( fiw ) 



mneh rodnced : Cr.iiuer's figure is certainly exaggerated : the pale spots R'— R' 

 geiieriiiJy coufliieiit, very rarely separated. 



South Amerioan ? ? on the whole more distinetly striped than the c?c?, and 

 than Mexican individuals of both sexes. 



Length of forewing : 32 to 58 mm. 



S. Tenth alidominal segment slenderer than in ro-atomioidcg, the tergite 

 rounded at end, feebly spoon-shaped, concave below ; the sternite concave above, 

 very feebly sinuate in dorsal view. Process of harpe curved upwards, basally 

 cylindrical or prismatical, distally irregnlarly compressed, its sharp upper edge 

 notched and denticulate. Penis-sheath (PI. LVII. f. 14) peculiar: a patch of 

 teeth at the left side, not distinctly raised or separated from the rest of the sheath 

 as a ]irocess : a short dentate right-sided process directed proximad. 



Early stages not known. 



Jlub. Neotropical Region, from Mexico to Southern Brazil. 



In the Tring Museum 24 i S, "22 S ? from : Vera Cruz, Mexico ; Honduras ; 

 Costa Rica; Pojiayan, Colombia (Lehmann) ; Paramba and Lita, Ecuador ; Onaca, 

 Santa Marta (Engelke) ; Aroa and Puerto Cabello, Venezuela ; Rio Demerara ; 

 Rio de Janeiro ; Sao Paulo. 



040. Xylophanes docilis. 



*Ch<ierriniiiqiii (hirilis Butler, Pivr. /.iu,l. tiitc. Luml. p. 1) (187.'i) (Ecnailor :— Mus. Hrit.) ; id., 



Trims. Zonl. Siu: Loml. ix. p. 564. n. (i2. t. 94. f. 1 (1877). 

 Cliiir.mrriiii/iti tlncilh, Brace, in lilnL C'eiiti: Amer., Lep. Jfel. Snjijil. p. iiO."i. n. 13 (a) (18i)l'>) (snli 



syn.), 

 Theirlni chriHs, Kirby, C'at. I.rp. 11,1, i. p. G.58. n. 90 (1892). 



S. Perhajjs only a form of amadis, from which it differs in the following 

 jiarticulars : abdomen with distinct mesial line, outer margin of forewing more 

 straight, discal line also straighter, a vestigial, dentate, pale submarginal line 

 jiro.ximally of the submarginal dots; the brown marginal border of the forewing 

 below narrower, the black ])ostdiscal dots upon the veins rather more distal. 

 Midtibial spurs equal in length. 



Sexual armature as in ai/ini/ia am<idis. 



? and early stages not known. 



llab. Ecuador ; Bolivia. 



la the Tring Museum 2 <3 i from : R. Songo to R. Suapi, Bolivia, 1100 mm., 

 March, April 18!)6 (Garlep))) : S. Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft, June 

 l'.i(i2, dry season (Ockenden). 



047. Xylophanes amadis. 



f^jihinr rimadh Stoll, iii Cr.ini., Pap. K.vot. iv. p. 21G. t. 394. f. c (1782) (Surinam). 

 Oreiia/inuuVs, Hiiliner, Ver:. hel: Hrhm. p. 136. n. 1464 (IH22). 



Clinerorii iiqm amnrlis, Walker, LisI Le/i. Iiih. 11. .^r. viii. p. 134. d. 11 (1856) ; Butl., Tmn.i. ZooI.Sm- 

 L'liiil. p. TiBt. n. 63 (1877). 



c??. tiround-colour varying from green to brown-red. A single prominent 

 line on the forewing, ending at the apex, olive-green or olive, gradually shading off 

 distally, sharjiiy defined by a pnle border proximally, which border is generally 

 more prominent near internal margin ; proximally of the pale border there are 

 vestiges of two or three lines curving costad in front, mostly indicated by dots 

 on the veins ; a submarginal line of dots is also present in most examples ; a dark 



