( "01 ) 



colour ; abdomeu above as in crotonin f. crotonis, but side-stripe (from black jiateh 

 backwards) narrower, shorter, paler, and speckled with olive and rufous ; underside 

 of abdomen more pink than in crotoiiits, sides of breast more orange. Midtibial 

 spurs equal in length. 



Wings above as in green specimens of crotonis, but forewing decidedly shorter 

 and broader, apex less produced ; first discal line distinct, rather heavy, second and 

 third barely traceable, fourth heavy, rather broader than in crotonis, with a broad 

 whitish green ill-defined proximal border, the following lines (5. 6. 7.) quite 

 indistinct, the sixth slightly accentuated by vein-dots. 



Underside of wings ferruginous red, distal border of both wings bistre-brown or 

 brownish grey, strongly contrasting with the red disc. 



i . Harpe slenderer than in crotonis, strongly tapering apicad, curved ui)wards. 

 Penis-sheath as in crotonis, but the broad left dentate process with some larger 

 teeth at the base. 



Length of forewing : S, 40 — 43 mm. 



Hub. Santo Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru, OUOO ft., December to Jnne, wet 

 and dry seasons (Ockenden) ; R. luambari, S.E. Peru, 6000 ft., Nov. (Uckenden). 



In the Tring Museum 12 cf cJ : ti/pc : June. 



This species was collected together with crotonis in some numbers at the same 

 time and place. Easily recognised by the red underside of the wings. 



o.j4. Xylophanes eumedon. 



*Clioei-u.-aini}ii fumedun Boisduval, .Sywc. Giii.. Lip. Hil. i. p. -'72. n. lit (1875) (Mexico ;— coll. 

 Charles OberthiirJ ; Druce, in Biol. Centi: Amer., Lep. Bel. Sujipl. p. 305. n. 7 (a), t. GG. f. fl 

 (IH'JG) (Mexico ; Guatemala). 

 Cliacroruiiipa euineduii, Butler, Trunx. Zoul. S<ic. Lorul. i.\. p. G31 (1877). 

 *Chaero,amim urlospuna Druce, Ann. Mug. N. II. (G). iv. p. 77 (188'.!) (Mexico ;-coll. Druce) ; 



Schaus, Eiit. News vi. p. 141 (18ilo) (^= eumedon). 

 Tlieretia ortospiiim, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 657. n. 82 (1892). 

 Theretm eiimtdim, id., I.e. n. 85 (1892). 



i ? . External mesotibial spur longer than inner one. The pale mesial band 

 of the abdomen is much narrower than in crotonis f. aristor, and divided by a 

 sharply defined thin brown line. Mesothoracic tegula with a pale mesial line. 

 The first discal line of the forewing very heavy, the second fused with it, excejit 

 in front, interspaces between lines 1 and 'i very pale. Upper three spots of hind wing 

 more or less fused together. 



Not dissected. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilab. Mexico, southward to Brazil. 



In the Tring Museum 1 i from Jalapa, Mexico, April l8'jr (W. Schausj. 



In the Paris Museum 1 S from Guatemala, a ? from Brazil. 



(J?. External 8i)ur of midtibia longer tl.an inner one. Thorax and ididdnien 

 with two grey lines above, Ihe intiTspace between whicii is ahoul 2 nmj. wiile 



