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6 ?. Tlie olive basal baud of tlie foiuwiug is narrow ; tbe discal silvery sj)ots 

 are nearly of equal size, in most specimens the ujiper one transverse, the second 

 more or less ronndcd ; forewing narrower than in the other Continental sjiecies. 

 Harj)e obtnsely pointed (FI. XLVI. f. 8). Dentate part of penis-sheath (PI. LIII. 

 f. Is) obtusely acuminate, elongate-ovate, densely denticulated proximally at the 

 right side. White line of palpns interrupted. 



Haf/. Mexico to Rio de Janeiro. 



In the Tring IMnsenm 5 c?c?, one of them ex coll. Lcnnej), another from 

 Valencia, Venezuela, a third without locality, two from Costa Rica (M. de 

 Mathan). 



The ty])e ofJhiiHus is in bad condition. The left forewing is much torn at the 

 apex, and the apex of the right one is cut off witli a sharp instrument. This 

 accounts for the forewing beitig described by Boisduval as being less sinuate 

 than in jjl/ito and a little truncate at the apex. The posterior silvery spot is 

 nearly as large as in bubastus, but its upper inner angle points basad. The penis- 

 sheath is as in oiclna ; the liarpe and tenth segment are not preserved in the 

 mutilated specimen. 



313. Madoryx pluto. 



Sj)li/ii.r pluto Cramer, Pap. E.r. iii. p. 39. t. 216. f. li (1779) (Surinam) ; Goeze, Eiit. Bii/ti: iii. 2. 



p. 22G. n. 8o (1780) : Chavannes, Bid!. Sor. Vadoise «<•. Nnl. (1854) (larva, pupa). 

 IlemLi-iiphiiii'H plntiimiin Hiibner, IVr;. bck. Schm. p. 133. u. 1427 (1822). 

 Cidliuniiiiu pinto. Walker, List Lifj. Iim. B. M. viii. p. 111. n. 3 (18.56) (partim) ; Burm., Dtscr. Rip. 



Arijmt. V. Atlas p. 33. t. 13. f. 1 (larva), f. G (pupa) (1879). 

 Mdduryx jjliito, Boisduval, Spiv, (leu. Lip. Hit. i. p. 1.02. n. 3 (1875) (Cayenne, Surinam) ; Schaus, 



Eiit. Xews vi. p 141 (1895) (.synou.). 

 *Madorijx debnrrei, Boisduval, Spec. Giti. Lip. Hit. i. p. 155. n. (^ (1875) (Brazil ; — Mus. Bruxelles) ; 



Maai-s., Stett. Enf. Zrit. xli. p. 68 (1880) (= '{pluto). 

 Ciilliomiiia ? plutij, Butler, Trnnn. Zuol. Son. Loud. ix. p. 538. n. 1 (1877) (partim). 

 HcHieruphnies dehorrei, Butler, Trans. Zool. Sor. Lond. ix. p. 630 (1877) ; Kirby, Ctrt. Lep. Het. i. 



p. 647. n. e (1892) (Brazil) ; Biinuingh., fi-is xii. p. 124. n. 45 (1899) (Rio de Janeiro; distinct 



from pluto). 

 Calliunima phdoidiis, Kirby, Trims. Eid. Sm: ImihI. p. 234 (1877) (synon.) ; id.. Cat. Lep. Het. i. 



p. 646. n. 1 (1892) (Brazil). 

 Heiuerojilaues plutiiloiiius (!), Smith, Trans. Amer. Eiit. Sue. XV. p. 60 (1888). 

 ]Ieiiierophiiies 2>luto,Druce, in Biol. Centr. An,er., Lep. Het. Suppl. p. .303. n. 3 (1896) (Jalapa; 



Chiriqui). 



cJ ? . The few specimens from Central America and (Jolombia which we have 

 seen differ from the South Brazilian individuals in the forewing being dentate at 

 aV', as is the case in ("ramer's figure ; our Surinam specimens, however, have tiie 

 wing even, like Sonthern individuals. The lower silvery spot is longer in the 

 C!entral American and Colombian specimens than in those from the more eastern 

 and sonthern countries, and tiie tentli sternite is longer. There are ])0ssibly two 

 subsjiecies. 



S, Tenth sternite longer tlian in the other species, about twice or thrice the 

 length of the lobes of the tergite. Harpe broadly triangular, somewhat curved 

 upwards. Peuis-sheath (PI. LIII. f. li)) elongate-acuminate, densely spinose at 

 the edges and on the n]iiier surface at tlie right side and at end, ventro-laterally 

 clothed with spines, which are generally broken otf, being very loosely inserted in 

 the membrane of the lateral and ventral apical surface of the penis-sheath. 



Larva figured by Chavannes and again by Burmeister, l.l.cc. ; long, somewhat 

 flattened, grey ; head small, thorax somewhat enlarged, seventh segment with 



