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STNTOMIDJE. 



b. Abdomen without, white spots beyond tlie ventral 

 patch ; the black margins and discoidal patch 

 broad, no orange above inner margin of fore 

 wing latifascia. 



752. Trichura cerberus. 



Sphynx cerberus. Pall. Spic. Zool. fasc. ix. p. 27, pi. 2. f. 8 (1772) ; Kirby,. 



Oat. Het. p. 154. 

 Zygana caudaia, Fabr. Gen. Ins. p. 277 (1777). 

 Cercoxihoraurophora, Herr.-SchiifF. Aussereur. Schmett. p. 80, f. 266(1855). 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; palpi in front and coxae 



wlute ; frous, vertex of head^ 

 tegnlas, streaks on patagia, 

 patches on metathorax and 

 sides of thorax metallic green; 

 shoulders and sides of thorax 

 with j-ellow spots ; abdomen 

 with dorsal and lateral series 

 of metallic blue-green spots, 

 forming dorsal bands on 2nd 

 and 3rd segments ; a ventral 

 white patch at base and sub- 

 lateral series of white spots ; 

 wings hyaline, the veins and 

 margins black. Fore wing 

 j-ellow hyaline with discoidal 

 black bar ; the terminal band 



expanding slightly to costa and below vein 2. Hind wing with 



apical black patch ; the inner area black. 

 5 without white on palpi and coxae. 

 Hah. Trinidad, 1 S ; Brazil, Sao Paulo and Eio Janeiro, Id",. 



3$. Exp., S 40, 2 44 millira. 



753. Trichura melanosoma, n. sp. (Plate XII. fig. 5.) 



J . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; frons, vertex of head,^ 

 tegulce, metathorax, coxae, and base of dorsum of abdomen with 

 patches of deep blue ; abdomen with sublateral Avhite streaks on the 

 constricted 2nd segment ; wings hyaline yellow, the veins with 

 black scales, the margins rather narrowly black. Fore wing with 

 discoidal black bar ; the terminal band expanding into a large patch 

 towards apex and dentate below vein 2. Hind wing with the ter- 

 minal band expanding towards apex ; the inner area black. 



Hah. Brazil, St. Catharina, 1 6 type. Exji. 40 millim. 



754. Trichura esmeralda. 



Glaucopis esmeralda, Wlk. i. 194 (1854) ; Bull. 111. Het. i. p. .39, pi. 13. f. 1 1 ; 

 Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 65, pi. 7. f. 4 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 154. 



S ' Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; frous, vertex of head, 

 tegulae, streaks on patagia, and spots on thorax above and at sides 

 metallic blue-green ; coxae white ; abdomen with metallic blue dorsal 



Fig. 160. — Trichura cerberus, J . 



