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Syzy(jia afflicta Grote & Eobinson, Proc. Eal. Sor. Phihiil. v. p. 180 (18lj:j) (Cuba) ; Kirby, Cat. 



Lcj). Bet. i. p. (185 ( 1892) (Cuba). 

 Marrosih (ifflirin, Bntler, Tntiix. Zoul. Siu; Limil. ix. p. 611. n. 1, (1877) (Cuba); Walk., Lint 



Lep. Ills. B. M. XXXV. p. 1855 (18C(!) (Cuba) : Cirote, l.r. vi. p. 329 (18li7) ; Gundl., Oml. Enl. 



Ciibana p. 213 (1881) (Cuba ; larva, pupa). 



c??. A close relative of sexta. Antiuina long, vevy stont in S. Proportional 

 length of tibiae and tarsi as in .^p:cta ; fir.st segment nf loretarsns with fonr stont 

 spines externallj' and a nnmber of small ones, which arc more nuiuerons at base ; 

 no pnlvillns. 



(J. Sexnal armatnre essentially ns in sc.vtit, dentate lobe of harpe narrower 

 (PI. XXXVI. f. 7). 



?. The antevaginal lobe a little broader and shorter than in Hr.ctn, the obliqne 

 ridges on its proximal surface as in si'xta. 



Larva green, with paler green side-bands and two pale dorsal lines ; stigmata 

 white. 



Ilab. Cnlia and (according to Boisdnval) Haiti; Amazons. 



In the Tring Mnsenm from : Cuba, 1 S, ex coll. Felder ; 1 ? , ex coll. Felder, 

 l)robably also from Cuba ; Manaos, 1 6 (received from Herr Fruhstorfer) ; no 

 locality, 2 SS, 2 ? ? (received from French and German dealers), probably 

 S. American continent ; 1 c? from Nassau, Bahamas (>Sir G. Garter). 



It is not possible to say without a better material than we have examined 

 whether the insular and continental specimens exhibit any constant differences. 



39. Protoparce quinqueinaculatus. 



SpJiin.i- (luinqiieiiiiii-iihilHS Haworth, Lep. Bill. i. p. ,5!l. n. ?> (180:)) (Eiiglautl !); Steph., ///. Brit. Enl., 



llunst. i. p. 119 (1828) (England ; imported). 

 Phtei/dhonthi-f celeu.i Htibner, Saminl. Ex. Sclun. ii. t. 377 (1824 ?). 



(J ? . Differs from all the other species of Protoparce in the foretibia bearing 

 some spines at the end. Smith, Traii.i. Am. Ent. Soc. xv. p. 104 (1883), makes the 

 erroneous statement that the foretibiae are armed with spinules in Protoparce 

 Carolina and rastica. 



$. Tenth abdominal tergite (PI. XXVII. f. 23. 24) prismatically compressed, 

 pointed, hooked ; sternite similar to that of Protoparce lucetia.H, hannihal, sexta, 

 etc., elongate, obliquely truncate in side-view, lateral margin turned upwards 

 before apex. (Uasper as in P. sexta and allies ; harpe (PI. XXXVI. f. 15) 

 with a patch of erect scales, outline nearly as in P. atuarti and ochu.i, feebly 

 dentate at distal margin, ventrally produced into a short process. Penis-sheath 

 with an ajiical tcjoth (PI. XXIX. f 27), the conical tooth pointing dextero-laterad 

 and a little distad. 



? . Vaginal plate large, distal ])art triangular ; a fold or ridge runs from the 

 vaginal ajierture towards each side (PI. XX. f 6). 



Larva siniilar to that of P. sexta, covered with numerous small pale dots, a pale 

 infra^stigmatal, hmgitudiual, interrupted band, no black transverse lines in the 

 grooves. Very variable in colour, green, brown, black. — Food : Solanaceae, especially 

 tomato and potato. 



Pupa : tongue-case longer than iij /'. .nexta, reaching beyond the tip ol the 

 untenna-case, much more arched. 



Ilab. Nearctic Region, soufhward Id Mexico : Sandwich Islands. 



Two subspecies : 



