plllto. 
tyndarus. 
marginalis. 
pistacina. 
reussi. 
mossi. 
rufescens. 
irrorata. 
gundlachi. 
rhodocera. 
porcus. 
continenta- 
lis. 
888 XYLOPHANES. By Dr. M. Drattdt 
X. pluto F. (= boerhaviae F., croesus Dalm., eson Wkr., thorates Hbn.) (98 D f) is easily recognizable by 
the orange hindwing with a black base and a blackish-brown marginal band (no other species has orange hind- 
wings). Fore wing olive green with a violettish-grey median band and a crescentitorm marginal spot in the 
upper half of the distal margin. Abdomen with golden spots. — The larva (a dark form and a light one) shows 
a large ocellus on the 4 th segment. It lives on Erythroxylon coca. Mexico and Florida as far as Southern Brazil; 
Antilles and Bahamas. 
X. tyndarus Bsd. (98 D f). This rare and beautiful species is light green above with 3 faint antemedian 
lines and 4 postmedian ones, the first of them very strong, distally shaded with dark; a dark antemarginal patch 
before the centre of the margin. Hindwing black with a green band. Mexico to Southern Brazil. — marginalis 
Clark (98 D f) is smaller with shorter wings, the green colour more yellowish; the 3 antemedian lines are very 
indistinct, the first postdiscal one distally with a scarcely darker shadow which is not gradually brightened 
distally, but uniformly and distinctly defined. The green colour on the hindwing is much more extensive, so 
that only a narrow blackish marginal band remains. Rio Grande do Sul. 
X. pistacina Bsd. (= diogenes Maass., jocaste Drc.) (98 D g) is somewhat like tyndarus, but duller olive 
greenish with a feeble reddish-yellowish shine, the 3rd and 4th postdiscal lines distinctly undulate-dentate, 
intensified by vein-dots; an oblique darker patch before the centre of the margin, distally bordered by the 
continuation of the distinct dark apical line. Hindwing extensively blackish, the light green band darkened 
brownish. Mexico to South Brazil and Paraguay. — reussi Closs (98 D g) is a loamy brown form with a dark 
brown postdiscal band and a dark grey, darker speckled marginal area. Hindwing dark brown with a yellowish 
band. Under surface yellow, speckled brown. Mr. Gehlen had the kindness to lend the only type from Brazil ( ?) 
for having it figured. 
X. mossi Clark (98 D g) is a beautiful large species resembling the following rufescens. Forewing reddish 
loamy brown, yellowish-white and black at the base of the inner margin; a tiny black dot at the cell-end and 
two feeble blackish postdiscal lines, the distal subterminal line intensified by black vein-dots; a small blackish 
spot 7 mm before the apex at the costal margin. Hindwing black with a feeble yellowish-white submarginal 
band, and a yellowish-white spot at the anal angle, continued at the inner margin almost to the base. — The 
larva is bright red-brown, with black subdorsal lines on the 5 first segments and yellowish-white lateral lines 
ending on the 4th segment in the yellowish ocellus which is edged with black; the 6th to 10th segments exhibit 
bright green lateral spots, and a yellowish-white oblique line extends from the 10th segment to the very short 
and thin small horn. Another form is greyish-green, brownish on the dorsum, with 5 yellowish lateral stripes. 
It lives on Pagamea guianensis (Rubiacea) and is very frequently set with Diptera. Para. 
X. rufescens Rothsch. (98 D g). The reddish-yellow ground of the forewing is densely dusted and strewn 
with rust-brown, very similarly marked as the preceding species. Hinclwing black, with a yellowish-white 
submarginal band not reaching the costal margin and widened towards the inner margin, another yellowish- 
white spot behind it at the anal angle. Both wings beneath rusty reddish. British Guiana, Amazons, Peru. 
X. irrorata Grt. (98 D g) is a monotonously dark cinnamon-brown species with but one darker, almost 
straight postdiscal line which is finely bordered with light grey inside; tegulae and head as far as the apex of 
the palpus outside bordered with white. Hindwing blackish-brown, lighter olive basallv. — Larva not described; 
it is said to live on Psychotria. Cuba, Bahamas, Haiti. 
X. gundlachi H.-Sch. (98 E a) is a smaller, beautifully green species with but one postdiscal transverse 
line as in irrorata, terminating at the inner margin in a brown spot; costal margin and fringe reddish, the latter 
analwards brownish intermixed with some white scales; the small stigma at the cell-end is black with a white 
centre. Hindwing blackish-brown, somewhat lighter mottled with yellowish-white fringe. Cuba. 
X. rhodocera Wkr. (98 E a). Head and tegulae olive brown, the rest of the body and the forewing more 
violet-brown, the forewing similarly marked as in porcus , but without the subterminal row of vein-dots, the 
distal margin much more convex than in porcus; a darker, slightly curved postdiscal line; an olive brown spot 
is behind the cellular stigma, another spot occasionally also in the centre of the cell; the anal area at the margin 
is usually dusted with a darker brown. Hindwing black, light yellowish-white in the anal half of the margin. 
Abdomen with a large black lateral spot at the base. Antennae scaled pink. Haiti. 
H. porcus Hb. Y\ ings falcately produced at the apex. Forewing olive brown, prothorax somewhat 
more olive greenish, feebly marked; the nomenclatural form has a distinct black stigma, an olive green spot 
behind it, then an indistinat curved transverse line, a submarginal row of vein-dots. Hindwing blackish-brown 
lighter brownish-yellow anally. Only from Cuba. — continentalis R. (98 E a) is the common continental 
form with much less distinct markings; stigma much smaller, the olive spot behind it scarcely traceable, but 
the subterminal vein-dots somewhat better marked. From Mexico to Sa. Catharina. —- Larva green, with 
yellowish-white subdorsal lines on the thoracal segments, blue ocelli on the 5th segment, the other segments 
