( 414 ) 

 34.1. Cautethia grotei. 



Caiilftliiti spec, Butler, Pfipiliv i. p. 105 (1881) (Indian R., Fla. ; is not twctuiformis). 



CuuMhia grulei Edwards, Pitpilio ii. p. 10 (1882) (Indian R., Fla. ; is Macroglossid ) ; id., Eiit. 

 Amer. iii. p. 163 (1887) (pupa) ; Kirby, I.,: n. :? (1892); Dyar, Psyche vii. p. 385 (189fi) 

 (dcscr. of larva ; on Chhii-occa racemosa ; Lake Worth, Fla.) ; id., Pmc. U. St. N. Miis. xxxiii 

 p. 255 (1900). 



S ? . The silvery-grey colour of the forewinir and body prominent. 



(?. Tenth tergite (PI. XLIII. f. 31) much longer than the sternite, somewhat 

 hooked at end ; sternite strongly curving upwards, forming almost a semicircle in 

 side-view (PI. XLIII. f. 32), sinuate at end, the lobes rounded, somewhat incrassate 

 on the upperside, base of sternite broad, dilated into a rounded lobe at each side, 

 the edge of this lobe, as well as of the curved process, rough with short spines. 

 Harpe (PI. XLVII. f. 13) long, pointed, not projecting. Penis-sheath (PI. LIII. 

 f. 30) without process. 



Ba/). P>ahamas ; Florida. 



In the Tring Museum 22 specimens from : Bahamas (Sir G. t'arter) ; Florida. 



346. Cautethia noctuiformis. 



*Ueiiusiinda iiuctii'ijiormiK Walker, LiM Leji. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 232. n. 1 (185fi) (St. Domingo ; — Mu?. 



Brit.) ; Clem., Proc. Ac. N. Sr. Philad. iv. p. 187. n. 92 (1859) (St. Domingo) ; Grote, Pmr. 



Eiit. Soc. Philnd. V. p. 79. 83 (1865) (Cuba) ; Herr.-Scb., Ojrn>:p. 111. p. bl (1865) ; Schauf., 



Nunq. Otios. i. p. 23 (1870) (Cuba); Dew., Milth. Miimh. Enl. Vvi: i. p. 91 (1877) (Porto Rico). • 

 Cautelhiii nai-liiifnniiis, Grote & Rob., Pnii; Eiit. fior. P/iilail. v. p. 168 (1865) (Cuba) ; Grote, Ami. 



Lye. N. York viii. p. 202 (1867) : Herr.-Scb., .-Ih.ss. Sclim. ii. f. 552 (1869) ; Butl., Traii.H. Zoul. 



Soc. Loml. ix. p. 602 n. 1 (1877) (Haiti) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 699. n. 1 (1892). 

 Bi'aesia hippiirsiiis Grote & Robinson, Trans, .liner. Eiit. Snc. ii. p. 77 (1869) {num. max. siiperrar.). 

 Cautethia grntci, Gundlach (iion Edwards, 1882), Contr. Ent. Cuhaiia p. 179 (1882) (Cuba ; larva 



on Riibiaceae). 



(J?. The amount of yellow on the hindwing is variable, iu some individuals 

 the black marginal band extending almost to cell ; below, the yellow area is 

 sometimes reduced to a small patch. 



6. Tenth tergite shorter than the sternite (PI. XLIII. f. 29. 30), trnucate- 

 sinnate, slightly dilated at end ; sternite rounded at end, club-shaped in a side-view, 

 the upjier surface being swollen at apex, this swollen part divided mesially and 

 each half transversely ribbed. Harpe (PI. XLVII. f 12) with a short, obtuse, 

 incrassate, process which is denticulate at the edge on the inner side. Penis-sheath 

 produced into a dentate process, which is longer than the sheath is wide. 

 (PI. LIII. f. 34). 



Hub. St. Thomas ; Porto Kico ; Haiti ; Cuba. 



In the Tring Museum 3 (?<?, 5 ? ? from : Cuba ; St. Thomas. 



CV. NYCERYX.— Typus : hyposticta. 



Perigmua Walker, List Lep. Iiix. B. M. viii. p. 100 (1856) (partim) ; Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lip. Hit. 



i. p. .320 (1875) (partim). 

 Ambulyx, Felder {mm Walker, 18.56), Rche Nnrara, Lep. t. 77 (1874). 

 Nyceryx Boisduval, I.e. p. 16 (1875) (type : hi/posticta). 



cJ ? . Close to I'erigonia, apex of forewing sinuate between SC^ and SC'', or 

 truncate. 



