212 LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCERA. 



10. EUCHEOMIA ERYX. 



Alee atrce, anticce basi aurea, macula media abdomineque subtus 

 sanguineis. 



Sphinx Eryx, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 161, 22; Mant. Ins. ii. 104, 27; 



Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 394,29. 

 Sphinx inaurata, Sulz. Hist. Ins. 151, pi. 20, f. 4. Cram. Pap. iii. 



67, pi. 140, f. E, F. 

 Sphinx Zygaena inaurata, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2395, 129. 

 Pompostola Eryx, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 120, 1302. 



In this species the following varieties of colour occur: — 



Var. a. Head and thorax with gilded or golden green spots. 

 Fore wings gilded towards the base, with a red spot in the disk. 

 Abdomen with a cupreous stripe, bright green towards the base and 

 bright blue towards the tip on each side. 



Var. /3. Like Var. a. Abdomen with gilded greeu spots on 

 each side along the whole length. 



Var. y. Spots on the fore wings yellow. Red beneath the 

 abdomen extending partly over the sides above on the hinder half. 



a. St. Catherine, Brazil. From M. Becker's collection. 



b. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 

 c — e. Honduras. From Mr. Miller's collection. 

 /. Brazil. From Mr. Miller's collection. 



Group 6. DIOSPAGE. 





Corpus sat validum, metallicum. Palpi subelongati; articulus 

 3us minimus. Antennas extrorsum crassiores, apices versus attenuate. 

 Alae anticae longae, angustae, maculatse. Pedes sat validi ; tibiarum 

 calcares longissimi. 



Pompostola p., Hubn. Vezr. Schmett. 120. 



Body moderately stout, metallic. Palpi rather long ; third 

 joint very small. Antennas thickest at three-fourths of the length, 

 slightly tapering from thence to the tips. Wings long, narrow, 

 spotted. Legs moderately stout ; spurs of the tibiae very long. 



