( 405 ) 

 334. Epistor ocypete. 



(J. Sphinx oeypete Linn^, Sijst. Nut. ed. x. p. 498. n, 4 (1758) ; id., Mns. Lml. Ulr. p. 344 (17G4) ; 



id., %s/. jV«/. ed. xii. p. 798. n. 4 (1707) ; Cimel., Si/st. Nat. i. 5. p. 2373. n. 1 (1790). 

 5 . Sjihiiix camerliis Cramer, Piij). E.r. iii. p. 53. t. 22b. f. A (1779) (Surinam) ; Goeze, Eid. Bei/lr. 



iii. 2. p. 2-27. n. 9 (1780) ; StoU, in Cram., I.e. Suppl. t. 25. f. 1. l;i (1790) (larva, pupa). 

 (J. iSphln.r (hiimni Cramer, Pap. Ex. iii. p. 53. t. 225. f. B (1782) (Surinam) , Goeze, /.<■. n. 10 (1880). 

 Enyo canm-ttis, Hiibner, I>r;. /«-/.•. Srlnn. p. 132. n. 1420 (1822) ; Walk., Lint Lip. J:ik. B. M. viii. 



p. 114. n. 2 (1856) (Brazil ; Para ; Mexico ; S. Domingo) ; Clem., Jourii. Ac. N. Sr. Philad. 



iv. p. 140. n. 20 (1859) ; Clem., in Morris, Si/n. Lep. N. Am. p. U2. n. 2 (1802) ; Herr.-.Soh., 



Corresp. Bl. p. 57 (1805) (= higiihrh?) ; Grote, Proc. Eiit. Soi: Philad. v. p. 44 (1805) (Cuba, 



distinct) : id. & Rob., ibid. p. 152. n. 18 (1865) ; Grote, Tram. Amer. Ent. Sue. iii. p. 184 



(1871) (Cuba); Butl, Ti-aiis. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix. p. 541. n. 2 (1877) (Oaxaca ; var, of 



liiyubris'i); \A., Prar. Znal. Soc. Loud. p. 483. n. 50 (1878) (Jamaica); Gundl., Cii/ilr. Eid.. 



Cubawi p. 180 (1882) (distinct from luipdjrin) ; Moichl., Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wieii xxxii. 



p. 333 (1882) (Surinam ■ = daiiiim ) ; Kirby, Col. Lep. Het. i. p. 044. n. 2 (1892) ; Bjnningb., 



/m xii. p. 131. n. 00 (18910 (Rio de Jan. ; larva on Vili.f). 

 Enyn diinnm, Hiibner, Vn-. bel:. Schin. p. 132. n. 1421 (1822) ; Walker, I.e. viii. p. 118. n. 12 (1850); 



Grote, Pior. Ent. Sor. Philad. v. p. 45 (1805) (Cuba) ; id. & Rob., ibid. p. 152 n. 19 (1805) ; 



Grote, Trans. Aiiur. Ent. Soc. iii. p. 184 (1871) (Cuba) ; Butl., Trans. Zool. Soc. Lnnd. ix. 



p. 541. n. 3 (1877) (Peru ; Bolivia; Haiti ; ozi/pele'^) ; Gundl, I.e. p. 182 (1882). 

 Pterogoii camertus, Burmeister, Sphing. Bras. p. 72 (1856). 

 (J. Enyo lutj>ibri.t; Walker, l.r. viii. p. 113. n. 1. var. y (1856). 

 Thyreits danitm, Boisduval, Com. Lep. Guatemala- p. 67 (1870). 

 ?. Enyo luguhris, Wallengren, Oefr. Vet. Ak. Handl. p. 913 (1871) ; Smith, Trans. Amn: Ent. Soc. 



XV. p. 123 (1888) (partim). 

 Epistor camertus, Boisduval, Spec. Ghi. Lep. Ilel. i. p. 298. n. 3 (1875) (Guiana ; Colombia ; Antilles). 

 Epistor danum, id.. I.e. p. 299. n. 5 (1875) (Guiana ; Colombia ; Cuba ; Haiti). 

 Sphinx ozypete (!), Butler, I.e. p. 541. sub n. 3 (1877). 

 cJ. Enyo ocypete, Aurivillius, Kuiigl. Sr. Vet. .!/.■. Handl. xix. 5. p. 128. n. 162 (1882) ; Kirby, /..■. 



n. 3 (1892). 



S ? . Manj' individuals are nmber-brown. The brush of scales at tlie tij) of tlie 

 antenna very ijrominent, the scales very slemler in the <S. 



(?. Alidominal area of hindwing above with a sharply defined yellowish white 

 patch. Tenth abdominal segment as in lii(/nf>r/.^, bnt the apical process of the 

 tergite not rjnite so long and a little curved downward, and the ventral processes 

 also shorter ; sternite twisted at end as in liigiibri.s. Clasper (PI. XLVII. f. 19) 

 without apical process, almost regularly acuminate in apical third ; harjie free at 

 end, more or less truncate. Penis-sheath (PI. LIII. f. 33) ending in a long 

 pointed process, which is much broader than in liit/tibris. 



?. Similar to the ? of luguhri.1, but easily distinguished by the second 

 abdominal tergite bearing a brown belt, by the brown discal area of the forewing 

 e.xteiidhig along the antemedian line to hinder margin, by the sliav]ily niarkeil 

 vinaceons-clay-colonred distal marginal halfraoon, and the smaller stigma. 



Larva and pupa figured by Stoll, I.e. 



Hah. Mexico to Paraguay and Southern Brazil ; Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica. 



In the Tring Mnscnm (J5 S S,2n ? ? from : Jamaica ; Cuba ; various places 

 from Mo.sico southward to Bolivia, Matto Grosso and Sao Paulo-. 



We have only one Jamaica specimen, a ? ; this has a rather broader forewing 

 than ordinary Continental individuals. 



335. Epistor gorgon. 



? . Sphinx gorgnn Cramer, Pap. Ex. ii. p. 73. t. 142. f. K (1777) (Surinam). 

 (J. Sphinx lyctits id., I.e. iii. p. 5C. t. 225. f. F (1779) (Surinam). 

 Setia yorgoii, Oken, Lehrb. Naturg. iii. ]. p. 760. sub n. 4 (1815). 



