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 51. Protoparce stuarti. 



*rhlff/et/>o>ilius stuarti Rothschild, Nov. ZnoL. iii. p. L'2, n. 2. t. Ki. f. S. (ISOG) (La Paz, October ;— 

 Mus. Tring). 



c? ?. A conspicuously coloured insect, which differs remarkably from the otlier 

 members of the genus both in pattern and structure. While the yellow alxlominal 

 patches disappear elsewhere in the genus in a disto-proximal direction, the distal 

 patches being the first to obliterate, the second abdominal segment is in stuarti 

 without a yellow patch, though the other patches are well marked, with their 

 colour intensified. The grey, almost lavender, colour of the frons contrasts strongly 

 with the yellowish cream colour of the palpi, which are deep black at the dorsal 

 margin. The second palpal segment is rather slender, its scaling being a little 

 shorter than that of the first segment. Eyes comparatively smaller than in st'.rfu. 

 Foretarsns with very long strong spines : first segment shorter than the tibia, witli 

 tliree long spines and one to four additional, shorter, basal ones, without any small 

 spines externally, segments 2 to 4 with a single long apical spine externally ; mid- 

 and hiudtarsi short, segments 1 and 2 together as long as the respective tibiae. 

 Spines at edges of abdominal tergites very weak, no spi/ies on the sternites ! 

 Uiscocellulars of hindwing straight, or R^ faintly cnrveci, not or slightly oblique, 

 R- at right angles to SC-, while the lower angle of the cell is obtuse ; SO" and R' on 

 a rather long stalk. JS'o pulvillus. 



(?. Antenna peculiar : basal segment without rows of prolonged ciliae, middle 

 and distal segments less impressed and less triangularly compressed than in the 

 other species of Protoparce ; hook short. Tenth tergite almost gradually narrowed 

 to end, very faintly dilated before end, pointed ; lobe of sternite long, sides nearly 

 jtarallel, apex rounded, with an indication of a sinus, upj^erside slightly concave. 

 Clasper broadly rounded at end, dorsal margin feebly curved inward ; harpe short, 

 triangular, dorsal margin not distinctly dentate (PI. XXXVI. f 1). Tooth of 

 penis-sheath long, slightly pointing distad, not quite so much as in miiscosa. 



?. Antenna less slender than in the allied species, less setiform, being thickest 

 beyond middle, no combs of ciliae. Plate of seventh abdominal sternite Ijroad, 

 truncate, angles rounded. Antevaginal lobe short, triangular, apex rounded, no 

 prominent transverse ridge proximally at its base. 



Larva and chrysalis not known. 



Hah. Bolivia, found at La Paz in some numbers at the electric light. 



In the Tring Museum 38 specimens from La Paz. 



52. Protoparce manducoides. 



*Phlegethoutius maudiu-oklen Rothschild, Iris vii. p. 302. t. 6. f . 2 (cj) (1894) (Chiqiiitos, Bolivia ; — 

 coll. Staudinger). 



c? ?. Second segment of palpus rather long, with bulfish white tip. Pulvillus 

 present. First segment of foretarsns with three long spines, second with one long 

 apical one, without short external spines. Abdomen with three yellow side-patches, 

 tinderside of body, or only breast, flushed with pink. Forewing resembling some- 

 what that of rustica ; stigma larger, marginal dots smaller, white scaling more 

 restricted, especially in outer half, where there is a conspicuous bufiisb white discal 

 baud, while the area outside it is black, excejrt traces of a white submarginal line. 

 Hindwing very difl'erent, being greyish white, with a black distal bonier and two 

 black discal bauds between it and cell. 



