( 711 ) 

 (500. Xylophanes neoptolemus. 



Sjiliiiij- iieiiptolniiiiis Stoll, in Cram., Piti>. E.nil. iv. p. ■_';'). t. .101. f. F (1782) (Surinam). 



Imples neoplolfmiis, Hi'ibner, Vcr:. heh. Sriim. p. 130. n. 1464 (1822). 



Chaerocampa venjitrileiniix, Walker, List Lep. Imt. 13. M. viii. p. 134. n. 12 (1860) ; Mijschl., Vrrh. 



Zool. Bill. Grs. Wifii xxvi. p :).'jO (1870) (Surinam); Butler, Triiyis. Zool. So<: Lmirl. ix. p. .''i.'JO. 



n. IC (1877). 

 *Chiiprnrctiiipa IrHhientu Walker, l.i\ xxxi. p. .30 (1804) (Venezuela ; — Mus. Brit.) ; Butl., I.e. n. Ifj 



(1.S77); Maass., Stelt. Ent. Zeil. xli. p. 50 (188(1) (= imiptolemii.i) : Druce, in Bin!. Chili: 



Aiiier., Lej). Hel. i. p. 9. d. 1 (1881) (Nicaragua; Venezuela; Trinidad); Schaus, Kiit. A'iwk 



ix. p. 1.35 (1898) (= triliiieahi). 

 Tlierctra neopMcmiig, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 652. n. 18 (1892). 

 Theretra IriVneatii, id.. I.e. n. 19 (1892). 



Chuerorumpii trilineatn, Druce, I.e. HuppL p. 304 (1896) (Jalapa ; Belize : Guatemala). 

 Clioerocawpa nrnptolemvs, Kaye, Tmns. Ent. Snc. Lnnil. p. 138 (1901) (Trinidad). 



(J?. Stoll's figure is far from being exact. In fact, the breadtli of the red 

 band of tbe hindwing of the figure points to the preceding species instead of the 

 ]iresent. However, as Stoll was more likely to be fairl}- correct in the colour than 

 in the width of the band, we acce])t his name for the bright-red-banded species. 



Tlie three lines of the abdomen, above, are moie distinct than in the two 

 jjreceding species ; meso-nietanotnm with grey mesial band. The poppy-red Jiand of 

 the hindwing varies little in cohjnr; it is broader than in lib;/a and loelia, reaching 

 costal margin, or almost, ta])ering costad, its inner margin convex, more sharply 

 defined than in loelia. 



The under.vilc of the wings more red than in the other species. Tiie discal 



line of the forewing distinct to near inner margin, a little less obliipie than in 

 loelia, more so than in libi/a, thin, continnons ; black subapical costal dot mostly 



very small ; snbmarginal lines forming a sharp angle before R^ as in lihi/a. 



Hindwing : discal lines continuous as in loelia, marginal band not interrujited, 

 dentate between K" and R'', no marginal spot G — SC^. 



S • iSexual armature as in loelia. 



Early stages not known. 



I lab. Neotropical Region : Mexico to Surinam. 



In the Tring Museum 1'.) SS,i> ? ? from : Vera Cruz, Mexico ; Costa Rica: 

 Chiriqui ; Aroa, Venezuela ; Rio Demerara. 



(ITif. Xylophanes thyelia. 



■V"".'' Ili!l<'li<i Linni', .S■//«^ Nnl. ed. x. p. 492. n. 22 (1758) ("India") : id., Mnn. Lml. Uli: \i. ."Oil 



(1704) ; Clerck, /-■««. //«. ii, t. 40. f. 4 (1704) ; Houtt., Kufiirl. JJi«t. i. 1 1. p. 4.5C. n. 22 ( 1707 ); 



Fabr., S;/kI. Ent. p. 547. n. 37 (1775) (India err. Inei) ; id., ^pec. Ins. ii. p. 153. n. GO (I7H1) ; 



id., .yniil. JiiH. ii. p. 98. n. 07 (1787); id., Ent. Si/hI. iii. 1. p. .378. n. 70 (1793) (parlini) ; 



Auriv., Kongl. Sv. \'<t. .1/,. //«//»//. xix. 5. p. 110. n. 178 (1882) (recentio orit. ; not llii;/liii of 



Cramer). 

 ."^/jhiru- thei/liu Linn^, Syxt. Nut. ed. xii. p. 803. n. 24 (1767) ; Miill., Natum. v. 1. p. 042. n.24 (1774); 



Goeze. Ent. Bii/tr. iii. 2. p. 170. n. 24 (1780) (partim) ; Gmel., Synt. Not. i. 5. p. 2380. n. 24 



(1790) (p.artini). 

 Vhiitrwiniipu emu, Walker, LiU l.i,<. Im. B. it. viii. p. 137 n. 17 (18.5G) (sub syn.) ; Butl., Trat>». 



ZiiiiL Sur. Lund. ix. p. 500. n. 13 (1877) («ub syn.). 

 *Ch(iernniwi,a mirini Ilruce, Ent. .l/o. .!/«//. xiv. p. 249 (1878) (Guatemala ;~ciill. Druce). 

 fliwn,ni,„,«, Mirini id., in BioL Cuilr. .\ mrr.. I.e,i. llil. i. p. 9. n. 5. t. 1. f. 2 (18H1) (Gnatemnlo ; 



Nicaragua ; Chiriqui). 

 TlieretriL tln/rliii, Kirby, Cut. Le/i. /let. i. p. 051. n. 10 (1892) (|.artiui). 

 Therelrii niihiiii, id., /.r, p. 057. n. 83 (1892) (Guatemala). 

 'J'lieretra spec. D, Bonninghaiinon, /;•/« xii. p. 1 30. n. 02 (1898) (Rio do .Inn.). 



