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<?. Tenth abdoiuiual segment not essentially different from that of lucetiiis; 

 the tergite broader and the sternite shorter than in hannihal. Clasper elongate 

 sole-shaped ; dorso-apical margin bent inward ; a slightly bent, horizontal, pointed, 

 denfiift', ventral process whieh is about as long as the dentate lobe of the harpe 

 is broad in middle (PI. XXXVI. f 2) ; this dentate lobe cnrves dorsad, bnt is not 

 sickle-shaped, resembling in sha])e somewhat the lobe of the harpe of dalica, 

 differing therefore essentially from the sickle-shaped lobe <A hannihal, pet uuiae, etc. 

 I'enis-sheatli (I'l. XXIX. f -•>) with a strong, horizontal, apical tooth as in i-nsUea. 

 Sexnal organs ol" tifpe of eajisici and morclia examined. 



?. Lobe of vaginal plate (PI. XX. f. 10) strongly rounded in the sjiccimen 

 figured by Druce, I.e., with three transverse folds ; the plate sunken proximally, 

 without the jmijccting edge {)■) ot l/tcet/us, occulta, and gexta, etc. 



Larva and chrysalis unknown. 



Hah. Panama ; Coloml)ia ; Mexico. 



The type of pellenia is in the Staudinger collection. It is a small female 

 belonging, in our opinion, to this species. Wb had no permission to examine the 

 genital armature of the same. The specimen is lalielled " Amaquin," which is 

 doubtless meant for "Am. aequin." 



In the Tring Museum 8 c? c? from : Huatuxco, Vera Gruz ; Chiriqui ; Rio Dagua, 

 Colombia (Rosenberg) ; (lanca. Juntas, Colombia (M. de Mathan). 



A long series in coll. Charles Oberthiir from Cauca, Juntas (M. de Mathan). 



47. Protoparce scutata spec. nov. 



(?) S/,Iihi.r iieUrnta (!), Moschler {mm Herr.-Sch., 18.54), Verh. Zool. But. Gcs. Wien xxxii. p. ?,ii 



(188:i) (Surinam). 

 Phlei/rHiniiliusjiellinia, Rothschild, Nov. ZouL. i. p. 541 (1894) (Ai-oa). 



c? ? . Again a puzzling insect. The sexnal organs of the <S are remarkably 

 different from those of pellenia ( = capsici), but there is scarcely' anything in the 

 colour or pattern by which the two insects could constantl)' be separated. If one 

 has a longer series of specimens side by side from the same country, one notices 

 that scutata has the basal and distal areas of the forewing less yellowish, the white 

 bands of the hindwing above less obviously shaded with brown, the forewing on the 

 whole rather more elongate, the black bands of the underside of the hindwing more 

 distinct, and the underside of the abdomen not powdered with brown. Bnt these 

 differences are not prominent and do not hold good, if specimens from various 

 localities are compared. There are no intergradations between the two sj)ecit's as 

 regiirils the sexual organs. The case reminds one of that of P. occulta, and 

 P. luretius tropiralis; lint while these do not occur in the same conntry, pellenia 

 and ■■icutata are found in the same localities, in Colombia at least. 



cJ. Both the tergite and the sternite of the tenth abdominal segment slenderer 

 than in pellenia. Dentate lobe of harpe sickle-shaped (PI. XXXVI. f. 3), broad, 

 ajiex curved downward, twisted, slender ; ventral process horizontal, curved, 

 pointed, not dentate or notched. Penis-sheath resembling that of /lannihal, the 

 tooth not apical, not horizontal, but pointing somewhat proximad (PL XXIX. f 26). 



?. Eightli abdominal tergite truncate, with the stronger chitinised angles 

 rounded. Antcvaginal plate triangular, nearly as in occulta (PI. XX. f. 3), bat 

 smaller, mesially snbcarinate ; transverse basal ridge as in PI. XX. f 5, but 

 me.'^ially less rounded. 



Early stages not known. 



