352 SYNTOMID^. 



legs streaked with white ; abdomen crimson below, the terminal 

 segments mostly crimson above ; the lateral tufts crimson, the 

 medial tuft black ; wings milky hyaline, the veins and margins 

 narrowly black. Fore wing with the terminal band expanding to 

 apex. 



Hah. Jamaica, 1 2 type. Exp. 24 millim, 



774. .Slthria leucaspis. 



Sphinx leucaspis, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 52. fF. C,D (1775) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 151. 



(S . Head and thorax l)lack ; palpi in front, a line behind eyes, 

 spots on shoulders and femora and coxte white ; tegulne and patagia 

 metallic blue ; abdomen black shot with metallic blue : blue-edged 



Fig. 16G. — JEfhria leucaspis, J. \. 



white dorsal and lateral series of spots ; series of large white sub- 

 lateral spots : the tuft on anal segment crimson ; wings hyaline, 

 the veins and margins black. Fore wing •with the base black with 

 blue patch, its outer edge oblique ; a discocellular black bar con- 

 joined to costal fascia ; the terminal band expanding to apex. 

 Hind wing with the terminal band expanding to costa and with 

 irregular inner edge. 



Ab. 1. Abdomen with the anal tufts orange. — Cayenne, Coll. 

 Staudinger. 



Hab. Venezuela ; Cayenne ; Brazil, 5 S . Exp, 44 miUim. 



Subsp. 1. Smaller ; frons and front of tegulae white ; abdomen with 

 the dorsal and lateral spots white ; fore wing with the discoidal 

 band, hind wing with the terminal band, broader. 



Hah. Bolivia, Chiquitos, 1 S . Exp. 82 millim. 



*775. .ffithria daltha. (Plate XII. fig. 14.) 



Eunomia daltha, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xv. p. 44 (1895). 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; palpi and basal joint of 

 antennae white in front ; cheeks, spots on shoulders, coxse, and 

 stripes on legs white; tegnla) and patagia with patches of blue; 

 abdomen with dorsal and lateral series of blue and white points, 

 the lateral anal tufts crimson ; the ventral surface white except 

 terminal segments, a white patch before the anal tufts; wings hyaline, 

 the veins, and margins rather broadly, black. Fore wing with the 

 basal area black with some blue at base ; a discoidal bar ; the ter- 

 minal band expanding at tornus. Hind wing with the terminal 



