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t?. Forecoxa with scent-organ. Tenth, segment divided. Clasper with many 

 erect friction-scale.s. 



? . Seventh sternite without spines. 



Larva cylindrical, thoracical segments not enlarged. A dorso-lateral stripe from 

 thorax or head to horn, from this stripe oblique bands extend downwards and 

 backwards. Horn short in adult. — Food-plants: Fie as ; Artocarpus. 



Pupa imperfectly described. 



Hah. Tropical and Subtropical America. 



Four species. 



Key to the species : 



a. Hindwing with white marginal spot at tip 



ofSM^ b. 



Hindwing without white marginal spot at tip 



ofSM- c. 



b. Hindwing without distinct black median band . 303. P. si/ces. 

 Hindwing with distinct black median band . 302. P. ficus. 



c. Hindwing with distinct black median band . 305. P. resumens. 

 Hindwing without distinct black median band . 304. P. darceta. 



302. Pachylia ficus. 



Merian, Metam. Ins. Surin. t. 33. fig. sup. dextera (1705) (larva & pupa this species or sycex). 

 Sphhur ficus Linn^, Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 491. n. 13 (1758) ; Linne', Miis. Ltid. Ulr. p. 353 (17tii) ; 



Clerck, Icon. his. ii. t. 49. f. 2 (1764) ; Linni^, Syst. Nat. ed. xii. p. 800. n. 15 (1707) ; Drury, 



Ilhistr. Et. Ent. ii. p. 44. t. 26. f. 1. & Index (1770-73) (Jamaica) ; Miill., Katws. v. 1. p. GS'.i. 



n. 15 (1774) ; Fabi-., Syst. Ent. p. 540. n. 13 (1775) ; Cram., Piip. E.c. iil. p. 90. t. 240. f. v. 



(1779) ; Goeze, Ent. Beytr. iii. 2. p. 104. n. 15 (1780) ; Fabr., Spec. Ins. ii. p. 145. n. 26 (1781) ; 



id., Matit. Ins. ii. p. 95. n. 29 (1787) ; Gmel., Syst. Nat. i. 5. p. 2380. n. 15 (1790) ; Fabr., Ent. 



Syst. iii. 1. p. 366. n. 31 (1793) ; Thunb., Mas. Nat. Ups. xxiii. p. 9 (1804) ; Turt., Syst. Nut. 



iii. 2. p. 172 (1800) ; Drury, ed. Westw., IHusli: Ex. Ent. ii. p. 48. t. 26. f . 1 ( ? ) (1837). 

 Pholus ficus, Hiibner, V'erz. hi: Schm. p. 134. n. 1438 (1822). 

 Di'ilej/ldlafirus, Biirmeister, Spiting. Bras. p. 61. n. 1 (1856). 

 Piirliyliii finis, Walker, List Lfji. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 189. ii. 1 (1850) (partim) : Lucas, in Sagra, 



Hist. Cuba p. 290 (1856) ; Clem., .Journ. Ac. Nat. Sri. Philad. iv. p. 158. n. 14 (1859) (synon. 



partim) ; Morris, Cat. Leji. iV. Am. p. 19 (1800) (partim) ; Clem., in Morris, Si/n. Lcjj. N. Am. 



p. 181. n. 1 (1802) ; Herr.-Sch., Corrrsp. Bl. p. 58 (1865) (Cuba) ; Grote, Proc. Ent. Soe. 



Philad. v. p. 62 (1865) (Cuba) ; id. & Rob., itnd. v. p. 158. n. 59 (1865) (Cuba) ; Grote, I.e. 



vi. p. 329 (1867) (Cuba) ; Boisd., Cons. Lip. Guatemala p. 72 (1870) (partim) ; Scbauf., Nii/nj. 



Otio.i. i. p. 16 (1870) (Surinam); Grote, Trans. Amer. Ent. Sue. iii. p. 185 (1871) (Cuba); 



Wallengr., Ofr. Vet. Al: Fiirh. xxviii. p. 913. n. 15 (1871); Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lep. Bel. i. 



p. 136. n. 3 (1875) (partim) ; Grote, BnW. Buffalo Soc. N. Sc. ii. p. 226. n. 31 (1875) (Florida) ; 



MBschl, Verh. Zool. But. Ges. Wien xxvi. p. 347 (1876) (Surinam) ; Butl., Trans. Z,<„l. Snr. 



Loud. ix. p. 578. n. 1 (1877) (Mexico ; Haiti) ; Grote, I.e. iii. p. 222. n. 33 (1877) (Florida) ; 



Dew., Milth. Miineh. Ent. Ver. i. p. 91 (1877) (Porto Rico) ; Butl., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lund. 



p. 40 (1878) (Amazons) ; id., Pruc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 483. n. .54 (1878) (Jamaica) ; Maass., 



Stett. Ent. Zeit. xli. p. 59 (1880) {nndalifascia = ficus) ; Druce, in Biol. Centr. Ainer., Lep. Ilel. 



i. p. 15. n. 1 (1881) ; Gundl., Cunlr. Ent. Cnha.na p. 200 (1882) (Cuba) ; Auriv., Kongl. Sv. 



Vet. Ah-. Ilandl. xix. 15, p. 135. n 171 (1882) (recensio critica) ; Scbaus, Papilio iv. p. 21 (1884) 



(larva noticed) ; Snell., Tijdsehr. Ent. xxx. p. 34 (1887) (Curasao) ; Smith, Trans. Amer. Ent. 



Soe. XV. p. 138. t. 0. f. 1. 2 (genit.) (1888) (Florida; Texas) ; Edw., Bull. U. St. N. Mas. xxxv. 



p. 42 (1889) (liter, rel. to metam.) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Bet. i. p. 078. n. 1 (1892) ; Druce, I.e. 



Suppl. p. 309 (1896) ; Sloas., Ent. Neios x. p. 96 (1899) (Florida) ; Hamps., Ann. .]lay. N. B. 



(7). vii. p. 2.50 (1901) (Bahamas). 

 Chaerocampa eraineri Mi-ni5tri(-8, Enurn. Corp. Auim. Mas. Petr., Lep. ii. p. 133. n. 1511. & Suji/il. 



p. 91 (18.57) (Bahia). 

 Paeliychia Ij/ncea Ciemunii, l.l.e.e. (" ^ of yiV«s, or distinct ? ") ; Morris, I.e. (1860); Grote, Bull. 



