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.s\M(»uii>.r 



(Jcnus DYCLADIA. 



Tvpc. 



DycUuUn, Fold. \\v\*. Nov. pi. 1()*J. l. in (1^71). nun. doerr. ... correfjioidff. 



Proboscis wrll-drvfli>|Hd ; pnlpi upturned. tl»e l?nd joint rcnohing vorU»x of 

 head. tl)o ."{rd nKxlonitc nnd |>ornft ; untonmr with the shaft thickmed at 

 middle, lfip«otiiifit<', with Hhort hninfhi'9 dihitrd at cxtninifv; tihi;r with tlio 

 Kpurs nhort. Fi)ro winn nithor hmg and narrow; vein .'5 from l)oforo nnjjlo of 

 cell ; 4, a from an^lo . <» fr- m upjHT an^jlc ; 7, H, '.», 10 ht:dkr<l ; II from coll. 

 Hind winp with the wll lorijj ; rein* l! and 4 from angle; 3 from 4 near margin ; 

 h obsolcsi'cnt ; l», 7 from upper angle. 



A. Abdomen with umni;e lateral Htrijx'n. 



a'. Fore and hind winj»« without vellow mnrkin^^ t»ei<»na. 



'»'. Fore and hind wing-* with yellow niarkingn Iticrtiu*. 



B. Abdomen with yelhiw lateral |)alcheH at Kiso only corrcbioide*. 



«»47. Dycladia melaena, n. sp. (Plate XT. fi;?. 8.) 



$. Black; antnina' whitr towards tip** : hark of head and top^ihc 

 witli orange i)atehes ; a])(h)inen with lateral orange fa.seiir of con- 

 joine<l sjjot.s. Fore win;; with small o]>soli'scent seniihyaliiie pateh 

 in cell and elongate patch helow thr cell ; short somihy aline streaks 

 lK?twecn veins W and 7, the lowest nearly reaehin;^ ternuu. Hind 

 winp with hyaline streak Ix-low the cell ; a sli^'ht streak in lowt-r 

 ind of cell, and small siK)t8 ul>ovc and l)olow vein 4. 



JIuh, I{oLivi.\, Rio Sonpo {(iarlrp/i)^ 1 9 ^yp<^- ^-^'V*. -4 millim. 



Subsp. 1. Fore wing without the hvalinc patches in and below 

 coll. 



//((/'. nii.\zii., IxKjpiddina, Coll. Staudingcr. 



G4S. Dycladia lucetius. 



Sphinx /iicrdus, StoU, Tap. F\ol. iv. pi. ;i,'.7. h il7'^l); Kirby, Cat. Hot. 



p. 14r». 

 Ettra/a tmn^irns, \Mk. Tii. 1G15 (1H5C) ; Kirby. Cat. Ilct. p. 145. 



cJ . Head })lack, witli the base of palpi and two patrhrs on vortex 

 orange ; antenniv white at tips : thorax black, witli orange at base 

 of teguloD and patagia ; abdomen black, with broa<l lat«-ral orange 

 stripes, the extremity blue-black. Fore wing with the veins yellow ; 

 yellow fascia* below base of costa and above inner margin, the latter 

 yelhnv-brown outwardly ; hyaline streaks in nnd below cell ; a largo 

 black discocelluhir spot with yellow-ltrown below it ; the outer half 

 of inner area black ; four hyaline streaks l)eyond the cell : a ver}' largo 

 apical black patch edged with yellow, and with a yellow marginal 

 spot between it and the inner black area, iliiid wing hyaline, with 

 some yellow at base of costal and inner margins; the terminal black 

 band very wide on apical area and towards t<3rnu8. 



2 with the yellow-brown on fore wing replaced by black. 



Hab. Br.\zil, Sao Paulo (Jones), 2 J ; Lr. Am.\zo\s, Chaves 

 lAv.sien), 1 $ . E.vp. 22-28 millim. Type t iransiens in Mus. Oxon. 



