196 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XX\"I. 1919. 



26. Sphinx quinquemaculatus Haw. = Protoparce quinquemaculatus quinque- 



macukitus. 

 Sphinx quim/uemaculatiis Haworth, in Wood, Ind. ErUom. p. 216. t. 53. f. 23 ( 1839) (Chelsea, London). 



Type : <J, Chelsea, Haworth Coll., ex Edwin Sheppard coll. Bought at 

 Stevens's Sale. 



27. Protoparce mossi Jordan = ProtoTparce mossi. 



Protoparce mossi, Jordan, Proc. Zool. Sac. bond. 1911. p. 34 (Lima). 

 Type : J, Lima, Peru, 1908. A. Miles Moss coll. 



28. Protoparce leucoptera R. & J. = Protojxirce leucoptera. 



Protoparce leucoptera Rothschild & Jordan, Xov. Zool. vol. is. Suppl. p. 79. pi. xi. f. 2 (1903) (Chatham 

 Island). 



Type : ?, Chatham Island, Galapagos Archipelago, March 14, 1901. R. H. 

 Beck coll. 



Besides the type there are only the 2 ?? from Albemarle Island, Galapagos, 

 in the Tring Museum, and a few specimens collected during the Expedition to 

 the Galapagos Islands sent out by the California Academy of Sciences in 1905-6. 



29. Protoparce lucetius nubila R. & J. = Protoparce lucetiiis nubiki. 



Protoparce lucetius nubila, Rothschild & Jordan, Nov. Zool. vol. ix. Suppl. p. 7i. No. 41a (1903) 

 (Costa Rica). 



Type : J, Costa Rica. Underwood coll. Received from Henley Grose 

 Smith. 



There is some doubt as to the correctness of the locality, though all three 

 specimens bear the printed label as above. 



30. Protoparce occulta R. & J. = Protoparce occulta. 



Protoparce occulta Rothschild & Jordan, Nov. Zool. vol. ix. Suppl. p. 77. No. 43 (1903) (Orizaba). 

 Type : S, Orizaba, Mexico, 1896. Received from W. Schaus. 



31. Protoparce petuniae tropicalis R. & J. = Protoparce difpssa tropicalis. 



Protoparce petuniae tropical is Rothschild & Jordan, Nov. Zool. vol. ix. Suppl. p. 77. No. 42c (1903) 

 (Brit. Guiana). 



Type : a, Omai, British Guiana. 



By an error petuniae Boisd. was made the specific name of this species, but 



diffissa (Butl.) is four years older, so the four forms must stand as follows : 



Protoparce diffissa diffissa Butl. 

 La Plata, E. Argentina. 



P. diffissa petuniae Boisd. 

 Southern Brazil. 



P. diffissa tropicalis R. & J. 

 Tropical South America S. to Minas Geraes and S.E. Peru. 



P. diffissa mesosa R. & J. 

 Salta, N.W. Argentina. 



