f 690 ) 



i'/if/('/gi(ff : margin of Ibrewing' buftish, a broad, submargiiuil, cliocolate-browii 

 baud from apex to W, broadly joined to basi-discal area. Brown marginal band of 

 hiudwiiig also joined to basal area between R' and W. 



cJ and early stages unknown. 



Ilab. Chiri([ni. 



One si>ecimen known, in the British Museum. 



6411. Xylophanes falco. 



*C/i(ieri)riuiii/<i /alro Walker, List Lep. Jus, B. M. viii. p. 1:12. n. 8 (1H50) (Mexico ;— Mus. 13rit.) ; 



Clem., Jvuni. -If. X. Sc. Phihid. iv. p. l.'il. n. 34 (1K5'.I) ; Butl., Tnms. Zmil. Sur. Lmiil. i.x. 



|i. h(\-i. n. 51 (1877); Druce, in Bi,il. Cnilr. Ama:, Lrp. lid. i. p. 12. n. 17. t. 1. f. S (1881) 



(Mexico ; Honduras). 

 C/werocKiiijiti fi-ilrc, Morris, tJ.7. J-c/k X. Ain. \k 20 (18(;0) ; Clem., in Morris, Sijn. Lep. X. Am. 



p. 172. D. 3 (18G2) ; Boisd., Sjm: dai. Lr/>. JIfi. i. p. 27f). n. li'.l (1875) ; Druce, I.e. S'liiiil. 



p. 307 (18',)C) (Mexico ; Guatemala). 

 *Choi'mi(iiiipij finju.c Boisduval, Cmisiil. Lip. Gmiteinala p. 70 (1870) (Houduras : Mexico ; — coll 



Charles Oberthiir) ; id., Sjjcr. Gen. Leji. IIH. i. p. 274. n. OH (1875). 

 Choeioriiiiipa mejicaini Erschoff, Triiil. liiissJc. x. p. fi2. t. 1. f. 2 (1876) (Mexico). 

 Chuvrocanipii fiigiix, Butler, I.e. ix. p. 565. n. 6',) (1877). 



Chuerwampii liilcn (!), Moscliler, Slelt. Eid. Zeit. xli. p. 57 (1880) (^/mja.r). 

 Theixliu/tilrn^ Kirby, Cut. Lep. JJet. i. p. 656. n. 77 (18'.I2) (= mr.rhimu -^ fuijnj:). 



c??. Antenna of ? without i)rolonged basal eiliae to the segments. External 

 spur of midtibia shorter than internal. Abdomen with long ])ale hair-scales as in 

 ceratomioidci. Forcwing with seven lines converging towards a]iex, besides distinct 

 traces of two more antemedian lines proximally near hinder margin ; discal lines 

 1 to 4 curved l)ehind, 4 almost following the curve of the hinder margin, 5 from 

 apex, distinct to !{', then vestigial and represented by more or less dispersed 

 stales, which form a patch along hinder margin, lines 6 and 7 parallel with 5 and 

 with outer margin. The ])ale wood-brown hindwing has two discal lines, the 

 proximal one broad, the other thin, more or less joined to the first, the two 

 forming a central band, which is followed by a third line indicated by vein-dots ; 

 a distinct submarginal band is separated from ilie margin by a greyish wood-brown 

 marginal band, the black baud touching the edge of the wing only at SO- and SM'-'. 



i. Tenlii abdominal segment of the usual form ; the tergite truncate-siuiiatc. 

 Process of liarjje rather short, pointed, slightly curved. Penis-sheath with a 

 rather long dentate process, which is produced distally towards the right side 

 into another, short, dentate lobe. 



Early stages not known. 



In a ? from Guatemala ia the British Museum the two antemedian lines of the 

 forcwing are longer and stand close to the discal ones ; the discal lines I to 4 

 are straight behind, not curved ; the jiatch of black scales at internal margin, 

 near angle, is less distinct. The black discal band of the hindwing is broader 

 and the ground-colour of the wing more pinkish. 



Hub. Central America: Mexico to Guatemala and Jlondiiras (extending 

 doubtless farther south). 



In the Triug Museum 'Zio., 4 ?? from Mexico, oue labelled Tacubaya, 

 August. 



litl. Xylophanes xylobotes. 



Choerocampa .njlobotes Burmeister, Ihxn: Hrp. Anjeiit. v. p. 355. d. 2 (1878) (Arica, Peru) ; id., 

 U: Allns p. 2H. t. 10. r. 2 (ls7'.l). 



