( 479 ) 



Loml ix. p. 577. n. 14 (1S77) (Rio de Jan.) ; Burn)., Dcscr. Hep. Ari/ciit. v. p. 347. n. ■> (1878) 

 (Nortliern Argent.); id., I.e. Atlas p. .36. t. 15. f. 1. 5 {l.,i>.) (1«78); Maass., Stett. But. Zuil. xli. 

 p. 5'J (1880) (= mkllilia?) ; Druce, in Biol. Cuntr. Amet:, Le/>. Het. i. p. 14. n. 6 (1881) 

 (Mexico ; Chiriqui ) ; Kirby, Ci:t. Lep. Het. i. p. 609. n. 9 (lS9l') ; Pet., Ulnstr. Zed. But. iii. 

 t. 1. f. 1 (larva) (1898) ; Biinningh., Iris xii. p. 1-26. n. 49 (1899) (Rio de Jan.). 



t? ? . Tlie cj is as a nile move russet than tlie ? , and has a longer prothorax. 

 .Stigma of forewing not deeper olive than the lines, often vestigial, white fringe of 

 hiiidmargiu consjiicnons from near base to beyond rhombiform jiatch. Underside 

 of body and wings more or less brick -red. 



c?. Scent-organ of forecoxa very strongly developed. Tibiae broad, especially 

 the posterior ones, the spurs almost disappearing in the sealing ; first hindtarsal 

 segment also broad, this and the following segments with very few spines indicating 

 the outer series, second series with numerous s])ines. Tenth tergite rounded 

 truncate at tip. Clasper long ; dorsal margin nearly straight, slightly concave ; 

 no patch of bristles on innerside ; harpe (I'l. XL VI I. f. 21) long, flattened, 

 straiglit, ending in a short acute hook, which varies a little in length . Penis-sheath 

 with an acute and rather slender process. 



Larva with a round white spot on segments 4 to 7, and a large, elongate, 

 oblique white ])atch on segments 8 to 10 (Burmeister) ; or (Peters) with a spot on 

 segments 4 and 5, and elongate jiatches on segments 7 to 10, there being no white 

 spot on segment 6 iu Peters's figure. — Food-plant : Vitis ; ximpdopsis. 



Hub. Neotropical Region from Mexico to Argentina. 



Li the Tring Museum 1 pupa, 50-odd specimens from : Mexico ; Honduras ; 

 Costa liica ; Peru ; Venezuela ; Trinidad ; Bahia ; llio de Janeiro ; St. Catharina. 



40.-). Pholus triangulum spec. nov. (PI. LXVL f. 2, i). 



Plulaiiijulii.'i ii/ea,i,i {\), Butler {noH Criimar, 1775), Trana. Ziml. Sue. Luiiil. ix. p. 576. n. 12 (1877) 



(parti ra). 

 PhilinnprliiH piindoriin, Druce {noii Hitbner, 1S24 V), iu Binl. C'eittr. Aitur., Lep. Het. i. p. 14. n. 4 



(1881) (partim). 

 rhihimpeliixlieiu,,!, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. i;(;9. n. 5 (1S92) (partim) ; Druce, I.e. Suppl. p. 308. 



n. 4(1890) (partim). 



c??. Similar to satdlithi, deeper olive-lirown. Forewing rather more 



elongate, the distal margin being longer and the inner margin shorter ; lines very 

 prominent, of the sami^ or almost the sair.e tint as the antemedian i}osterior jiatch ; 

 MO stigma, or the stigma not drcper in tone than the lines ; subapical costal patch 

 larger than in satellitia, prolonged beyond S(_>'' (as in Htibner's figure of licaoii), 

 continued as a line down to the oblique brown shade ; crenate submarginal line 

 heavy, sometimes the semicircular marginal spaces bordered by it filled in with 

 brown ; hinder edge of wing not reddish. Hindwing with a prominent stigma. 



L'/idemir/e of abdomen, middle of breast, the hindwing excejit abdominal area, 

 aiid disc of forewing, vinaccous-rufons, more or less shaded with brown, always more 

 r(tdilisli than in sii/i'///f/ii. 



ri ■ Sexual armature similai' to thiit lA' <tiic/ii'i/ni/i/.K, not .tn/cl/i/ir/. Tenth tergite 

 not acuminate, rounded-truncate (PI. XLIV. f. :!)• Chisper without iiatch of 

 liristh's on inner sui'face ; dorsal margin (•cmeave ; harpe (I'l. X (iVII. f. 22) long, 

 liroad and Hat as irj ii/ii-//iw//o/it.'<, eniling in a short tooth-like hook, which bears 

 liiMicath a tooth. Penis-sheath vcr) slender ; apie:i,l pi'oeess acute, aliout four times 

 as long as the sheath is bniail. 



Early stages not known. 



