NOVITATEB ZOOLOOICAE XXIV. 1917. 59 



TWO NEW AMERICAN MOTHS 



By K. Jordan, Ph.D. 



Family ''ASTNIIDAE. 



1. Eupalamides grandis spec. nov. 



(J $. E. dedalo simUlimus, pallidior, alis anticis sine maculis submarginalibus 

 ante ramum primum radialem (costam sextam) atque infra totis squamosis. 



Hab. French Guiana (type), Surinam, British Guiana and the Amazons. 

 In these countries two species occur, apparently side by side. The one which 

 I take to be dedalus Cram. (1775) = cyparissias Fabr. (1777), has one or more 

 submarginal spots on the forewing between the first radial (R' = vein 6) and 

 the costa, both above and below ; the forewing beneath in the male is strongly 

 hairy from near the base to two-thirds, and glossy in the centre, and in the female 

 is covered with narrow haii-like scales between base and oblique band. In 

 the second species the scaling on the underside of the forewing is normal, i.e. 

 there is no coat of hairs in either sex ; the apical area of the forewing and the 

 whole hindwing, beneath, are much paler than in E. dedalus, and there are no 

 submarginal spots from R' forward on the forewing. The ij-genitalia also 

 differ to some extent, as will be explained in another place. 



Eupalamides Hiibn. (1822 ?) is a well-defined genus, both sexes being charac- 

 terised inter alia by the hairiness of the upperside of the hindwing and the absence 

 of the paronychia and pulvUli. 



Family SPHINGIDAE. 



2. Protoparce vestalis spec. nov. 



S. A specie P. floresian dicta colore magis albescente, maculis nigris superiori- 

 bus abdominis multo minoribus, alis posticis macula distincta subbasali in et 

 sub cellula sita grisea notatis. 



Long. al. ant. 58-60 mm. 



Hab. Para, May and June (Rev. A. Miles Moss), two oo'. 



Much purer white than P. florestan, to which it is nearest. The black side- 

 spots of the abdominal segments 2, 3 and 4 are narrow, tran.sverse, and do not 

 touch one another above, while beneath they are joined together by a broad 

 black stripe ; the white side-spots, therefore, are not separated from the grey 

 dorsal surface ; black side-spots of segments 5 to 8 quite small and inconspicuous, 

 being obsolescent. Underside of body and the legs and palpi as in P. florestan 

 but purer white. Wings, upperside : the markings of the forewing as in P. 

 florestan, but the black basal stripe placed in the hindmargin broader ; the 

 distal margin more deeply incurved before anal angle. The two black discal 

 streaks distinct, the submarginal line obsolescent, as is also the third discal 

 dentate line ; interspace between this third line and the second almost pure 

 white ; in type-specimen basal and discal areas with a distinct yellowish tint, 

 of which there is hardly a trace in the second example, the space around the 

 etigma between the submedian and discal lines has no yellowish or buff tint. 



