( 379 ) 

 300. Oryba kadeni. 



Pachyliii latlcni Schaufnss, Nunq. Otios. i. p. IG (1870) (Am. mer.). 



Pachi/lia riibustit, Boisduv.il (noii Walker, 1856), Sjirc. Gen. Up. Hel. i. p. 135. ii. 1 (1875) (Brazil). 



*OnilM hnperialis Druce, Ann. Mnij. X. II. (G). v. p. 213 (1890) (Peru ;— coll. Druce) ; Kirby, Cid. 



' Lfp. Ilet. i. n. 3 (1892). 

 Onjha hideiii, Schaus, Enl. XeitK vi. p. 141 (1895) (synon.) ; Druce, I.e. Suppl. p. 314. n. 2 (IHOG) 



(Chiricjui). 

 On/ha r„bH.rf„, Kirby, l.r. n. 2. (1892) (partim) ; Rothsch., Nov. Zooi.. i. p. 88 (1894) ; Biinningh.. 



Jris xii. p. 120. n. 31 (1899) (Rio de Jan. ; Para). 



<??. Abdomen with small lateral tnfts ; seventh (?) or ei>,'hth (c?) tergiti' 

 with long hair-scales which form a simple tnft in ?, and an expansible fan in cj. 

 Antenna strougl}' clubbed ; black, with pale ventral mesial line. Eye very 

 large. Abdominal spines broad, close together also on jmsterior tergites. Distal 

 marginal area of forewing strongly convex ; discal trapeziform area sharply defined, 

 bordered with white scaling. 



5. Scent-organ of forecoxa vestigial. Tenth tergite (PL XLII. f. 2) longer 

 than broad, densely hairy, the lobes abont twice as long as broad in middle in 

 dorsal view ; sternite (A>) little longer than the tergite. Clasper sole-shaped, with 

 elongate-lanceolate, rather small friction-scales ; harpe not separated from the 

 clasper /PI. XLVI. f. 3). Penis-sheath (PI. LIII. f. 13) divided into two 

 slender processes, the incision extended proxiraad as a groove, each process ending 

 in a short spine and two hairs, and bearing some short spines at the base ; process 

 of penis-funnel slightly incrassate distally. 



Hab. Chiriqni to Bolivia and Southern Brazil. 



In the Tring Mnsenm 7 c?c?, 2 ? ¥ from : Peru ; Guanay, Mapiri B., Bolivia, 

 1500 ft., iii. '95 (Stnart) ; Espirito Santo. 



307. Oryba achemenides. 



Sphinx achemenideK Cramer, Puji. E.nil. iii. p. 5:.. t. 22.'i. f. r (1779) (Surinam) ; id., !.c. p. 133. 



t. 2G5. f. A. II. (1779) ; Goeze, Enl. ISnjh: iii. 2. p. 228. n. 93 (178(1). 

 Sj>hin.r tir]imp)ik1en (!) Cramer, /.'■. 

 Chum iwhemenideK, Hiibner, !><•-. hi: Srinn. p. KiH. n. 1482 (1822) ; Druce, Avn. .Mii;/. N. H. (G). 



V. p. 214 (1890) (Colombia). 

 Piiclii/lia wJienienhhs, Walker, List Lep. Ins. 11. .1/. fiii. p. 191. n. 4 (185i;) ; Boisd., Spec. Gen. Up. 



IKl. \. p. 1.3G. n. 2 (1875) ; Oberth., El. d'Enl. vi. p. 31. t. 5. f. 2 (1881) (Teffe). 

 *Or//ba rnbnsia Walker, Li«l L,p. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 197. n. 1 (185(i) (Brazil ;—Mus. O.xford) ; 



Kirby, Cat. L<p. Ihl. i. p. G78. n. 2 (1892) (partim). 

 On/ba mlirniaiules, Kirby, /.<•. n. 1 (1892) ; Rothsch., Nov. Zooi.. i. p. 88 (1894) ("Trinidad" err. 



loc. !) : Schaus, Enl. Nnrs vi. p. 141 (1895) (synon. ; = robnshi) ; Druce, in Biol. Cenli: Amn:, 



I.,p. 11,1. Snj,/,l. p. 814. n. 1 (189G) (Honduras). 



J?. Antenna slenderer and longer, and the eye smaller than in kadeni; the 

 former pale. Abdomen obtuse at end, without tuft, the spines slenderer and, below, 

 weaker than in the preceding. More uniform in colonr ; marginal area of forewing 

 much narrower, the discal area less prominent, the hindwing without distinct 

 bands ; distal margin of forewing concave in S from U" to hinder angle ; D' of 

 liindwing very long, lower angle of cell much produced. 



6. Forecoxa with strongly developed scent-organ. Tenth tergite (PI. XLII. 

 f. 3) shorter than broad, the lobes very strongly rounded ; processes of sternite 

 (AV) muith longer than the tergite, strongly curved at end. Clasper (PI. XLVI. f 4) 

 with a peculiar scent-organ ; ventral margin straight, upper one convex, mem- 

 branaceous, swollen, as ii' being inflated ; the greater part <if the clasper covered 



