gundl., Cmli: Eiil. Cuhaiia p. 219 (1K82) ; 



Grote, Camiil. Ent. xviii. p. 130. n. 94 (l.SSO) (\V. Ind. ; Mfx. ; Texas) ; Smith, Traiix. Amcr. 



Ent. S(ir. XV. p. 1,08 (1882) (Texas) ; Kiiby, Cut. Lep. Hit. i. p. 097. n. 7 (18!)2) ; Sehaus, Ent. 



Nrwx vi. p. U4 (1895) (synon.); Druce, l.c. Huppl. p. 313. n. 3 (a) (1890) (Mexico; Nicaragua; 



Costa Rica ; P,iDama ; Ecuador). 

 Anceri/x meviunae^ Boitduval, l.c. p. 128. n. 13 (1875) (= umjilialcric) ; Dew., Millh. Milncli. Ent. 



Ver. i. p. 92 (1877) (Porto Rico). 

 *Anceryx jnnijihae Boisduval, l.c. p. 131. n. 17 (1875) (Haiti ;— coll. Charles Oberthur) ; Kirby, l.c. 



n."« (1892). 

 Diliiphimnla laxxavr/ ab. tneiianae, Rothschild, l.c. (1894). 

 Dilophonttta nbxcura ^h. janiphae, Rothschild, l.c. 



