( 416 ) 



//. Ocliraoenus "rrounil-colour of anterior distal 

 jiiirt of disc of forewing below divided up 

 into rather sharply defined halfmoons 35(). N. iwphiis, 



Forewing below not oehraceous on dise, or 



the ochruceons spots ill-defined . . . . . i. 

 i. Pronotum and anterior jiart of mesonotnm 

 grey, only with a brown mesial line, no 

 distinct lines in basi-costal area of fore- 

 wing above 354. N. contimia. 



I'ronotnm and mesonotum faintly variegated 

 with lirown ; a rather obvious abbreviated 

 subbasal band or patch on forewing . . 355. JS'. nlophus. 

 j. Apex of forewing sinuate .... 357. N. riscus. 

 Ape-K of forewing trnncate .... 358. N. stuarti. 



347. Nyceryx hyposticta. 



*Ain)}iilij.i- hi/jmsticlii Felder, Reise Nm'ani, Lep. t. 77. f. 2. 3 (1874) (Colombia ; — Mus. Triiig). 

 Xi/reri/x ki/pnslicht, Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. Hit. i. p. 16. n. 1 (187.^) (Colombia) ; Kirby, Cnl. 



Lep. Het. i. p. (577. n. 1 (1892). 

 Nyceryx vega Boisduval, I.e. {nom. siipereae.). 

 Ambulyx? hyposticta, Butler, Trans. Zml. Sue. Loud. ix. p. 58'2. r. 10 (1877). 



J'?. The largest species of the genns. The association with Ambtdi/x is wild. 

 In shape of the wings, pattern, and structure, liypo^ticta is close to ericea, maqiia, 

 i'/rfita//ii, etc. Its pattern is of a more generalised type. The white, sparsely 

 scaled, discal spots of the forewing correspond to the semi-transparent spots found in 

 Sesiajadus and allies. Similar spots are found in ericea. The interspaces between 

 the obscure lines of the forewing bear conspicuous yellow spots on the underside in 

 the basal half. 



(?. Ninth and tenth segments broad ; processes of tenth comparatively short, 

 resembling those of contimia, tergal ones rather club-shaped in side-view. Harpe 

 short, trnncate-sinuate, the upper lobe a little projecting, rounded. Peuis-sheath of 

 the same tyjie as in the other species ; whip (PI. LIV. f. 1) with few teeth ; 

 left ridge not prominent, also with few teeth ; ridge on right side with four teeth ; 

 armature of penis-funnel symmetrical, the mantle hairy, no processes, but a rather 

 high ventral rounded ridge at each side. 



llaL Colombia and Venezuela to Bolivia. 



In the Tring Museum 11 c? c? from : Bogota ; R. Dagua, Colombia (Rosenberg) ; 

 St. Domingo, S.E. Peru, i. vi. (Ockeuden) ; Merida (Briceno). 



In coll. Charles Oberthur a series from Huambo and Chachapoyas, Peru 

 (Mathan). 



In coll. Staudinger from Cbanchamayo and Iluayabamba, Peru ; It. Songo and 

 R. Tanampaya, Bolivia. 



In coll. Dognin from Loja. 



348. Nyceryx ericea. 



*Piiihiiijimiu eriren Druce, .liu;. Miir/. X. II. (li). ii. p. 'I'.^b (1888) (Chiriqui ; — coll. Staudinger) ; 



kirby, Od. Lep. Ilel. i. p. (538. n. '.I (181)2) ; Druce, B'lul. Ceiitr. Amer., Lep. Het. Suppl. t. 65. 



f. 2 (18'.I6). 

 r,ieln/f/fmiri eoffeae, id. {mm Walker, 1856), I.e. p. 209. n. 4 (18'.t6) (Honduras ; Chiriqui ; not 



'' Brazil ' ). 



