(78) 



sidc-liiinds, the first. Ijeginniiig on fiftli .segment ; tlic lianils not extending on to the 

 following segments, except in an indistinct greenish colonr; they are above very 

 indistinctly edged with |)ar))Iish green ; the seventh band extends to the liorn, 

 wliieli is rather long, green, very rough, witii the excrescences sliglitly reddish 

 (ScOians ill. litt.). 



Huh. Central America only, from Mexico to Panama, wliere it replaces 

 jx'l/niidi'. 



In tiie Tring Mnsenm 50 sjiecimens from Central America: Mexico {t;/pt' : 

 Oii/.aha) ; Hondnras ; Costa Rica. 



^V'e cannot regard tiiis insect as a subspecies of petuniae, considering that the 

 sexual organs of the other species of I'rotoparce do not vary geographically to any 

 extent, and that the southern form diffissa of jjetuniae does not differ in those 

 organs from the other two subspecies, though the difference of colour is very 

 marked in diffissa. 



44. Protoparce hannibal. 



Sjiliiii-r hamiilud Cramer, Ptip. Ex. iii. p. .S9. t. 216. f. A (1779) (Surinam) ; Goeze, Ent. Bei/tr. hi. 



•2. p. 225. n. 81 (1780): Burm., Sjihliir/. Bras. p. 68. n. 6. (1856) (partim) Walk., Lht Li)>. 



Inn. B. M. viii. p. 220. n. 13 (1856) (Brazil) ; Boisd., Spec. Grn. Lep. Hit. i. p. 78. n. 11 (1875) 



(Brazil ; Cayenne) ; Moschl., Verh. Zoal. Bot. Ges. Wien xxvi. p. 346 (1876) (Surinam) ; Burm., 



/>.«•/•. Rep. Ai-f/oit. V. p. .320. note (1878) (hitetius (!) = ? hininihil px err.). 

 Plilnjcthoiilius luiiuiihal, Hiibner, Verz. bck. Schm. p. 140. n. 1502 (1822) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. 



p. 689. n. 33 (1802) ; Rothsch., Nov. Zool. i. p. 65 (1894) (" type of haiinihal in Mus. Tring " 



ex err.). 

 *Sphiiix Juimih-iir Boisduval, I.e. p. 79. n. 12 (1875) (N. Friburgo ;— coll. Charles Oberthiir). 

 Protoparce haniiihal, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lorul. ix. p. 605. n. 2 (1877) (Brazil) ; Schaus, Ent. 



NewH vi. p. 143 (1895) { = hamik-ar). 

 Phlegelontius (!) haimibal, Bonninghausen, Iris, xii. p. 110. n. 2 (1899) (Rio de Janeiro). 



c? ?. The most easily recognised species of the group, though it is closely allied 

 to pellcnin. Antennae thinner than in pellenia and shorter. Long spines of first 

 segment of foretarsus not stout, numerous small spines dorsally of them. The 

 whitish siibbasal band of the hindwing is more or less obviously interrujjted, 

 and there is, near the anal angle, a dirty white patch, generally rather large, witliin 

 the black central band. No pulvillus. 



S ■ Tenth tergite of abdomen somewhat slenderer than in scutata and pellenia ; 

 the sternite (PI. XXVII. f. 17. 18) also longer. Ventral process of harpe 

 (PI. XXXIX. f 1) rather short, horizontal, curved, pointed; dentate lobe sickle-shaped, 

 its distal margin strongly curved ; apex less broad than in lucetii/s. Tooth of penis- 

 slieath (PI. XXIX. f. 23) less distal than in the other species, broad but not prominent, 

 lying close upon the penis-sheath, sometimes only the short acute point projecting 

 free ; apical edge of penis-sheath rounded dorsally. 



?. Genital armature similar to that of seidata, antevaginal plate smaller. 



Larva undescribed ; mentioned by Bonninghausen (I.e.) as being common on 

 Solatiaceae, es]>ccially on a shrub called "trombeta," on account of its large 

 trumpet-shaped flowers. Chrysalis undescribed. 



//fil). South America, from Panama to Santa Catharina. Not observed furtlier 

 noi'ih in ('entral America. 



In the Tring Museum 7 c?(?, 11 ? ? from: Chiriqni ; Rio Dagua, Colombia ; 

 Aroa, Venezuela ; Cayenne ; Amazons (Bates) ; Trinidad; Santa Catharina. 



The specimens from Chiric^ui were sent to us by Messrs. Staudinger and Bang- 

 Haas. 



