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 671. Phanoxyla hystrix. 



*Chai'nirninpa hjxtrix Felder, Rrixe Noi-dni, Le/i.-i. 7lj. f. o (1774) (Amazons ;— Mus. Tring). 

 Clinerorniiijin htjstri.r, Boisduval, l-ipec. Gin. L(p. HH. i. p. 271. n. 6?> (1875). 

 Chmroctimpa (f) Jn/Ktrii; Butler, Traiix. Xunl. Soc. Loml. ix. p. 5(;.S. n. 54 (1877). 

 Tlirrrtni (?) hi/siiix, Kirby, C»«. Lrp. llct. i. p. 058. ti. 99 (1892). 



cJ. In pattern nearest to Xylophones ceratomioides. Pale discal band of hind- 

 wing separated into spots. Tenth tergite narrow, trnncate-sinnate at tip ; sternite 



slightly acuminate. Harpe larger than in X. ceratomioides, but of nearly the same 

 strnctnre. Penis-sheatli with a rather long and liroad dentate process at tlio right 

 side, and a shorter, hand-shaped, dentate left jirocess. 



Ilab. Amazons. 



In the Tring Museum 1 S from the Amazons (Bates), ex coll. Felder, ffipe. 



In coll. Charles Oberthilr a splendid J from Sao Panlo d' Olivenca, Amazons, 

 vi. vii., 1883 (M. de Mathan). 



CLV. (lELERIO.— Typns: gallii. 



Sjiliiii.r Linai', Syxi . Xnt. ed. x. p. 48'J (1758) (partim ; type : ncellnta). 



Sjterlniiii Scopoli, //(//•. His/.' Xiil. p. 414 (1777) (= Sjihiihr, iucludes type of ffphhix). 



Dcilepltilii Laspeyres, Jemiiscftp Al/r/. Litmihtr-ZeiU iy. p. 99 (lS();i) (partial ; type ; mrii). 



Crlrrio f)ken, Lrhrh. Natiirg.m. 1. p. 7('il (1815) (type ; r/aHii). 



Phi-i/.nix Hiibner, Vers. hek. Si-hiii. p. 137 (1822) (partim ; type : Ihimta). 



Dilpiihilti, HampsoD, in Blanf., Ffinmi Bril. Iml. .Uulhx i. p. 97 (1892). 



c?.?. First segment of ])alpns on inner surface without regular dense scaling 

 at ajie.v, second segment witliout ai)ical tuft of long scales on iunerside. Eye 

 laslied. Antennae incrassate distally, club-shaped in ? . Abdominal spines ratlier 

 strong, especially on tergifes, in three sizes, with some intermediate ones, generally 

 triseriate, never nuiseriate, much fewer in number than in Fert/em. E.xternal spines 

 of foretarsuB more or less prolonged, always longer than the respective spines on 

 the iunerside of the tarsus ; comb of mid- and hindtarsus vestigial, the sjiines 

 not being much prolonged ; first segment of hindtarsus shorter than the tibia, 

 about twice the length of the long tiliial spur, this more tlian twice the length 

 of the short sjMir ; pulvilhis present or vestigial. Distal margin of wings entire : 

 SC- and H' of hindwing sejiarate or from a jioint, occasiiniaily sliortly stall;ed : 

 ]{• central, or a little before centre ; D'' longer than D'. 



(?. Sexual armature nearly tbe same in all the species. Tenth tergite simple, 

 narrowing ajjicaily, convex above, feel)ly curved at end, almost straight in side-view, 

 tip rounded or truncate, soinetinK's feebly CTnarginate ; sternite liroader than 

 tergite, boat-shaped, being prismatically compressed, apex rounded or obtuscdy 

 acuminate. (Uasper liroadly sole-shaped ; friction-scales numerous and in" most 

 species small : harjje ending in a tliin, more or less curved, simple, tapering 

 process (Pi. Lll. f. 8). Penis-sheatli (Pi. LVI. i'. 5(i) : dorsal ai)ical edge incrassate, 

 dentate, produced at tlie left side (riglit in figure) into a short process ; the len,;;th 

 of till! brim-like incrassation, as well as the dentition, slightly dittereni in the various 

 Hpecies. 



?. Eight tergite siiiinUe mesially. Vaginal plali' obln.sely triangidar, willioul 

 Bjiecial armature ; orifice large, mesial. 



