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edges of the tergites with tufts of long scales, which are gradually dilated distally ; 

 under surface of abdomen white. 



(J and early stages not known. 



Uah. Peru : Chuchuras. 



Type in coll. Standinger ; another specimen from the same place in the 

 Tring Museum. 



f)3fs. Xylophanes rhodina spec. nov. (PL II. f. l;j, ^). 



5. Body (iljoce olive-waluut-browu ; a line above eye pale, mesothoracic tegula 

 with a thin jjale lateral border and a walnut-brown mesial band ; abdomen with 

 dispersed long pinkish grey scales, a triple dorsal line, the mesial one darker 

 brown, accentuated at the bases of the segments ; luulermle pale buff, cinnamon- 

 rufous at sides, abdomen near the stigmata with tufts of spatulate creamy scales ; 

 s^jiues of tergites nniseriate. (Middle legs wanting.) 



Wings, Kjjperside, greenish olive, hindwiug somewhat greyish. Forewing : 



stigma black, a dark cloud distally of it, basal area shaded with pinkish grey scales, 

 the same scales between the discal lines near hinder margin ; first discal line heavy, 

 straight up to SC'', where it is vestigial, dilated at costal margin into a spot, line 

 :; dentate, 3 vestigial, also dentate, 4 more straight, accentuated by vein-dots, 

 marked at costal margin by a spot, 5 from apex, vestigial, except at apex, lines 

 :^ to 5 turned basad from SM- to inner margin, accentuated by a dash upon M", (SM'), 

 and SM-, line 5 dilated into a jiatch at inner margin, 6 and 7 vestigial and parallel 

 to distal margin.- — -Hindwing : a vestigial brown discal line in an ill-defined, not 

 very distinct, pinkish band. 



Underside ferrugincKis red, basal half of both wings brown, disto-marginal lian<l 



greyish or butfish brown. Forewing ; three discal lines curving costad in front, 



the first continuous, the second indistinct, marked only in front, the third less 

 oblique behind than the first, indicated by vein-dots, marginal band dentate between 

 veins, projecting most between R' and W ; costal edge ochreous distally ; hinder 



angle a little projecting. Hindwing : marginal Laud dentate between veins, 



jireceded Ijy a row of vein-dots, discal line present or not ; abdonjinal fold butf. 



6. Tenth abdominal tergite narrow, aj)ex rounded, feebly truncate-sinuiite ; 

 Bternite evenly rounded at end. Process of harjje broader than ordinarily in this 

 genus, obluse, compressed, thin, twisted (PI. LIII. f. 6). Penis-sheath with 

 a fin-shajied, dentate, recurved process as in J'alco, and a short conical process 

 pointing to the right side (PI. LVII. f VI). 



? and early stages not known. 



Iluh. Chiriijui. 



Two SS m the Tring Museum ; not seen in other collections. 



^'<'M. Xylophanes godmani. 



*Cliiieiii<:afiipa ijniliiiuiii Druce, Enl. Mu. Mai/, xix. |>. Ill (1HH2) (Chiriqiii ;— Mils. Itril.) ; id., in 

 lliol. Ceiili: .inn;:, /.>■/>. //el. ii. t. :i. f. -JOKH.-i) ; id., I.e. Su/ijil. p. HOC. n. IC. (a) (IKIk;) 



?. External spur nf midliiiia much shorter than inlfrnul. Hiisiil ciliae of 



ttutennal segments prohjugcd. Forewing morc^ strongly falcate than in d of 



ruhrala, distal margin dentate, lines mostly less distinct, discal line 1 nearer base 



posteriorly, curved ; hinder angle more strongly i)r(iilin'ed. Hindwing obviously 



narrower, dentate, a jiale subanai jiatch divided by a transverse linr, continued very 

 iudibliiictly to U^ 



