( 84 ) 



Underside <;re}isli lirown, nuire grey ou liiiidwiiig, espefiHlly towards abdoiuiiiul 

 margin ; no distinct bands. 



Not dissected. 



Hah. Sontii America : Bolivia ; Brazil. 



In coll. IStandinger 1 S from ('iii(iuitos, Bdlivia, and 1 ? i'rom 8ao Paulo. In 

 tlie Vienna Museum 1 ? from Brazil (Natterer). 



53. Protoparce rustica. 



Sphinx rustica Fabricius, Sysl. Eul. p. 540. n. 15 (1775) (America). 



c??. Antennae long and, in cJ, thick. Second segment of i)ali)us not much 

 longer than broad, very much shorter than the first. First segment of foretarsns 

 with an outer row of spines of which the apical one is prolonged, some spiues at the 

 base above this row, segments 2 to 4 with one prolonged apical spine and a very 

 few short ones externally. First segment of midtarsus see PI. LXIV. f. 7. 



S. Tenth tergite of abdomen (PI. XXVII. f. 11) convex and somewhat 

 dilated before end, hooked, apex sinnate (PI. XXVII. f. 12); steruite concave 

 above, apical margin bent upward, rounded. Clasper narrowed to end, dorso- 

 apical margin strongly bent inward ; harpe peculiar, having a single, long, 

 slightly dentate, ventral process (PI. XXXVII. f. 15) ; there is no tuft of scales 

 on the surface of the harpe near the base of the process, as in the other sjjecies. 

 Peuib-sheath armed with an apical tooth (PI. XXIX. f 21). 



?. Eighth tergite of abdomen sinuate ; antevagiual plate (PI. XIX. f. 11. 12) 

 with a long mesial lobe, which is sinuate, the transverse obli([ue ridge at its base 

 not jiromineut. Plate of seventh sternite short, rounded. 



Larva finely granulated, with seven side-bands, which are white and bordered 

 green in front. — Food : Ckionant/ius, Bignonid, etc. 



Chrysalis with a long free tongue-case whicli is not recurved. 



Ilab. New York to Buenos Ayres, Antilles, and Galapagos Islands. 



Three subspecies : 



a. P. rmtica rustica. 



Merian, Ins. Surmam t. 5 (1705) (imago ; larva & pupa = /'.s. teti-in). 



Sphinx rudica Fabricius, Syxt. Ent. p. 540. n. 15 (1775) (America) ; Sulz., Gesch. Ins. p. 151. t 20. 



f. 2 (1776) (America) ; Goeze, Enl. Beylr. in. 2. p. 206. n. 10 (1780) ; Stoll, in Cram., Pap. 



Ex. iv. p. 21. t. 301. f. A (1780) (Surinam) ; Fabr., Spec. Ins. ii. p. 145. n. 28 (1781) (America); 



id., Mant. Inn. ii. p. 95. n. 31 (1787); Gmel., Sij.'<t. Nat. i. 5. p. 2385. n. 93 (1790) (larva 



and pupa those of Ps. teti-io) ; Fabr., Ent. Si/st. iii. 1. p. 366. n. 33 (1793) ; M^netr., E?ium. 



Corp. Aiiini. Mus. Peti:, Lep. p. 89. n. 1485 (1857) (Haiti ; Brasilia) ; Herr.-Sch., Corresp. Bl. 



iii. p. 59 (18ti5) (Cuba) ; Grote & Rob., Proc. Ent. Snc. PhUad. v. p. 68 (1865) (Cuba) ; Boisd., 



Spec. Gcii. Lip. Hit. i. p. 82. u. 17 (1875) ; Moscbl., Verh. Zmil. But. (ics. Wicii xxvi. p. 346 



(1876) (Surinam) ; Dew., Mitth. Miinch. Ent Ver. i. p. 92 (1877) (Porto Rico) ; id., in Wiegm., 



Arch. Naturg. p. 10 (1878) (Cuba ; larva) ; Pilate, Papilio ii. p. 66 (1882) (Dayton, O., 1 <^). 

 Sphinx chionnnthi Abbot & Smith, Lep. Georgia i. p. 63. t. 34 (1897) (nom. nov. loco rustica) ; 



Dune, in Jard., Nat. Lib: x.x.wii. p. 101. t. 5. f. 2 (/.). t. 6. f. 2 (/.) (1841). 

 Acherontia chinnanthi, Hiibucr, Vcrz. bck. Schm. p. 139. n. 1495 (1822). 



Cocytius rustica, id.. I.e. p. 140. n. 1498 (1822) ; id., Samml. Ex. Schm. iii. t. 38. f. 1. 2 (1806). 

 Protoparce rustica, Burmeister, Sjihing. Brasilie.ns p. 63. n. 1 (1856) ; Butl., Trans. Zool. Soc. 



Loud. ix. p. 606. n. 1 (1877) (Brazil ; Mexico ; Haiti) ; id., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 484. 



n. 61 (1878) (Jamaica); Bmrn., Dcscr. Rep. Argent, v. p. 317 (1878); id., /.c. Atlas p. 31. 



t. 1 1. f. 7. A-E (1879) (head of larva) ; Druce, Biol. Centr. Amer., Lep. Het. i. p. 20. n. 1 (1883); 



Smith, Trans. Amer. Ent. Snc. xv. p. 168 (1888) (N. York, southward into S. Am. ; Texas) ; 



Druce, I.e. Snppl. p. 314 (1896) ; Pitt. & BioU., Lep. Het. CosUi Rica p. 12 (1897) ; Smyth, 



