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Syzyr/ia ajffl/cta Groie & Robinson, P/w. Rut. Snr. Philail. v. p. 180 (18G.'.) (Cuba); Kirby, Cat. 



Lej). Hel. i. p. 6S!) (\S92) (Cuba.). 

 Marrosda afflk-ta, Riitler, TnniK. Zm,l. Sur. Liml. \\. p. fill. n. 1. (1877) (Culm); Walk., Li.il 



Lep. Iiig. H. M. XXXV. p. 1855 {18GG) (Cuba) : Giote, l.r. vi. p. :W!( (18(;7) : (Jiiiidl., Cmil. Kut. 



Cuban,! p. 213 (1881) (Cuba ; larva, pupa). 



d "i . A close relative of sexta. Antciiiiii lonj;-, veiy stent in S. Projjortiona' 

 length of tibiae and tarsi as in sextn ; first segment of foretarsns with fonr stont 

 spines externally and a nnral)er of small ones, vyhich are more nnmerons at base ; 

 HO pulvillns. 



S. Se.Knal armature essentially as in scx/i/, dentate lobe of liarpe narrower 

 (PI. XXXVI. f. 7). 



?. The antevaginal lobe a little broader and shorter than in si'.cta, the oblique 

 ridges on its proximal surface as in sexta. 



Larva green, with paler green side-bauds and two pale dorsal lines ; stigmata 

 white. 



I lab. Cuba and (according to Boisdnval) Haiti; Amazons. 



In the Tring Museum from : C'uba, 1 S, ex coll. Felder ; 1 ? , ex coll. Felder, 

 probably also from Cuba; Manaos, 1 d (received from Herr Fruhstorfer) ; no 

 locality, 2 S S , 2 ?? (received from French and German dealers), probably 

 S. American continent ; 1 S from Nassau, Bahamas (Sir G. Carter). 



It is not possible to say without a better material than we have examined 

 whether the insular and continental specimens exhibit any constant differences. 



3'.). Protoparce quinquemaculatus. 



Sjihiihc (juhiqiiemacuhitm Haworth, Lrp. Brit. i. p. 50. n. :'> (180:'.) (Enirlami !); Stopli., ///. Brit. Eiil., 



Uanxt. i. p. 119 (1828) (England ; imported). 

 Phlegethontius celeus Hiibner, Sainial. Ex. Sclun. ii. t. 377 (1824 ?). 



<S ? . Differs from all the other species of Protoparce in the foretibia bearing 

 some spines at the end. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xv. p. 1H4 (1883), makes the 

 erroneous statement that the foretibiae are armed with spinnles in Protoparce 

 Carolina and rastica. 



(?. Tenth abdominal tergite (PI. XXVII. f. 23. 24) prismatically compressed, 

 pointed, hooked ; sternite similar to that of Protoparce hicetius, hannibal, sexta, 

 etc., elongate, obliquely truncate in side-view, lateral margin turned upwards 

 before apex. Clasper as in P. sexta and allies ; harpe (PI. XXXVI. f. IT)) 

 with a patch of erect scales, outline nearly as in P. stuarti and ochus, feebly 

 dentate at distal margin, ventrally produced into a short process. Penis-sheath 

 with an apical tooth (PI. XXIX. f. 27), the conical tooth pointing dextero-laterad 

 and a little distad. 



? . Vaginal plate large, distal jiart triangular ; a fold or ridge runs from the 

 vaginal aperture towards each side (PL XX. f. 6). 



Larva similar to that of P. sexta, covered with numerous small pale dots, a pale 

 infra-stigmatal, longitudinal, interrupted band, no black transverse lines in the 

 grooves. Very variable in colour, green, brown, black. — Food : Solanaceae, especially 

 tomato and potato. 



Pupa: tongue-case longer than in /'. sexta, reaching beyond the ti[> of the 

 antenna-case, much more arched. 



Hub. Nearctic Region, southward to Mexico ; Sandwich Islands. 



Two subspecies : 



