274 BTUXOMID^. 



Sect. II. Hind wing with the inner area normally broad. 



A. (Saurita). Abdomen of male with ventral valve cover- 

 ing basal segments ; hind tibia witii the medial spurs 

 extremely minute. 



a. Palpi at base and tips of tegulse crimson cassandra. 



b. Palpi black. 



a'. Abdomen with one dorsal crimson point at base ; 



fore coxffi crimson behind erythroguia. 



b\ Abdomen with crimson dorsal points at base and 



end of Ist segment ; fore coxa; black behind nigripalpia. 



c'. Abdomen with dorsal segmental crimson hnes ... sa'nguisecta. 



c^'. Abdomen without crimson markings mora. 



600. Saurita cassandra. 



Sphinx cassandra, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 494 (1758) ; StoU. Pap. Exot. iv. 

 pi. 394. G; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 127. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown ; palpi crimson except 



towards tips ; tegulae with 

 patches of metallic blue, 

 and crimson tips; shoulders 

 with patches of crimson 

 and blue ; pectus and coxse 

 behind crimson ; lateral 

 white patches on meta- 

 Fig. 127. — Saurita cassandra, S ■ r- thorax; abdomen with 



two crimson dorsal points 

 at base, and lateral tufts ; a lateral series of large metallic blue 

 spots ; the anal tufts crimson. Wings fuscous brown, with the 

 Teins and a diffused discoidal patch on fore wing darker. Hind 

 wing with veins 2 and 4 from cell, 3 present. 



Hah. Trinidad {Capt. CJarTc), 1 c^ 1 $ ; Surinam ; Veneztteia ; 

 Argentina {Perrins), 2 $ . Exj). 38 millim. 



601. Saurita erythroguia, n. sp. (Plate X. fig. 5.) 



$ . Black-brown ; antennas yellowish white at tips ; vertex of 

 head with patch of metallic blue ; shoulders with crimson and blue 

 patches ; pectus and coxae behind w4th crimson patches ; abdomen 

 with one dorsal crimson point at base and lateral tufts ; a lateral 

 series of metallic blue spots ; the anal tufts crimson ; wings with 

 the veins blackish. Hind wing with veins 2 and 4 from cell, 

 3 present. 



Hob. Brazil, 2 $ , types. Exp. 40-46 miUim. 



602. Saurita nigripalpia, n. sp. (Plate X. fig. 20.) 

 Saurita cassandra, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 46 (nee Linn,). 



Black-brown ; vertex of head and tegulee with patches of metallic 

 blue : shoulders and patagia, pectus, and mid and hind coxae with 

 crimson patches ; abdomen with crimson dorsal points at base and 



