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Rothsch., Nov. Zni>i.. i. p 541 (1894) (Aroa) ; Peters, llhixti: /Ceitsi-hi: E„t. iii. Heft. 2>. t. 1. 



f. 4. (/.) (1898) ; Bonningh., Irh xii. p. 112. n. 8 (1898) (Rio de Jan. : partim). 

 Protoparce floreskm, Burmeister I.e. Alius p. 30. t. xi. f. 2 (/.) (1879) (N. Friburgo) ; Kaye, Tians. 



Ent. Soc. Loud. p. 139 (1901) (Trinidad). 

 *Dxht(lin brevimarrjd Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. p. 12. n. 25 (1875) (Brazil ; — Mus. Brit.) ; id., 



Jl!u.4): Typ. Specim. Lep. Uet. B. .1/. i. p. 2. t. 15. f. 5 (1877) ; Kirby, U. n. 5 (1892) ; 



Rothsch., Nov. Zool. i. p. 541 (1894) (Aroa) ; Druce, Biol. Cnitr. Amei:, Lip. Ilet. Siippl. 



p. 317. D. 4. t. 08. f. 1 (c?) (1896) (Mazatlan ; Paso de S. Juan ; Vera Cruz ; Jalapa). 



(£"?. Not at all constant, either ia size or in markings, often barely dis- 

 tingiiishaLle from licheiiea. Fresh specimens have a greenish tint on the forewing, 

 which often fades to a clayish yellow. The black discal streaks R^ — M- of the 

 forewing are always very prominent on tlie pale groand. The specimens from 

 Mexico do not differ, to our knowledge, from the Brazilian individuals. The single 

 Trinidad S in the Tring Museum has the forewing rather more elongate, bearing a 

 remarkable resemblance to Pseudosphinx tetrio. Another cf , from Cordova, Mexico, 

 nearly agrees with it in the shape of the forewing. Wit/i pulvillus. 



Larva with broad white side-bands, which become narrow dorsally, and iiuhulc 

 tlie stigmata ; first band abbreviated ventrally. 



Hah. Southern Brazil to Mexico. 



In the Tring Museum 28 c?c?, 16 ? ? from: Mexico (various places) ; Hondnras ; 

 Paramba, Ecuador ; Aroa, Venezuela ; Port of Spain, Trinidad (Dr. P. lleudall) ; 

 Uio de Janeiro ; Bahuru, Sao Paulo (Dr. Hemiiel). 



64. Protoparce lanuginosa. 



DUudia rollavh, Edwards {w,n Walker, 1856), Papdio iv. p. 13 (1884) (Vera Cruz). 

 Ddiiflia liiHijiiiiiosa id., E/it. Amer. iii. p. 89 (1887) (Vera Cruz) ; Beutenm., Bull. Amer. .!/«.*. 

 v.//. p. 170 (1892) (Jalapa, typ. spec, ex coll. Hy. Edwards) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Set. i. 



p. 682. n. 10 (1892) (Vera Cruz). 

 Ddwlki corallina, Druce, (iion id., 1883), Bhl. Centr. Amer., Lep. Het. Suppl. p. 317 (1896) 



(covaUiiia = lamjuinosa ex err. ; Jalapa, Vera Cruz ; Costa Rica). 



c??. A duller, more uniformly coloured species tha-n Jlorestan. The forewing, 

 above, is less whitish grey, the two discal streaks R' — M- are less distinct, some- 

 times absent ; the brown bands on the underside of the hind wing are more feebly 

 marked, and the side-spots of the abdomen are less black. Structurally not different 

 t'lomj/orestan except in the head being proportionally smaller. The discal lines of 

 the forewing are more strongly marked in the Honduras specimens than in the 

 Mexican ones. Wit// pulvillus. 



Early stages not known. 



Nab. Mexico to (Spanish) Honduras, probal)ly extending farther south. 



In the Tring Museum 3 6 (S , o ? ? from: Cordoba, Mexico; Brit. Honduras ; 

 San Pedro Snla, Honduras. 



(i.">. Protoparce crocala. 



*P.-!eiidu!<j)hin.v erocula Druce, Ann. Mwi. N. H. (6). xiii. p. 109 (1894) (Honduras ;- coll. Standinger): 

 id., Biol Centr. Amer., Lep. Uet. Suppl. p. 316. n. 2. t. 67. f. 5 ( ? ) (I89i!). 



?. Pulvillus ])resent. First protarsal segment without prolonged spines. 

 Easily recognised l)y the grey basal third of the hindwing contrasting sliarply with 

 the brown outer two-thirds. — The eyes are too prominent in Drnce's figure. 



Bab. Honduras (Wittkugel). 



A ? in coll. Standinger, t///n'. Two ? ? in coll. Ch irlrs Oberthiir. 



Not seen in other collections. 



