2 SPHIXGID-E. 



which the wing is irrorated with black : secondaries black, the costal area and an elongated 

 patch at anal angle grey ; fringe whitish. Undersurface dove-colour, the disk sparsely 

 speckled with black : primaries with a large cuneiform blackish patch from the base to 

 beyond the end of cell, leaving the median vein and a spot at the end of the cell pale ; 

 a discal line of black dots in secondaries. Expanse of wings 3 inches 4- lines. 

 St. Domingo (Tweedie). 



AMBULYX, Walker. 



Ambulyx marginata. (Plate XV. fig. 4.) 

 Ambulyx marginata, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 10. n. 21 (1*75). 



Body and primaries above whity brown, tinted with pink ; base, two subbasal spots, an 

 oblique transverse line, a spot near the middle, three on the costa, a quadrate one on the 

 costa near apex, a broad external nebula, and several pale lines olive-brown: secondaries 

 rosy ; the costa, base, and abdominal area cream-coloured ; outer margin broadly brown ; 

 two central dark grey lines, and a discal row of sagittate spots. Wings below yellower than 

 above : primaries varied with ochrcous ; the large spot near apex present, the others wanting ; 

 transverse streaks better defined ; outer border grey : secondaries pale clay-coloured ; 

 markings paler than above. Expanse of wings 4 inches 7 lines. 



Rio Janeiro (Stevens). 



DILUDIA, Grote. 



Diludia brevimargo. (Plate XV. fig. 5.) 

 Diludia brevimargo, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 12. n. 25 (1875). 



Allied to D. florestan, but smaller ; the outer margins of the wings more waved in 

 outline; the primaries greyer, the transverse bands greener, the lines which confine them 

 blacker and more strongly dentatcd ; the median black bars less distinct ; the apical spot 

 narrower, indistinctly sinuatcd externally : secondaries with the inner transverse black band 

 indistinct : the head and thorax greenish grey ; the abdomen less red, marginal stri°-a2 less 

 strongly defined. Wings below darker, the bands less distinct and more irregular; the two 

 inner bands of secondaries united. Expanse of wings 4 inches 6 lines. 



Brazil (Becker). 



Diludia rufesceus. (Plate XV. fig. 6.) 

 Diludia rufescens, Butler, l'ruc. Zn,,l. Soc. p. 12. n. 2<i (1875). 



Allied to D. /ir he nea \ primaries redder; outer margin shorter, more arched; centra] 

 band better defined, more dentated externally; apical patch more elongated; submargina] 

 white streak more deeply sinuated : secondaries shorter, pale grey, with two ill-defined 

 central pale bands: head and collar redder: abdominal lateral sfcrigse less defined. Wings 



