( 709 ) 



Willis, )ijiprrshl<\ Forewing : gi'oyisli olive, ])alest at ciiil of ci'll and 



before ajiex, six Hues close together, 1 to 5 turning costad between SC and SC"', 

 5 tbe most pronounced, bnt not essentially broader than the others, C running 

 to tip of wing ; two more lines, 7 straight, accentuated upon the veins, ^ indicated 

 b\- more or less disjiersed scales : between lines 6 and 7 there is j)osteriorly a 

 vestige of an additional line ; internal margin as a rule blackish olive outside line 



5 and fi. Hindwing black ; a pinkish buff band, somewhat variable in width, 



not distinctly indented. 



Undgrside clayish l)uft', more or less shaded with red-tawny. Forewing : 



more than the basal half olive-cinnamon, a dark brown line about 4 mm. from 

 cell at R', straight, oblique, curving costad before SC', followed by one or two 

 less distinct lines, a third line parallel to the first indicated by vein-dots, ending 

 at costal margin in a conspicuons, black, somewhat halfmoon-shaped spot ; 

 marginal baud pale isabella-colour or drab, ])aler towards edge of wing, with 

 three vestigial lines, the proximal one forming the inner edge of the band 



abbreviated at Rl Hindwing : costal margin shaded with brown from base 



to discal lines ; fonr discal lines, the first two fnsed together to a rather broad 

 one, which touches end of cell, the fourth indicated by vein-dots ; marginal band 

 drab or isabella-colour ; extreme margin of wing more or less yellowish from 

 apex to M^. 



J. Not dissected. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilab. Brazil. 



In the Triug Mnsenm 1 cj, 3 ? ? from Iiro]ioldiua, Espirito Santo. 



Type (c?) in coll. Charles Oberthiir. 



A ? in coll. W . Rcliaus from Tijuca, Prov. b'io de Janeiro. 



6(37. Xylophanes libya (PI. XIV. f 5, ?). 



*Chfieroe(niiiia iitnploli'iMix, Boiadiival ( ««« Stoll, 1782), Sjin\ Gen. Lip. Ilrt. i. p. 270. n. 71 (187.')) 



(Cayenne). 

 *ClioeTiiriimpii lihya Druce, Enl. ;1A«. Mag. xiv. p. 24!! (1878) (Chiririui ;— coll. Druce) ; iJ., in li'ml. 



Cent): Ainer., Lep. llet. Siijip!. p. 304 (IM'.IC) (Mexico ; Belize). 

 *(-'lmprocaiiijiii lihi/ii Druce, l.c. i. p. 9. n. 2. t. 2. f. 5 (1881) (Nicaragua ; Cliiii(iui). 

 Therelra libi/ii, Kirby, Cut. Leji. llet. i. p. 052. n. 21 (18112). 

 Tlin-ptra nglaor, Schaus («o« Boisduval, 187.')), /Cut. .Vfics- ix. p. VMi (1898) ( = hieU(i = liliya ex err.). 



S ? . Antenna of ? andromori)hic. Spurs of midtibia variable : in ? ? they 

 are sometimes of equal length, while in other ? ? and iu tbe Si tbe external one 



is longer than the internal one. Forewing with eight lines, the first fonr in 



Jiairs, line ;"> heavier, mostly ac('entuated upon the veins by dots or dashes ; cell 

 with a black dot opi)Osite M- iu most individuals ; a black subaiiical costal spot. 

 Baud of hindwing clayish pink-butt', oi' almost the same width tiiroughoiit, (•oncave 

 l)roxiraally between R- and M-', not reaching ' apex of wing or costal margin, 

 Bometiiui's stojiiiiug at R' ; the black ouhT border of the wing widest between 

 ](' anil R', here as broad as the ])inkisli baud, mostly distinctly dentate near U'-'. 



Tbe %mdermle more heavily marked witii black and brown than iu the (wo 



following species. Forewing : the discal bauil emanating from the brown 



Hulidiscal area heavy, interrujjted at the veins, mostly ending at S(", spot ISC' — .SO" 

 akjut (■) nim. from the conspicuous lilack suba]iical dot : a brown line from aju'x 

 to |{i (or nearly to that vein), another to inner nnirgiu, iuters|iacc between the 

 two lines pale drab, sometimes nlmost of tbe colour of the ilisc ; iiilers|iiice lictweeu 



