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mesothoracic tegnia coutiuued tu palpus. No lines on abdomen. Distal margin 

 of forewiug strongly convex ; discal lines dentate, the two jiroximal ones faint, 

 but traceable from costal to inner margin, the third barely indicated, the fourth 

 marked by dots on the veins ; an apical halfmoon SC* — SC'', generally continuous 

 with a weak oblique line, which ends at a patch or cloud between R^ and R". 

 The pale baud of the hindwing always much shaded with olive. The oblique 

 apical baud of the underside of the forewiug, bordering the marginal band, about 

 7 mm. distant from onter margin at R", the baud then suddenly narrower. 



(?. Tenth tergite narrowed to middle, then very faintly widened to a\)ex, 

 which is truncate-sinuate ; sternite of the usual type, rounded at end, mesially 

 very faintly pointed. Process of harpe long, cylindrical, somewhat f\j-shaped. 

 Penis-sheath (PI. LVII. f. 5) with an acute right process aud a left dentate lobe. 



Early stages not known. 



Hal/. Brazil, Provinz Rio de Janeiro ; Venezuela (doubtless more widely 

 distributed in South America). 



In the Tring Museum 4 cJcJ, ~ ? ? from : Fetropolis, Rio de Janeiro ; Espirito 

 Santo ; Aroa, Venezuela. 



63:1 Xylophanes germen. 



*CalUoiiuiia ijerinen Schaus, Enl. Ainer. vi. p. 20 (189U) i_Coatepec, Mexico ; — coll. Pahaus) ; Kirby, 

 G't. Lep. lift. i. p. G-17. n. \i (1«'.I2) ; Druce, in Biul. Ceutr. Amer., Lep. Ilcl, Siqqil. p. 301. 

 n. 5. t. (JO. f. 10 (189G) (Mexico). 



(J ? . Antenna of ? with prolonged basal ciliae to the segments. External 

 spur of midtibia much longer than internal. Distal margin of forewiug more or 

 less dentate, sometimes nearly even, apex acute, prominent ; two indistinct ante- 

 median lines ; discal lines dentate, not clearly defined as a rule. Fringe of hindwing 

 white, interrupted at the veins. The lateral border of niesothorax somewhat jiinkish 

 in front. Scaling of antenna i)iuk mesiully, black laterally. Size variable. 



(J. Tenth abdominal tergite rounded at tip, sinuate ; sternite boat-shaped in 

 side-view, apex rouuded : the segment essentially as in irrorata, rii/escens, and 

 many others. Process of harpe horizontal, curved ujiwards at end, cylindrical, with 

 apex somewhat concave, minutely dentate or notched before end, tiji simple or bitid. 

 Penis-sheath (PI. LVII., f ') : a right and a left process ; not identical in the 

 two individuals examined. 



Early stages not known. 



llaL Jlexico to Ecuador and Venezuela. 



In the Tring Museum 4 tJJ, 1 ? from: Jalapa, Mexico, iv. (Scliaus) ; 

 (Jolombia : Merida, Venezuela (Briceno). 



In coll. Doguin 1 <? from Loja, Ecuador. 



(534. Xylophanes juanita nom. nov. 



*l'rrijcm mrjimiui Schaus (/('./( Er^cbulV, IHTD), h'.iil. Amn: vi. p. 20 (IS'.IO) (Paso do San Juau, Vora 

 C'ru2 ;— coll. Schaus) ; Drucc, in liiol. Cenli: Aiitcr., Lep. JIcl. tiuppl. p. 30;i. ii. 1. I. 08. f. .S 

 (18;i0). 



iMmpm wc.rir,„„i, Kifljy, T,//. I.rj,. Ihl. i. p. 071. n. 8(181)2). 



S. External sjjur of midtibia a little shorter tlian the infernal. I''irst row of 

 lirst and second ]irotarsal seguuMits iriegularly doubleil. Scales of antenna blackish 

 lirowu, more or less pink basi-laterally. Abdomen with two rows of dots representing 



the ddrso-htleral lines (if other .\>il('i>h" >ir». As in ijermcn no very couspiunolls 



