LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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acute at the tips than in the other species of this genus. Hind 
wings with two blackish stripes ; exterior border slightly emargi- 
nate. Length of the body 15 — 19 lines ; of the wings 30 — 40 lines. 
a. Mexico. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
b — g . Mexico. From Mr. Hartweg’s collection. 
9. C II /E 110 CAM PA DRANCUS. 
Nigro-fusca , vitta media necnon capitis thoracisque lateribus albi- 
dis ; thorax et abdomen Inteo bivittata ; alee anticce striga 
basali dimidioque postico exteriore cervinis , lineis exterioribus 
ferrugineis et nigris , gutla discali plagisque duabus posticis 
nigris. 
Sphinx Drancus, Cram. Pap. JExot. ii. 56, pi. 132, f. F. 
Xylophanes Drancus, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 136, 1460. _ % 
West Indies. C «£ b i 
South America. 
Group 1. 
Much like the preceding group, but more or less tinged with 
green. Fore wings with distinct lines. 
10. Ch^erocampa Crotonis. 
Viridescente-cervina , subtus lutea ; caput et thorax albido bilineata ; 
abdomen plagis duabus basalibus nigris , lateribus luieis , sub- 
tus albidum ; alee anticce macula basali guttaque discali 
nigris lineisque nonnullis exterioribus subparallelis fuscis ; 
posticce nigra, fascia maculari pallide flava. 
Var. /3. Thorax et abdomen vitta dorsali albida . 
Var. y. Alee anticce virides. 
Chaerocampa Crotonis, Boisd. MSS. 
Greenish fawn-colour, pale luteous beneath. Head and thorax 
with a whitish line along each side. Abdomen with a black patch 
along each side at the base, luteous along each side ; disk beneath 
whitish. Fore wings with a black spot at the base, with a black dis- 
sal dot, and with several exterior nearly parallel brown lines. 
Hind wings black, with a macular pale yellow band. Length of the 
£ody 17 — 20 lines ; of the wings 36 — 40 lines. 
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