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Hub. Soutliern Brazil as far north as tlie iiroviucc nf Miuas Geraiis. 

 Ill the Tring Museam 5 c?c?, 12 ? ? fn)in : 8aiita ( 'athariiia ; Kio de .laui'iro ; 

 Minas Geraiis, Febraary (Kennetly). 



c. P. petuniae tropicalls subsp. no\'. 

 Pl,l,-f/rth<mt!us litrrtlii':, R')thsohild (iiim Cramer, 1780), Nov. Zool. i. p. 541 (1894) (Aroa). 



c? ?. The common tropical form differs from typical pi'tanirie in having a darker 

 — less yellowish — forewing. The ground colour of the forewing is, however, variable, 

 some individuals being decidedly more russet than others, though not so pale as 

 pet. petuniac. The anterior part of the disc of the forewing is sometimes rather 

 black, contrasting with the paler basal and posterior region. 



Larva and pupa not described. 



Hab. Tropical South America from Minas Geraes to Colombia ; not in the 

 Central and Pacific parts of the Andes, except Ecuador and Colombia. 



In the Tring Museum 45 specimens from: Brit. Guiana {fype S); Venezuela; 

 Colombia; Ecuador. 



43. Protoparce occulta sp. uov. 



Protojmrce luceliiis, Druce (iion Cramer, 1780), Biol. Cent): Amr)-., Lep. Het. i. p. 21. n. 6 (1883) 

 (partim ; Chiriqui) ; id., I.e. Siqjpl. p. 315 (1896) (Orizaba ; Cordova ; Jalapa ; Guatemala ; 

 Costa Rica) ; Pitt. & Bioll., Lep. Het. Costa Rica p. 12 (1897). 



Protojiarce petuniae, Druce (mm Boisduval, 1875), I.e. Siqipl. p. 315 (1896) (partim : Jalipa). 



c? ? . A very puzzling species, which we cannot distinguish from P. petuniae 

 tropicalis except by the sexual organs. There is nothing constant in the pattern 

 and colour of the wings and body by which the two insects can be separated. The 

 only difference which we can find is the slightly greater width of the wings in 

 occulta. In a good many specimens of occulta the brownish black bands on the 

 underside of the hindwiug are farther apart anteriorly than in petuniae tropicalis, 

 but this character is quite variable. 



S. Tenth tergite obviously broader tlian in petuniae, the sternite slenderer, 

 with the lateral margin less turned upwards. Harpe (PI. XXXIX. f. 2) similar 

 in shape to that of lucetius, hannibal and others ; ventral finger-like process short, 

 more or less rough with notches and teeth at the dorsal edge ; dentate lobe 

 sickle-shaped, large, dorsal edge doubled at apex ; there are some granules and teeth 

 on the surface of the lobe near the upper edge ; the lobe is somewhat twisted 

 apically, being here almost vertical to the surface of the clasper ; the dentate end is 

 much broader when looked at from the ventral side than it appears to lie in the 

 figure. Tooth of penis-sheath rather broader thau in petuniae. 



?. Eighth tergite truncate, angles rounded, sides strongly chitinised, the less 

 ciiitinised middle part impressed in dry specimen, this groove with almost parallel 

 sides, not triangular as in petuniae. Autevagiual lobe triangular, munded at end 

 or feebly sinuate, surface variable in structure, but as a rule mesially carinate 

 (PI. XX. f. '?>); oblique ridges (/•) high, forming a slanting roof over a deep transverse 

 groove which lies proximally of them ; at tlie j)roximal side of this groove there 

 is at each side a smooth, concave, transverse plate {a) which is rounded mesially : 

 tliis plate is not present in petuniae, the proximal part of the armature being 

 membranous and much wrinkled in that species. 



Larva (from Mexico) in size similar to that of P. sexta. Entirely bright 

 green ; a few small yellow excrescences on segments 2, 3 and 4. Seven white 



