( 73) 



The larva described in Psyche II. p. 73 as Carolina aud geuerally referred to 

 that species is the larva of quinquem.acHlatvs, while the description of the larva 

 uamed there on p. 75 Afiicrosiln (Spliin.v) qidnquemaculafa fits the larva of 

 P. sexta (= Carolina). 



In the Tring Museum several larvao, and 7U odd specimens from various [ilaces 

 of the United States aud from Mexico. 



40. Protoparce dilucida. 



Protoparce diluckla Edwards, Ent. Amer. iii. p. 89 (1887) (Vera Cruz); Beut., Hull. Am. Mus. 



N. H. viii. p. 170 (1K9U) (" Jalapa," typ. specim. ex coll. Edwards) ; Druce, Biol. Centr. Am., 



Up. Het. Hupjd. p. Sn;. n. (A), t. OS. f. 5 (J) (1890) (Vera Cruz). 

 Pklnjetbnntms dilucida, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilet. i. p. C88. n. 15 (1892) (Vera Cruz). 

 *PhiegelIioulius iiidi-^liiiclu Rothschild, Nov. Zooi,. i. p. 93 (1894) (Honduras ;— Mus. Tring) ; Druce 



I.e. n. 6 (b) (1896). 



(J ?. Antenna long and, in c?, thick in comparison to the size of the species. 

 First segment of foretarsus externally with four very strong spines and a few 

 smaller ones ; long spur of terminal pair of hindtibia three-quarters the length of 

 the first tarsal segment. The number of yellow lateral patches to the abdomen 

 not constant, there being normally 4 such spots, seldom 3 only. No pnlvillus. 



S. Tenth tergite of the general form of that of the allied species, more 

 compressed, distinctly raised mesially ; the lateral edge of the sternite turned 

 upward close to the ape.x. tUasper elongate sole-shaped, dorso-apical margin bent 

 inward ; harpe peculiar, having only a single jirocess, which is rounded at end and 

 dentate at the upper margin (PI. XXXVI. f. 8). Tooth of penis-sheath long, 

 apical, distinctly turned upward, nearly as in muscosa. 



?. Eighth abdominal tergite mesially concave, appearing sinuate apically, 

 with the stronger chitinised sides somewhat prominent. Antevaginal lobe long, 

 triangular, apex rounded, oblique basal ridges continnous mesially, not high, 

 standing almost at right angles to one another, the point of the angle being, 

 however, strongly rounded. 



Larva aud chrysalis unknown. 



JJul). Mexico to Honduras. 



In the Tring Museum 10 (^<J, 3 ? ? from : Cordoba, Mexico ; Brit. Honduras ; 

 Honduras. 



41. Protoparce lucetius. 



Sphinx lucetius StoU, in Cram., Pap. Ex. iv. p. 21. t. .SOI. f. B. (1780) (Surinam) ; Walk., List Lep. 



Im. B. .M. viii. p. 221. n. 14 (185G) (Brazil) ;iMoschl., Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien xxvi. p. 346 



(1876) (Surinam; haer spec.^ ; Boisd., Spec. Gi'ii. Li'p. Hit. i. p. 74. n. C (1875) (partim? 



Brazil ; Cayenne) ; Burm., Descr. Itip. Avgeiit. V. Atlas p. 57 (1879) (Buenos Ayres). 

 Pt.UyiJta.iitiuy Incefim, Hiihner, Vers. bek. Scliiii. p. 140. n. 1501 (1822) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ihl. i. 



p. OH'J. D. :il (1892) (S. Am.). 

 .Sy,A,«j- kannihal, Bunneister {turn Cramer, 1779), Sphinrj. Bras. p. 68. n. 6 (1851!) (Rio de .Janeiro ; 



partim). 

 Pi-nlopurre lucetiun, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Loiul. ix. p. 608. n. 17 (1877) (Brazil). 



, , _. — . . _^.,„. .... ^. — -• \ 



Sphnij- luleMuM (!), Burmeister), Deser. Rip. Argent, v. p. 320 (1878) (= ? hannibal ex err.). 

 PhUgebmUui, (!) conlraela (V), Peters, IlluKtr. Zeitscltr. Ent. iii. Heft. 22. t. 1. f. 8. 8a (1898). 



i'i. The slaty black sericeons patches on the upperside of the forewing are 

 very pronoimced and form, together with a patch in the cell, a large semicircle 



