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forewing is absent or very small, the black marginal band of the hindwing is broad and extends almost to 
the cell; the $ is without the black discal longitudinal streak. West Indies, Cuba, Haiti. — inclitus Edw. 
( = scyron Die.) (95 e) is the form from Mexico, Yucatan, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama; collar strip¬ 
ed brown, forewing much more intensely marked blackish-brown, the marginal band of the hindwing nar¬ 
rower; the $ is more dusted with black, especially at the inner margin. — papayae B.sd. (= laura Btlr., 
scyron Wkr. part., silenus Grt. & Rob.) is much smaller, forewing of both sexes intensely marked brown and 
white; marginal band of hindwing narrower. Venezuela, Guiana. — brasiliensis Clark (95 f) is very closely allied 
to papayae, but more monotonously greyish-brown and less marked, ground-colour not white. Abdomen with 
less intense bands. — wolcotti Clark. Marginal band of hindwing only half as broad as in the other insular 
forms; ground-colour of forewing brown, both wings beneath with a very conspicuous broad light grey mar¬ 
ginal band. — occidentals Clark (= amazonica Clark) is intermediary between papayae and brasiliensis. 
Thorax above dark brown, abdominal bands likewise brown, not black; ground-colour of forewing chalky 
white as in papayae, with less conspicuous white marginal spots, the black subbasal longitudinal streak 
distinct. Hindwing light yellow with a broad monotonously dark marginal band. Amazons. — molitor R. <b J. 
has very light whitish-grey body and wings. The yellow areas beneath are reduced, sharply defined, dis- 
tally bordered by a black band. Haiti. — jamaicensis R & J. has grey fore wings with a feeble rosy tint; 
margin of hindwing very broad, the grey anal spot almost entirely lacks the black lines. Jamaica. —- congra- 
tulans Grt. <b Rob. ( = rimosa Gundl.) (95 f) has almost quite blackish-brown forewings above; margin of hind¬ 
wing very broad, extending almost to the cell. Ventral side grey mixed with brown. According to Ramsden 
it is only a form of rimosa. From Cuba. — woodi Ramsden is likewise a dark blackish-brown form from Cuba, 
but with a light grey broad postdiscal band. 
I. excelsior Bsd. Upper surface similar to the form inclitus of the preceding species, but easily separ¬ 
able from it and all the other species by the purely white, black-spotted ventral side of the abdomen. A 
remarkable species, the basal two thirds of the forewing blackened, the apical third chiefly white, marked black. 
Brazil (Para). Larva very similar to that of leachi, but the spots are light reddish. Horn longer than half the larva. 
I. australis Clark (98 a). A smaller light species, the forewing with an intense brownish tint, with few 
contrasts, and very fine markings. Marginal band of hindwings of medium width. The species is very near 
to rimosa f. papayae. From Eastern Brazil (Ururahy). 
I. allamandae Clark is very near to australis, but with narrower wings; forewing grey above, intermixed 
with white, with darker markings, colouring still more monotonous, the black discal longitudinal streaks 
thicker than in australis, absent in the $. The convex distal margin is more intensely undulate-dentate. The 
black marginal band is narrower than in australis. From Pernambuco and Para. Larva similar to that of 
mossi, but the lateral stripe is narrower and striped red, the red dorsal and subdorsal lines are broader. 
Head black. On Allamanda. 
I. caricae L. (— cacus Chr.) (98 a) is distinguished from all the similar species by the black-striped 
veins in the distal half of the yellow hindwing; without a marginal band, only with a small subanal spot. 
Strongly built, abdomen with strong bands; forewing intensely blackened, with very distinct deep black 
transverse lines, discally with red-brown longitudinal patches. Venezuela to Rio de Janeiro. Larva black with 
a yellow band on the neck, yellow sublateral lines and a red head. It lives on Allamanda. 
I. mossi Clark (95 f) is the most similar to meneclnus, but of a milch darker colouring. Body brownish- 
grey, abdomen with distinct bands. Forewing monotonously brownish-grey, strewn with white, transverse lines 
very distinct, half-ring above the centre of the inner margin, similar to that of menechus. The black band 
of the hindwing is 10 mm broad, leaving free the anal angle. Manaos, Para. Larva black with a white late¬ 
ral band and red longitudinal lines and a yellow head, on Plumeria. 
29. Genus: Eriimyis Him. 
Hindhead with a high double tuft, mesothorax also with such a tuft which is higher than in Isogna- 
thus; C with a tripartite anal tuft; legs long and slender. Margin of fore wing regularly undulate-dentate. Sexes 
mostly very different, CC much darker than 
Type: E. ello L. 
E. alope Dru. (= edwardsi Btlr., fasciata Sivains., flavicans Goeze, scyron Burm.) (98 b) differs from 
all the others in the yellow hindwings. Fore wing predominantly black, of brownish wood-colour at the inner 
margin and in the anal-marginal part, with very oblique transverse lines. Hindwing yellow in the basal por¬ 
tion, black distally. Larva brown above, green beneath, the two colours separated by a black line, a large 
black spot enclosing a red ring is on the 3rd thoracal ring. Horn short. It lives on Carica and Jatropha. 
Widely distributed from Florida to South Brazil and Argentina, also in the West Indies and Bahamas. 
E. lassauxi Bsd. has the blackest wings among the species with a black-ringed abdomen. Hindwing 
deeper red than in the other species, very often darkened blackish-brown; easily recognizable by the trian- 
inclitus. 
papayae. 
brasiliensis. 
wolcotti. 
occiden- 
talis. 
molitor. 
jamai¬ 
censis. 
con- 
gratulans. 
woodi. 
excelsior. 
australis. 
allamandae. 
caricae. 
mossi. 
alope. 
lassauxi. 
