( 67 ) 



Basal third of hiudwiiig not grey, 



and not sharply contrasting with 



brown outer two-thirds . . . v. 



V. Ground colour of body and wings 



creamy buff, no white stigma on 



forewing ; no black line on thorax 0(i. /'. bergi. 

 Ground colour more whitish grey ; 



forewing with white stigma . . «'. 



w. Pronotum and anterior part of tegnlae 



brownish black ; black spot at 



eacli side of metanotum bordered 



with russet-pink and buff ; no 



black streaks R^ — M" on forewing 5s. /-*. brontes. 

 Pronotum with black band whicii 



connects the black streaks of 



tegulae ...... x. 



X. Forewing heavily marked with black 



lines ; a patch before oblique 



apical line, and ground-colour of 



disco-marginal area R' — R^, ex- 

 tending to costa between postdiscal 



and second discal lines, greyish 



white ; no black streaks W — M", 



or these streaks short and not 



very distinct ; distal margin con- 

 cave before hinder angle . . 62. P. lichenea. 

 Forewing much less heavily marked, 



the white colour more extended, 



two long black streaks R^ — M- . 63. F.Jiorestan. 

 Forewing more uniform in colour, 



much less white, oblique apical 



line not broadly bordered with 



white in front .... 04. P. lanuginosa. 



■•57. Protoparce sexta. 



S/ilihij- K/:rta .loliauKson, ,!/«<«;(. .li;iil. vi. p. 41U. n. 81 (ITO.S) (Carolina ; Jamaica). 



Sjihiiix Carolina Linue, Muk. LiiiI. Uir. p. 34G. n. 6 (1764) (Carolina ; Jamaica) ; id., fii/st. Nat. 

 ed. xii. p. 798. n. 7 (1767) ; Fabr., Sygt. Eid. p. 539. n. 9 (1776) ; id., 6>r. /«s. ii. p. 144. n. 21 

 (1781) ; id., Mant. Ins. ii. p. 94. n. 24 (1787) ; id., Ent. Syxl. iii. 1. p. 363. u. 2.5 (1793) ; Gmel., 

 Si/«t. .\'at. i. 5. p. 2377. n. (1790) ; Walk., IJ»I Lrj>. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 216. n. 4 (1856) ; Boisd., 

 .S/;cc. (Jin. Lep. Hit. i. p. 70. n. 1 (1875). 



Maiiilui-ii iibsnira carnlinn, Hiibuer, Samml. Ex. Scliin. i. t. 170. f. 3. 4. (1806). 



/'lili;/Hlio,il,ua canlaia, id., Kit;, bek. Hchm. p. 140. n. 1503 (1822). 



Macriisil/i. luroliiui, Clemens, .liiiirn. .\c. N. Hci. Ptiilml. iv. p. 165. n. 59 (1859). 



I'nto/Kirre /■andiiui, Butler, 'I'raris. Ziml. Hoc. Lund. \x. p. 607. n. 1 1 (1X77). 



I'lih'jrlliontiuH ec.j-tii, Kirby, Oil. I.,),. 11,1. i, p. 688. n. 13 (18112). 



(J ?. Second segment of pal]ins as broad us long, rounded vcntrally. Antenna 

 long, Btout in 6, hook rather short. Foretibia short and broad, a little longer than 

 first taFHal segniiTit, wliicli bears extciiiiilly four hirge spines, besides some small 



