( 70 ) 



.Sy;/i,Hj: reslri (!), Boisiliival, I.e. p. 72. n. 4 (lH7r,) (puitiui ; Para<,'Uiiy). 



*S/ihiiix iiiiniiiinw id., /.<•. p. 7."i. n. 7 (1H75) ((Jolomliia ; coll. Charles Obcrthiir). 



*S/>hinj- UiluK-i ill., /.(•. p. 78. ii. 10 (187.')) (partiiu ; Paraguay ;— coll. CliarK's Ohei-thiir). 



*Pi-uti>j>fiiri- f/rhmta Butler, Pioc. Zool. Sor. Lmii/, p. 259 ( I87;'>) (Venezuela :—Mus. Brit): id., 



TruHg. Z,ml. Sue. Lund. ix. p. G08. n. U. (1877). 

 Prnlu/iairc /inj/liii.i, Butler, l.r. ix. p. 008. n. IH (1877) ; Druce, Ilinl. Cmlr. .{m., Lrji. llet. i. p. 21. 



n. 5 (188,^) (Panama ; Guiana) ; Kayo, Trims. Knt. Snr. L„i„l. p. i:',!» (19l)l) (Trinidad). 

 J'n,loi„i,n' i-iiroJinit, Druce, l.r. p. 21. n. :i (188:5) (partim) ; id., l.r. Siijij,/. p. 315 (1890); Pitt. eV 



Bioll., Lr/). Met. Oi.'ita RIni p. 12 (1897). 

 I'mtoparre jamu/ceimif, \')Tuce, I.e. p. 21. u. 4 (188.3) (partim : Cliiri(ini, Panama); \d., l.r. Sii/,ji!. 



p. 315 (1896) ; Pitt. & Bioll., l.r. ( 1897) (San .lost?) 

 PhleiiHhmtins sexta, Kirby, /.-■. p. 688. n. 13 (1892) (partim). 

 I'hlrnrthmtiiix iiirotUiiiai>, id.. I.e. p. 689. n. 24 (1892) (Colombia). 

 Plilr{,rtho,itiii.t ;/riseat,i, id., I.e. n. 26 (1892) (Venezuela). 

 Piotii/iiirre ii/roliamie, Schaus, Eiit. Ncivx vi. p. 142 (1895) ( = jaimiicriixis). 

 Plilr(/rl/i(>iit/iix eanilimi, Bonninghausen, I.e. p. Ill (1899) (Rio Grande do Sul). 



c? ?. White submiirgiual line offorewiiig; le.ss prominent than in the j)receding 

 form ; white bands of hind purer white. Ground colour of fore wing variable, 

 sometimes as pale as ia caestri. Size also o])viously variable. 



6. Dentate lobe of harpe narrow (PI. XXXVI. f 5). 



Larva without lines of black dots. 



Rr>nninghausen, I.e., remarks that the North American cnrolhm does not occur 

 in trojiical South America, but is found again in Hio Grande do Sul ; he records, 

 iiowever, pajiliiis from Rio de Janeiro, which is the same species. Such apparent 

 anomalies in the distribution of species as the one mentioned by Bouuiughauseu 

 disappear in most cases on closer examinatiou, not being founded on fact, but on 

 the mistaken identity or specific distiuctuess, as the case may be, of geographical 

 races of the same species. 



Ilab. Gosta Rica to Argentina. 



In the Tring Museum 80 odd specimens from various jdaces, also a series of 

 caterpillars. 



(J. P. sexta caestri. 



Sphinx caestri Blanchard, in Gay, Ilist. Chili, vii. p. 52. t. 5. f. 9 (1854) (/</. mala ; Chile). 



Sphinx eurylorhus Philippi, Linn. Entoin. xiv. p. 273. n. 13 (1860) (Chile). 



Sphinx ccilri (!), Boisduval, Spec. Gen. LAp. Het. i. p. 72. n. 4 (1875) (partim ; Chile). 



*SpMnx tabari Boisduval, I.e. p. 78. n. 10 (1875) (partim ; Chile ;— coll. Charles Oberthiir). 



Protojxirce enryloehwi, Butler, Trans. Zuol. Sue. Lund. ix. p. 607. n. 8 (1877) (= c/f.s/c; .') ; Kirby, 



Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 688 n. 20 (1892). 

 Prutoparee eaestri, Calv.-Bartl., Cat. Lrji. Chile p. 12 u. 90 (1886) (= (•urjilorhiis) ; Kirby, l.r. p. 689 



n. 21 (1892). 

 Prntoparee tabae!, Kirby, l.r. n. 32 (1892). 



(J ? . A small and very pale form. The white submarginal line of the forewing 

 is vestigial or absent, the black discal line rather prominent on the pale ground. 

 The white dorsal dots of the abdomen are eonspii'Uous. Se.xual armature as in 



JMIp/lltS. 



Ilab. Ghile. 



A series of 6 <S S , 5 ? ? in the Tring Museum. 



38. Protoparce aflSicta. 



S/ihinj- paphus ((), Herrich-Scbiiflfer, Corres/i. IV. iii. p. 59 (1865) (Cuba). 



Sj,hiiu- alHieta Grote, Prnr. Knt. S„r. I'hilad. v. p. 71 (1865) (Ciiliii) : Boisd., Spee. Gen. Lip. Het. 

 i. p. 77. n. 9 (1875) (Cuba : Haiti). 



