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below costa and indistinct oblique dentate line from snbmedian fold 

 to inner margin ; orbicular represented by a minute very indistinct 

 dark mark, the reniform by a small greyish mark with two blackisli 

 points on inner side and one on outer ; a faint oblique medial shade 

 from costa to reniform and traces of a waved line from submedian 

 fold to inner margin ; postmedial line double and filled in with 

 whitish towards costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then 

 represented by double black points on the veins, incurved below 

 vein 4 and with waved whitish line below vein 2, some whitish 

 points with slight rufous streaks between them beyond it on costa ; 

 postmedial line very indistinct and whitish from costa to below 



Fig. 73. — Xylomyges eridania, (5 . 



vein 4 where it is angled outwards to termen, angled outwards 

 above veins 7, 6 and with slight rufous streak before it above 

 vein 7, below vein 4 running inwards as an oblique yellowish-white 

 streak defined by rufous above to near postmedial line at vein 2 ; 

 a terminal series of black points ; cilia rufous intersected with 

 white. Hind wing pure semihyaline white, the inner margin and 

 veins towards apex faintly tinged with ochreous ; the underside 

 with slight black irroration on apical part of costal area and some 

 black points on termen towards apex. 



Ab. 1. externa. Fore wing with broad black fascia from reni- 

 form to termen. 



Hah. U.S.A., Georgia, Florida, Texas, 2 J , 1 $ ; Mexico, Jalapa 

 (Tmjillo), 3 c? , Cordova (Rumeli), 1 c? , I^fis Vigas (Hoec/e), 1 j , 

 Teapa (B. H. ISmith), 1 c? , 1 $ ; Guatemala, Las Mercedes 

 (Champion), 1 d , Pantaleon {Champion), 1 c? ; CosxA Etca, Irazu 

 {Rogers), 1 $ , CandalariaMts. {Underivood), 1 S ; Pai^ama, Chiriqui 

 (Champion), 1 S ■, Bugaba {Champion), 1 S , Godmau-Salvin Coll. ; 

 Jamaica (Soyjm^//), 1 S type ignohilts, Moneague {Wahingham), 

 1 S , Castleton {Kaye), 1 c? ; Cuba, Santiago {Sclums), 3 S; Haiti 

 (TiveecUe), 1 2; Poeto Rico; Guadeloupe; St. Vincent {H. II. 

 Smith), 4 c? ; Trinidad, Cuparo {Kaye), 1 c? : Surinam ; Brazil, 

 typetc? bipvnctatain Mus. Oxon., Amazons, Ega {Bates), 1 S type 

 strigifera, R. Javary {Trail), 1 S, Nen Friburg, Kio Janeiro 

 (Wihon),l c? , 1 5 ; Paraguay, Sapucay(Fos^f r), 4 S '■, Argentina, 

 Gran Chaco, Florenzia {Wagner), 1 S ; Hab. ign., 2 S types 

 externa and inquieta. Exp. ;^2-38 millim. 



Larva. Head small, red-browU; a pale V-mark over clypeus. 



