(88 ) 



eye) and a trianu'iiliu- liusal spol ol' si';;iu('nt 2 while ; lej^'s lirowii iilwve, ringed white. 

 AVitli iMilvillns. 



\Viiigs, ii/jpersic/e. Forewing midway between those of dalica and rustica ; 



a triangiihir costal space before stigma, interspace between autemediaa and first 

 discal line, and tlie interspace between tlie tiiird discal and first postdiscal line 

 jiale, simded with buff ; a large apical patch in front of obliqne apical line followed 

 by a subaiarginal patch, both white, a smaller white patch and a snbmarginal 

 zigzag line before hinder angle ; a black streak between M' and M^ connecting 

 tliird antemedian line with first discal one ; discal lines sharply dentate, lines 

 2 and 3 close together, with the interspace between them spotted with white, the 

 lines more evenly curved than in rustica ; white spots of fringe large, extended 



on to the wing-membrane. Hiudwing : as in dulica, but the pale distal liand 



nmro distinct behind and broader. 



Underside not essentially different from that of dalica. 



i. Tenth tergite strongly compressed, aj)ex rather prominent (PI. XL. 

 f. lU, side-view); steruite about one-fifth shorter than the tergite, gradually 

 narrowed to the end which is broad and truncate with the angle turned upwards. 

 Clasjier with almost straight dorsal margin ; harpe (PI. XL. f. 7) of the same 

 type as in trimacula and Jforestan : a large, almost circular plate, deeply concave, 

 the distal edge dentate and ventrally produced into a short triangular lobe ; 

 inner surface of harpe covered witli small elongate scales. Penis-sheath with 

 stout apical process (of whicii tlie tip is unfortunately broken), projecting obliipiely 

 tlextrad and distad. 



Length of forewing : 47 mm. 



//c/i. (Jhamicuras, Upper Amazons, Pern (Bartlett), 1 cJ in Mus. Dublin. 



57. Protoparce dalica. 



*Protoparce dalica Kirby, Trans. Ent. Soc. Land. p. 24.3 (1877) (" Canada " loc. err. ; — Mus. Dublin); 



Waterh., Aid Idciit. Ins. i. t. 70 (1887) ("Canada" !oc. en:); Edw., Ent. Amer. iii. p. 223 



(1888) ; Weym., Iris vii. p. .SOI. note (1895) { = garh'ppi). 

 PMeqelhnnt'nis dalica Kirby, Cat. Lep. Bet. i. p. G87. n. 2 (1892) ("Canada" loc. err.). 

 *Phief/ethuiitius garleppi Rothschild, Iris vii. p. 307. n. 15. t. 5. f. 1 (189,')) (Huayabamba, B. Peru ; — 



coll. Staudinger). 



(?. Easily recognised by the dark purplish brown forewing, which is con- 

 spicuously marked with a triangular white patch in front of the large white stigma, 

 and with an irregular subapical patch bordered by the oblique apical line, as well 

 as some basal bands and snbmarginal spots of the same colour. Antenna long and 

 stout. Head with a white lateral strijje, which is interrupted. First segment 

 of foretarsns externally with three very long spines. Pulvillus present. Tenth 

 abdominal tergite slender, gradually narrowed to the apex, which is truncate, 

 sternite very long, the sides curved upwards, irregularly notclied. Clasper broad, 

 rather strongly narrowed to apex, ventral margin strongly oblique, dorso-apical 

 margin bent inward ; harpe with a long, irregularly dentate, lobe, which extends 

 to the dorsal edge of the clasper (PI. XXXIX. f. 5) ; the most ventral tooth 

 rather heavier ; no ventral process. Penis-sheath with a long apical tooth as in 

 rustica, slightly jiointing distad. 



?. Unknown. 



Larva and chrysalis unknown. 



We have now seen several specimens, and find that tlie differences between 

 dalica and (/nrlcjipi are not constant. 



