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(li'VL'lo|)Uii'iil (if (iH'sliiidts IViiiii J>ii/-(///i//ii, /Urc/iK, ('lilueiiniini mma, etc., etc., but 

 that these ueiiera ;ivi' deriviil imis IVinii ,i cfiiiiiunii stock siiuihir to Protoparrc, 

 jjosst'ssiiiii' ii long toiiiiiie, a ]julvillns, ii puroiiycliiuiii, ii fVeiuiluiu, a midtarsal comli 

 and mianued tibiae. The pnlviihis disappears already among I'rotoparce. The 

 loss or reibiction of one or tiie other of these organs is accompanieJ in most cases 

 liy the !ip|iearaiice of spines on the tibiae, beginning witii the foretibia. Witli 

 the rcuhiction of the tongue goes liand in hand a sliortening of the tongue-case 

 of tlie ciirysaiis, tiie projecting " nose " disappearing finally. In the present group 

 the ])ulvillus is the first to be h)st, and tlien the paronychium ; while in the trilie 

 SplttiKiulirdc, the forms with a short terminal antennal segment, the paronycliium 

 is lost in one genus, while the pnlvillus is still there. 



The distinguishing characters of the species of Profoprm-e are often not very 

 jironounced, especially as regards the ]iatteru of the wings and body. In several 

 instances we have not been able to separate two species with certainty except by 

 the help of the genital armature. On the other hand there are species, quite 

 distinct in pattern and certainly not forms of the same species, which show no 

 differences in the sexual organs. The ojiinion held by many entomologists that 

 different species are always different in the genital armature is quite erroneous. 

 The best instance to repudiate that assumi)tion — it is, of course, nothing else but 

 an assumption — is that of Chlaenojiramma jasmincavum and Frotoparce Jforestan, 

 which, though generically distinct, have nevertheless exactly the same genital 

 armature in both sexes. 



Key to the sj)ecies : 



a. Claw-segment without pulvillus . . b. 



„ with „ . . q. 



b. Forewing without complete lines, for 



the greater {tart clayish tawny 



ochraceous like thorax . . 41). P. ochus. 



Forewing without transverse lines 

 except a postdiscal one ; for the 

 greater part greyish white . . 45. P. le.acoptera. 



Forewing with numerous transverse 

 lines ; greyish brown, yellowish, 

 or olive ...... c. 



c. tSecond abdominal segment witliout 



yellow side-jiatch . . . ."d. V. MHarfi. 



Secondabdominal segment with yellow 



side-patch ...... 'A 



(I. Abdomen with more than three 



yellow side-patches . . . . e. 



Abdomen with three yellow side- 

 patches ...... in. 



Abdomen without yellow side-jjatches . /'. 

 (,'. ^Vhite spots of fringe of forewing mere 

 dots, very much smaller than the 

 brown portions of the fringe ; 

 thorax olive, or olive-green ; fore- 

 tibia not armed ..../. 



