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tubercles on the first 3 rings; laterally 7 white oblique stripes confined to hut 1 segment, whereas in dijjissa 
they extend over two segments; the long green horn is granulated reddish. 
P. hannibal Cr. Well characterized by the narrow bone-coloured marginal area in contrast with the hannibal. 
dark brown forewing the proximal border of which is not notched. Distributed from Panama to Sa. Catharina. 
— hamilcar B.sdv. (= mayi Clark) (91 e) has a still more conspicuous light, almost white margin; the distal hamilcar. 
band of the hindwing is of a purer white, less dusted blackish. Under surface darker and more distinctly 
marked, with a more dentated postmedian band. Genitally also somewhat different. Rio de -Janeiro. Larva 
green, turning blue towards the ventrum, the first 3 segments thickened, lighter yellowish green, set with 
small reddish-yellow tubercles, the other segments with 7 white oblique stripes strongly widening below; 
horn bent, long, very much granulated. It lives on Solanaceae and Verbenaceae. 
P. leucoptera R. & J. is light greyish-white above, with a white stigma, slightly shaded with brownish leucoptera. 
only submarginally, with a brown notched subterminal line and an oblique apical line. Hindwing greyish- 
brown, browner at the margin, with a blackish irregular postmedian band before which there are yet 4 quite 
indistinct bands. Only 1 $ (length of forewing: 45 mm) known from the Galapagos Is. 
P. pellenia H.-S. (= capsici Bsdv., morelia Drc .) (91 e). Forewing mixed with lighter and darker pellenia. 
brown, with a large slaty blackish spot in the disc, reaching to the costal margin where it encloses — more 
distinctly so in the $ — an oblong light brown spot. The whitish yellow notched submarginal line reaches 
the apex more distinctly in the 3 than in the 9- Abdomen scaled brown beneath. Mexico, Panama, Colom¬ 
bia. — janeira Jord. is smaller than the type, abdomen almost purely white beneath, with broader forewings janeira. 
than in scutata brasiliensis. Basal and apical areas of both wings distinctly more variegated, the grey band of 
the hindwing shaded with dark brown; genitals somewhat different. Rio de Janeiro. 
P. perplexa It. & J . resembles pellenia in the colour and marking; head and palpi of a blacker colouring, perplexa. 
abdomen lighter beneath, basally all white. Forewing broader, and darker in the costal-marginal area than in 
pellenia; the black spot with a silky lustre is longer and more incurved between R 3 and the costal margin. 
The light discal band on the hindwing is intensely dusted with black, and the black submarginal band narrower 
than in pellenia. Hindwing darker beneath, only the inner-marginal area greyish-white, the blackish-brown 
dentate discal line is single. Genital apparatus somewhat different. Amazons (Rio Madeira). The very con¬ 
spicuous larva is quite black, the 3 first segments set with yellow pointed tubercles, horn yellow; it lives on 
Solanum and Verbenaceae. 
P. scutata R. & J. (= pellenea Mschlr., pellenia Rothsch.) is not to be separated externally from scutata. 
pellenia, as occulta from dijjissa, but the genital organs are so very different that it cannot even be a sub¬ 
species. Only the basal and marginal areas are somewhat less yellowish-brown, the whitish bands of the hind- 
wings are somewhat smoky, the abdomen not scaled brown beneath. The two species occur together in Co¬ 
lombia. Besides known from Venezuela and Ecuador. — boliviensis Clark forms a transition to the following boliviensis. 
form. It is smaller and lighter: ground-colour light grey, the slaty grey macular band with its silky lustre is 
much narrower than in the other forms, the whole wing more monotonous, without the brown and white 
mixture; the white submarginal band of the hindwing is nearer to the margin. Bolivia. — brasiliensis Jord. brasiliensis. 
is a small form, greyer above than the nomenclatural type, but less so than in tucumana which represents 
scutata in Argentina; the black discal spots are shorter, the median band of the hindwing broader, the black 
spots on the abdomen beneath smaller. To a certain degree it also resembles hannibal. Rio de Janeiro. Larva 
bright green above, more bluish green beneath with white oblique stripes, the 3 first segments with small 
yellow tubercles; feet ochreous and black; it lives on Dasura. 
P. clarki R db J . is very similar to perplexa, scutata and pellenia, the most closely allied to perplexa. clarki. 
Smaller, the light areas on the thorax and wings grey without a reddish-yellow tint and therefore of a very 
different exterior. Antennae thinner than in the 3 species mentioned; frons and occiput black; the small white 
dorsal spots on the abdomen are very indistinct, the 7th segment without the yellow lateral spot; the white 
ventral side scaled brownish-black, only the 1st segment pure white, the black ventral spots small, mostly 
only one present. Legs black, scaled white. Hindwing beneath with a black median band composed of 3 lines. 
Genital organ very different from that of perplexa. Length of forewing: 41 — 48 mm. Only few specimens known 
from the Amazons (Fonteboa); Ecuador; Peru. 
P. tucumana R. & J. looks like a small pale pellenia; the cell-end spot and the light lines of the fore- tucumana. 
wing are greyish white, not yellowish. Genital organs very different. Argentina and Paraguay. 
P. ochus King (= instita Clem.) (91 c) is unmistakable for its brownish-yellow, peculiarly marked ochus. 
forewing with the 3 large costal-marginal spots which are scaled slaty blue. Thorax likewise tan-coloured. 
Mexico to Venezuela and Colombia. 
P. lefeburei Guer. (91 b) is likewise hardly to be mistaken. Ground-colour whitish-grey, a dark brown lefeburei. 
band extends from before the centre of the inner margin, crossing the white discal dot, to the margin on vein 2, 
and together with another triangular costal-marginal spot farther outside it forms a triangle which is generally 
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