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forewing is more or less iiiterriiiiled, widened on disc and zig/.ag ; the olilinue 

 streak liefore the hinder angle, so distinct in ohsciira, is vestigial here. The 

 blackish border of the hindwing is not sharjdy detined and fades often away in 

 front. The external series of spines ou the first segment of the foretarsns is 

 doubled, at least at base. 



S. Processes of tentii sternite longer than the tergite. Harpe short and stont 

 (PI. XLV. f 24). Armature of jienis-sheath (PI. LIII. I 8) diiferent from 

 that of the other species : the dentate part of the right-side edge very short, the 

 row reduced to a few teeth ; the left-side row also short, consisting of about five 

 teeth ; the apical process rather prominent, with a short but obvious carina before 

 end and a tooth at the tip. 



Hab. Mexico: Yucatan; Orizaba; Jalapa; t'o^ta Rica. 



In the Tring Museum 5 S S , 5 ? ? from: Jalapa, ii. ; and Orizaba, ii. iv. 

 (Schaus) ; San Jose, Costa Rica, iii. (Underwood). 



Occurring most likely farther south. 



296. Erinnyis oenotrus (PI. X. f. 7, S). 



Sphituc oeiwtruH StoU, in Cramer, Pap. EmA. iv. p. 22. t. 301. f. c (1780) (Suriaam) ; Me'nptr., 



Eiium. Corp. Anim. Mhk. Pilr. ii. Siippl. p. 90. n. 1494 (1857). 

 Sphiu.r pauiiiiH Fabricius, Maiit. Iiis. ii. p. 93. n. 14 (1787) (Amer. mer.) ; Gmel., i<ysl. Nat. i. 5. 



p. 2374. n. h(, (1790) ; Fabr., Ent. Sijst. iii. 1. p. 3150. n. 15 (17SI3). 

 Eriumjis oeniitvus, Hiibner, Vfi-z. hek. Si-liiii. p. 139. n. 1490 (1822). 

 Dilnjihontita mntilru.'i, Burmeister, Sphi/uj. Hranil. p. 70 (1856) ; .Schaus, Ent. News ix. p. 136 (1898) 



(= metanrhnlim = iiiperis \ = cineriisa = janijihae ex err.); Bonningh., Iria xii. p. 122(1899) 



(partial '!). 

 Splihij- pii-lri Sepp, Snrin. Vlinil. ii. t. 96 (1848) ( '^ ,fig. mala). 

 Aiirerijx tieiialnis, Walker, Lixt Lip. Ins. Ii. M. viii. p. 227. n. 9 (1856) (partim) ; Clem., .Jotirii. Ac. 



N. So. Phihid. iv. p. 177. n. 78 (1859) ; id., in Morris, ,S;/". Lep. N. Am. p. 2(J2. n. 6 (1862) ; 



Dew., Milth. Miiru:!). Ent. Vei: i. p. 92 (1877) (Porto Rico) ; Moschl., Verh. Zuol. Bnt. Get. 



Wlen xxxii. p. 332 (1882) (Surinam). 

 Zomlia pineus. Walker, /,'■. p. 193. n. 2 (1856) (sub syn.). 

 ErinnyiH mdanrhalira Grote, /'/■",■. Ent. Sue. PMad. v. p. 77. t. 2. f. 4 ((^) (1865) (Cuba) ; id. 



& Bob., ihiil. V. p. 168. n. Ill (1865). 

 Dilojihamilii niilawlioliea Grote, l.r. vi. p. .329 (1867) (Cuba) ; id., Tranx. Anicr. Ent. Six: iii. p. 185 



(1871) (Cuba) : id., Camid. Ent. xviii. p. 136. n. 93 (1886) (West Indies northward); Smith, 



Traits. Amrr. Ent. Soe. xv. p. 160 (1888). 

 A nceryx jiiperis (irote & Rob., Trans. Aiuir. Ent. Snc. ii. p. 77 (1868) ( ? ;= rinerosa ; — Mus. Paris); 



Boisd., Spec. Gm. Up. Hit. i. p. 132. n. 19 (1875) (Brazil). 

 Dilajihnnola aenolriis (!), Butler, Prue. /Coal. Soc. Land, p 484. n. 59 (1878) (Jamaica) ; Druce, in 



Had. Centr. Amn:, Lep. IJel. i. p. 19. n. 3 (1881) ; id., /.<.■ Snppl. p. 313 (1896). 

 Dilajihnmilii hijijiutlamn Burmeister, Deser. Reji. Argent, v. p. 333 (1878) ; id., Le. Atlas p. 29. t. 10. 



f. 5 (9) (1879). 

 Ddoplainota alisenra ?, inelaneholiea, Gundlach, Cantr. EiU. Culiana p. 220 (1882) (syn. partim). 

 JMophunota stfiena, id.. I.e. p. 221 (1882) (sub syn.). 

 Dil(,/ihfmutaplrta, Kirby, I.e. n. 11 (1892). 

 /Jilophuniila pijjeris, Bouninghausen, I.e. p. 121. n. 34 (1899) (Rio de Jan.). 



S ?. The sexes are dissimilar, the ? being greyish white on the forewing, witii 

 black patches, while the c? is blackish brown marked with grey. Abdomen below 

 with black dots. Underside of palpus, breast, and abdomen paler than in crameri. 

 Harpe see Pi. XLV. f. 20. 



Larva (see Burmeister, I.e., hi/ipothonii) greenish yellow, with a jiale band from 

 head to horn. ^Food plant : Morrfnia. 



Chrysalis pale yellow, striped with black on wing-cases and breast, abdominal 

 segments with lihick traDsy<'rse dashes. 



