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 51. Protoparce stuarti. 



*Plihqeth,iilii,i sliiarti Rothschild, Nov. Z.mii,. iii. p. -22. n. 2. t. 13. f. 8. (18!)(;) (La Paz, October ;— 

 Mus. Triiig). 



J ?. A conspiciionsh' coloured insect, which differs remarkably from the other 

 members of the genns both in pattern and structure. While the yellow alMlominal 

 jiatches disappear elsewhere in the genns in a disto-proximal direction, the distal 

 patches being the first to obliterate, the second abdominal segment is in sttiarti 

 without a yellow patch, though the other patches are well marked, with their 

 colour intensified. The grey, almost lavender, colour of the frons contrasts strongly 

 with the yellowish cream colour of the palpi, which are deej) black at the dorsal 

 margin. The second paljjal segment is rather slender, its scaling being a little 

 shorter than that of the first segment. Eyes comparatively smaller than in sexta. 

 Foretarsns with very long strong spines : first segment shorter than the tibia, with 

 three long spines and one to four additional, shorter, basal ones, withont any small 

 spines externally, segments 2 to 4 with a single long apical spine externally ; mid- 

 and hindtarsi short, segments 1 and 2 together as long as the respective tibiae. 

 Spines at edges of abdominal tergites very weak, no spines on the sternites ! 

 Discocellulars of hindwing straight, or R- faintly curveii, not or slightly obliqne, 

 K'- at right angles to S( '", while the lower angle of the cell is obtuse ; SC- and R' on 

 a rather long stalk. No pulvillus. 



(?. Antenna peculiar : basal segment without rows of prolonged ciliae, middle 

 and distal segments less impressed and less triangnlarly compressed than in the 

 other species of J'rotoparce ; hook short. Tenth tergite almost gradually narrowed 

 to end, very faintly dilated before end, pointed ; lobe of sternite long, sides nearly 

 ])arallel, apex rounded, with an indication of a sinus, upperside slightly concave. 

 Clasper broadly ronnded at end, dorsal margin feebly curved inward ; harpe short, 

 triangular, dorsal margin not distinctly dentate (PI. XXXVI. f 1). Tooth of 

 penis-sheath long, slightly pointing distad, not quite so much as in muscosa. 



?. Antenna less slender than in the allied species, less setiform, being thickest 

 beyond middle, no combs of ciliae. Plate of seventh abdominal sternite Inroad, 

 trnncate, angles ronnded. Antevaginal lobe short, triangular, apex ronnded, no 

 prominent transverse ridge proximally at its base. 



Larva and chrysalis not known. 



Hah. Bolivia, found at La Paz in some numbers at the electric light. 



In tlie'Tring Museum 38 specimens from La Paz. 



r)2. Protoparce manducoides. 



*Plik<iellin)ilim iiiumlucuklea Rothschild, Iris vii, p. 302. t. 6. f. 2 (^J) (1894) (Chiquitos, Bolivia ;— 

 coll. Staudinger). 



1^?. Second segment of palpus rather long, with huffish white tip. Pnlvillns 

 present. First segment of foretarsns with three long spines, second with one long- 

 apical one, without short external spines. Abdomen with three yellow side-patches. 

 Underside of body, or only breast, flushed with pink. Forewing resembling some- 

 what that of rustira \ stigma larger, njarginal dots smaller, white scaling more 

 reHtricted, especially in outer half, where there is a conspicuous huffish white discal 

 l)aiid, while the area outside it is black, except traces of a wliite subtnarginal line. 

 Hindwing very different, being greyish white, with a black distal border and two 

 black discal hands hetweeii it and (-ell. 



