( "07 ) 



lirowii, mesial line. Forewiug, above, with eight lines, of which 1 to 3 ibrm 



a heavy proximal band, twice gently curved, line 3 free in upper half or two-thirds, 

 4 very thin, o heavier, reaching together with (> the tiji of the wing, all the lines 

 except 1 to 3 faint behind. 



c?. Tenth abdominal segment similar to that of imon, the tergite more 

 compressed apically, the sternite more shari)ly pointed. Process of harpe straight, 

 cylindrical, extreme end narrowed to a point, compressed, curved upwards. Penis- 

 sheath (PI. LVII. f. 21) without lobe and teeth dextro-laterally, with a row of 

 teeth on the left side. 



Early stages not known. 



Hub. t'uba. 



In the Tring Museum 2 J (J. 



Also in coll. Staudinger and the Paris Museum. 



004. Xylophanes damocrita. 



*Clioerommpa dumovi-itu Druce, Aim. Mny. N. H. ((!). xiii, p. 168 (I8'J4) (Jalapa ; — Mus. Brit.) ; 

 id., in Biul. Ccntr. Amei:, Lep. Ilet. Sappl. p. 304. n. i (x). t. GG. f. 8 (1896). 



c? ? . Antenna of ? with very faint indications of combs of ciliae. Spurs 

 of midtibia nearly equal, the external one very little shorter than the internal. 

 Tliorax without grey middle line, mesothoracic tegula with tawny line. Abdomen 

 with a lateral band on segments 3 or 4 to 7, tawny, streaked with ochreous scales. 

 ,\ blackish postcostal cloud near apex of cell, fourth line the heaviest, lines 1 to 3 

 abbreviated in front, less so behind, line 5 rather heavy, broken at W, interspace 

 between 5 and from R^ to SM- somewhat ochraceous. Underside of wings reddish 

 tawny, more or less shading into ochreous distally, lirown marginal band sharply 

 defined, prominent. 



cJ. Tenth tergite broader than in the preceding sjiecies, much less comjiressed 

 apically, truncate-sinuate, angles rounded ; sternite also broader, obtusely rounded, 

 middle of apical margin projecting a very little. Process of harpe curved upwards 

 at end, compressed, slender. Dorso-a[)ical margin of penis-sheath produced into a 

 sharp dextro-lateral tooth ; on the left side there is a small ridge bearing a few 

 teeth, the armature being similar to that of <ji'nneii (PI.. LVH. f. 7). 



Early stages not known. 



ll<ih. Mexico. 



in the Tring Museum 4 S S , 'Z ?? from Jalapa and Orizaba. Vera Cruz 

 I'W. ISchaus;. 



005. Xylophanes maculatoi*. 



I'lujerocaiiqjii iiuirulatoi- Boisduval, Nyiw. (irii. Lip. I hi. i. |i. 'J74. n. li" (lH7."i) (Venezuela ;— coll. 

 Charles OberthUr). 



cj?. Antenna of ? andromorphic. External spur of midtibia a little shorter 

 tliau internal one. Colour of thorax and head characteristic: the dark brown 

 dorsal bord(,T of the mesothoracic tegula continued over iironodim and head. 

 Mesoiiotiun and abdomen witli a brown mesial line; abdomen, besides, with a 



BUlxlorsal line and a broad dorso-lateral band. Forewing with a blackish patch 



neurai)ex of cell : line 4 heavy, ending with 5 at tip of wing ; tliere ari^ sometimes 

 four instead of three lines i)roxinially of the main line ; line ."> iiilcrniptid, heavy, 

 •topping at 1{-' or a little beyond, and reappearing bchinii, inleruul margin shaded 

 with black in distal iialf, especially between lines 4 and 0. 



