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SOME NEW SFniNGIDAE. 



By K. JORDAN, Ph.D. 



]. Protoparce scutata brasiliensis subsp. nov. 



c?. Sides of tboi-a.x and the upperside of head and forewing distinctly more 

 greyish than in P. s. scutata E. & J. (1903), but less than in P. tucumana R. & J. 

 (1903), which latter represents fu'utafa in the Argentines. Smaller than «. scutata ; 

 the black discal patches on the forewing somewhat shorter ; the black median band 

 of the hindwing broader, the black lines on the nnderside of that wing more 

 distinct, the onter one being regularly dentate. Black spots on nnderside of 

 abdomen smaller. Harpe less strongly curved distally, with shorter apical process 

 than in s. scutata, but nevertheless sickle-shaped, and much larger than in tucu- 

 mana. The tooth of the penis-sheath is small and is placed at a considerable 

 distance from the apex in P. tucumana and the forms of scutata, as well as in 

 hnmihal, while it is apical and large in P. pellenia. 



Ilab. Rio de Janeiro -,236. 



Resembles P. hannibal Or. (1779) to a certain extent. 



2. Protoparce pellenia janira subsp. nov. 



S . Smaller than P. p. pellenia ; the underside of the abdomen almost pnre 

 white ; the harpe much larger, its distal margin much more strongly convex and 

 the proximal margin incurved, the harpe resembling that of P. tucumana, bnt is 

 much broader. 



Differs from /■'. scutata brasiliensis, which is synpatric with janira, in the 

 forewing being perceptibly broader, the basal and apical areas of both wings more 

 prominently variegated, the grey bands of the hindwing shaded with fuscous ; the 

 apical lobe of the harpe, (which is directed basad) much shorter, the apex of the 

 tenth tergite slenderer in a lateral aspect, and in the tooth of the penis-sheath being 

 apical as in P. p. pellenia. 



Ilab. Rio de Janeiro (E. May); 2 c?c?. 



3. Protoparce dalica anthina subsp. nov. 



(?. The ground of the forewing from near the white subbasal markings to the 

 thick black postdiscal undulate line hazel-colour, hardly at all shaded with fuscous 

 between the discal lines and the postdiscal one, this colour being far more distinct 

 than in any specimens from the Andes which we have seen. 



Ilab. Rio de Janeiro (E. May) ; 2 c?c7. 



4. Polyptychus amabilis spec. nov. 



S. Tongne quite weak and short. Palpi large, first segment very short, the 

 joint not distinctly open, second long and broad, third minute, the palpi and frons 

 together appearing rounded in a lateral view. Antenna short, ventral line straight, 

 lateral outline slightly undulate in a dorsal or ventral aspect. All the tibiae with 

 numerous spines, spurs short, longest apical one of lundfibia not much longer than 

 the tibia is broad. 



