( 78) 



siili'-liaiuls, tlic first licgiiuiiiig on fifth segment ; the bands not extending on to the 

 fdllowiiiir segments, exce])t in an indistinct greenish colonr; they are above very 

 indistinctly edged with pnrjilish green ; the seventh baud extends to the horn, 

 which is rather long, green, very rongh, with the excrescences slightly reddish 

 (Schaus in t/tf.). 



llalj. C'ential America only, from Blexico to Panama, where it replaces 

 fietuniae. 



In the Tring Muscnm 50 specimens from Central America: Mexico (ti/pc: 

 Orizaba) ; Hondnras ; Costa Rica. 



We cannot regard this insect as a subspecies of pctuniae, considering that tlie 

 sexual organs of tlie other species of Protoparce do not vary geographically to any 

 extent, and that the southern form dilftssa of petuinae does not differ in those 

 organs from the other two subspecies, though the difference of colour is very 

 marked in (liffissa. 



44. Protoparce hannibal. 



SjMiix liuimllxil Cramer, Paji. Ex. iii. p. 39. t. 216. f. a (1779) (Surinam) ; Goeze, Enl. Bei/tr. iii. 



2. p. 225. n. 81 (1780) ; JBurm., Sphhig. Bras. p. 68. n. 6. (18;')6) (partim) Walk., List Lqi. 



Im. B. .)/. viii. p. 220. n. 13 (18oli) (Brazil) ; Boisd., Sjiec. Gen. Leji. llet. i. p. 78. n. 11 (1875) 



(Brazil ; Cayenne) ; Moschl., Vcrh. ZnuJ. Bot. Gcs. Wien xxvi. p. 346 (187()) (Surinam) ; Burm., 



Drsrr. Rii>. Ai-f/ciit. v. p. 320. note (1878) (luMiiis ( !) = ? hamiihnl px err.). 

 riihijflhmtius humiibul, Httbner, Vcrz. bik. Scliiii. p. 140. n. 1602 (1822) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. 



p. ()89. n. 33 (1892) ; Rothscb., Nov. Zool. i. p. 65 (1894) (" type of haiiiiihal in 5Ius. Tring " 



ex err.). 

 *SphiH.r luimih/in- Boisduval, l.r. p. 79. n. 12 (1875) (N. Friburgo ;— coll. Charles Obertbiir). 

 PnilojHirce hanniluil, Butler, Trans. ZooL Sou. Loud. ix. p. 605. n. 2 (1877) (Brazil) ; Schaus, Ent. 



Nnos yi. p. 143 (1895) ( = /i"/«v7™r). 

 Phlegeloidiuis (!) huiiiiibal, Bonninghausen, Iris, xii. p. 110. n. 2 (1899) (Rio de Janeiro). 



S ?. The most easily recognised species of the group, though it is closely allied 

 to pi'llcnia. Antennae thinner than in pelleiiia and shorter. Long spines of first 

 segment of foretarsus not stout, numerous small spines dorsally of them. The 

 whitish snbbasal band of the hindwing is more or less obviously interrupted, 

 and there is, near the anal angle, a dirty white patch, generally rather large, within 

 the black central band. No pulvillus. 



6. Tenth tergite of abdomen somewhat slenderer than in scutata a,nd pelleiiin ; 

 the sternite (PI. XXVII. f 17. IS) also longer. Ventral process of harpe 

 (PI. XXXIX. f.l) rather short, horizontal, curved, pointed; dentate lobe sickle-shajied, 

 its distal margin strongly curved ; ajiex less broad tlian in /ucffii^s. Tooth of jieiiis- 

 sheath (PI. XXIX. f. 23) less distal than in the other species, broad but not jironiinent, 

 lying close upon the peuis-sheath, sometimes only the short acute point projecting 

 free : apical edge of penis-sheath rounded dorsally. 



?. Genital armature similar to that of scutata, antevaginal plate smaller. 



Larva nndcscribed ; mentioned by Biinninghansen (I.'-.) as being common on 

 Snlnmiccfii', especially on a shrub called " t)'ombeta,"' ou account of its large 

 trumpet-shaped flowers. Chrysalis undescribed. 



ihi//. Sonth America, from Panama to Santa Catharina. Not observed further 

 north in Central America. 



In the Tring Museum 7 cJcJ, 11 ? ? from: Chiriijui ; Rio Dagua, Colombia; 

 Aroa, Venezuela ; Cayenne ; Amazons (Bates) ; Trinidad; Santa L'atharina. 



The specimens from Chiriqui were sent to us by Messrs. Staudinger and Bang- 

 Haas. 



