344 SYNXOJIIDJ?. 



B. Head and thorax black suffused with white ; abdomen 

 with 1st three segments black, the others clothed with 

 yellow hair frigida. 



756. Trichura coarctata. 



Sphinx coarctata, Drury, 111. Ex. Ent. ii. pi. 27. f. 2 (1773) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 164. 



J . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; palpi white in front ; 

 frons, vertex of head, tegnlce, patagia, thorax above and at sides 

 with patches of metallic green ; coxte and fore femora in front 

 white ; abdomen with metallic green dorsal and lateral marks on 

 let segment, dorsal bands on the next two segments, and paired 



dorsal and lateral spots on the remaining segments; the 2nd 

 segment Avhite below, the 3rd with pair of spots ; wings hyaline, 

 the veins and margins black. Fore wing yellowish hyaline, with 

 discocellular bar and fascia on inner margin ; the terminal band 

 widest below apex and slightly dentate at vein 2. Hind wing 

 with apical patch and the lobe on inner margin black. 



$ without the white on palpi and coxae. 



A J fi'om San Leopold, Brazil, Zeller Coll., has the terminal 

 band of fore wing regularly widening to costa. 



Hah. Brazil, Pernambuco, 1 S , Para {Bates), 1 $ . Ex2), 

 42 millim. 



757. Trichura druryi. 



Trichura drur//i, Iliibu. Verz. p. 126 (1827); Druce, Biol.-CenLr. Am., 



Het. i. p. 65; Kirby, Cat. Het. p 154. 

 Sphinx coarctata, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 4. F, G (uec Drury). 



d . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; frons, tegular, patagia, 

 thorax above and at sides with metallic blue-green patches ; coxa3 

 white ; abdomen with dorsal metallic green bands on first three 

 segments and dorsal and lateral spots on the others ; the 2nd 

 segment white below, the 3rd with a pair of spots ; wings hyaline, 

 the veins and margins black. Fore wing with orange s^jot at base 

 and streak on basal half of fascia on inner margin ; a slender 

 discocellular bar; the terminal band expanding slightly to apex 

 and dentate at vein 2. Hind wing with apical black patch ; the 

 lobe on inner margin black. 



$ without white on fore and mid coxae ; the discocellular bar of 



fore wing broad. 



