( -137 ) 



t?. Peuis-slieath (PI. LIV. f. 9) much more similar to that of tanlalas thtui 

 to that oi fadus ; the spiues at the left side of the sheath short, arranged in two or 

 three rows ; two or three apical spiues, ])roximal ones about equal, distal one longer ; 

 whip shorter than mj'achis. 



Ihth. Neotrojiical Region, extending occasionally into the Nearctic Region ; not 

 ou the West Indies ?. 



In the Tring Museum 20 specimens from : Oaxaca, Mexico, vii. (Schans) ; 

 Costa Rica (Underwood); Bogota ; Cauca R., Colombia ; Salinas, Beni R., Bulivia, 

 vii. (Stnart) : Miranda, Matto Grosso, i. '99 (Stnart) ; Sapucay, near Villa Rica, 

 Paraguay (Foster) ; Tacuman ; Petropolis ; Venezuela. 



373. Sesia fadus. 



Sphiiu- fadiis Cramer, Pnji. Ex. i. p. 95. t. Gl. f. c (1776) (Surinam); Gmel., Syst Nat. i. 5. 



p. -mi. n. <M (17'.I0). 

 Sesia fadus, Fabricius, Sjjrr. Ins. ii. p. 154. n. 5 -(1781) ; id., Marit. Ins. ii. p. '.19. D. 4 (17K7) ; id., 



Ent. Syst. iii. 1. p. .S79. n. 4 (1793). 

 Aellopiis fa,l„.i, Hiibner, Vir~. bck. Schm. p. 131. n. 1408 (18^2) ; Grote, Proc. E/il. Soc. Pliilad. v. 



p. 41 (1805) (distinct) ; But)., Trrins. Znol. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 530. n. 2 (1877) (partim) ; Maa.ss., 



StelI.Eid. Zeit. xlix. p. 52 (1880) (= lantdlii.s- ex err.) ; Smith, Trans. Amer. Ent. .S'oc. xv. p. 119. 



t. 4. f. 5. e. 7 (genit.) (1888) (partim) ; Kirby, Cat. Lcp. Ilel. i. p. fi34. n. 2 (1892) (partim) ; 



i'l., in Allen's Nat. Libr., Muths iv. p. 10 (1897) (partim). 

 .Uari(ii)los.^iiiii aiiiadosiim Swainson, Zool. lIluKtr. iii. t. 132. f. 1 (1823) (Brazil). 

 Mucrwjhissa haltaita Kirtland, in Sillim., Jaurn. Sc. Art (2). xiii. p. 337. fig. (1852) (Ohio). 

 Man-iMiloaxa titan, Burmeister, Sjj/iiny. Bras. p. 73. n. 3 (1856) (partim; Colombia; Venez. ; 



Guiana ; N. Brazil) ; Lucas, in Sagra, Hist. Cuba vii. p. 288 (lx.5ri) (partim) ; Men., JCinim. 



Cm-p. Anim. .Vus. Pelr., Lep. p. 95. D. 1579 (1857) (Haiti); Herr.-Scli., Corresp. Bl. p. 311 



(18G5) (Cuba) ; Boisd., .S>r. Gen. Lep. Hit. i. p. 358. n. 43 (1875) (partim) ; Moschl., VerJi. 



Zool. Bot. GV.S-. Wien xxvi. p. 351 (1876) (partim ; Surinam) ; Gundl., Contr. Ent. Cabana 



p. 174 (1881) (/. on Eiibiaceae) ; Bates, ed. Clodd, Natur. Amaz. p. 93. fig. (1892). 

 .Uarroglossa tantalus. Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. il. viii. p. 88. n. 4 (1856) (partim) ; Clem., Jnurn. 



Ac. Nat. Hr. Philad. iv. p. 131. n. 6 (1857) (partim): Morris, Cat. Lep. N. A. p. 17 (ISGO) ; 



Clem., in Morris, Syn. Lrp. N. A. p. 151. n. 2 (1862) (partim). 

 SUuroglossa fadus. Walker, t.c. viii. p. 89. n. 7 (1856) ; Boisd., I.e. p. 3.'i9. n. 44 (187.5). 

 Aellopus titan, Grote, Proe. Ent. Soc. Pliilad. v. p. 41 (1865) (Cuba) ; id. & Rob., {hid. v. p. \M. n. 8 



(1865) (partim) ; Grote, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. iii. p. 184 (1871) (partim) ; id., Bidl. Buffalo 



Soc. N. Sr. i. p. 19 (1874) (Texas ; partim) ; id.. I.e. ii. p. 224. n. 13 (1875) (partim) ; id., /..■. 



iii. p. 221. n. 15 (1877) (partim); Burm., Desrr. Rep. Argent. \. p. 358 (1K78) (partim) ; 



Bonningli., //■/.•: xii. p. 135. n. 78 (1899) (partim ; Rio de Jan.). 

 Aellopus tantalus, Druce, Biol. Cenlr. Amer., Lep. llrt. i. p. 1. n. 1 (1881) (partim) ; id., I.e. Sii/ipl. 



p. 298 (1896) (jiartim ; Mexico to Panama). 



Cramer's figure was doubtless taken from a greasy specimen in which the 

 white belt was not visible. 



d ? . iJiscal sjiots of forewing jiartly double, spots R' — R^ being always more 

 or less completely divided into two lunules each, spot SC'' — R' always present; 

 8ubtrans|iarent median s]iots marked above and below. Foretibia and -tarsus 

 normal 



6. I'enis-sheatli (PI. LIV. f. fS) with the whiji long, bearing two or tiiree 

 tubercles liel'ore the tij) ; apical sjjines of sheath two or three in number, the most 

 dislal one the longest; sjiines at lelt side lu/ii/, seven to nine in nnniber, arranged 

 in a xini/lf row. 



//«//. Ncoli(>pi(tiiJ b'cgidu, iii(dusive of ('nba and Haiti ; occasionally northward 

 into the Ninin-dc Region. 



In tiio Tring Museum 'M siKH'iraens from : Cuba ; Guatemala; Peru ; Bolivia ; 

 Paraguay ; Matto Grosso; EsjMrito Santo ; Surinam ; British (juiana ; Venezuela. 



