( 84 ) 



Underside greyish liriiwii, more grey <'ii liimhving, es]>c(ially towards abdominal 

 margin ; no distinct bands. 



Not dissected. 



Hah. South America : Bolivia ; Brazil. 



In coll. Standinger 1 6 from Chii[nitos, Bolivia, and 1 ? iVom iSao Paulo. lu 

 the Vienna Jlusenm I ? I'rom Brazil (Natterer). 



53. Protoparce rustica. 



Sjihhi.r mslk-ii Fiibricius, Synl. Eiil. p. 640. n. 15 (1776) (America). 



c??. Antennae long and, in <?, thick. Second segment of jialpus not much 

 longer than broad, very much shorter thau the first. First segment of foretarsns 

 with an outer row of sjiines of which the apical one is prolonged, some spiues at the 

 base above this row, segments 2 to 4 with one prolonged apical spine and a very 

 few short ones externally. First segment of midtarsus see PI. LXIV. f ~. 



i. Tenth tergite of abdomen (PI. XXVII. f. 11) conve.x and somewhat 

 dilated before end, hooked, apex sinuate (PI. XXVII. f 12); sternife concave 

 above, apical margin bent upward, rounded. LUasper narrowed to end, dorso- 

 apical margin strongly bent inward ; harpe peculiar, having a single, long, 

 slightly dentate, ventral process (PI. XXXVII. f. 15) ; there is no tuft of scales 

 on the surface of the harpe near the base of the process, as in the other species. 

 Pcuis-sheath armed with an apical tooth (PI. XXIX. f. 21). 



?. Eighth tergite of abdomen sinuate ; antevaginal plate (PI. XIX. f 11. 12) 

 with a long mesial lobe, which is sinuate, the transverse oblique ridge at its base 

 not prominent. Plate of seventh sternite short, rounded. 



Larva finely granulated, with seven side-bands, which are white and bordered 

 green in front. — Food : Chio7ianthus, Bignonia, etc. 



Chrysalis with a long free tongue-case which is not recurved. 



Ilab. New York to Buenos Ayres, Antilles, and Galapagos Islands. 



Three subspecies': 



a. P. rustica ruitica. 



Mcrian, Ins. Snrhuiin t. 5 (1706) (imago ; larva & pupa=/'.'i. letrin). 



Sjihinx rudica Fabricius, Sijat. Kiit. p. 540. n. 15 (1775) (America) ; Sulz., Gtuvh. Ins. p. 151. t 20. 



f. 2 (177<i) (America) ; Goeze, Enl. Beyti: iii. 2. p. 206. n. 10 (1-780) ; StoU, in Cram., Pnji. 



Ex. iv. p. 21. t. 301. f. A (1780) (Surinam) ; Fabr., Spec. Jus. ii. p. 145. n. 28 (1781) (America); 



id., .Vmit. Ins. ii. p. 95. n. 31 (1787); Gmel., Rijst. Nal. i. 5. p. 238.5. n. !I3 (1790) (larva 



and pupa those of Ps. letnn) ; Fabr., Ent. Si/.il. iii. 1, p. 366. n. 33 (1793) ; M^niHr., Emm. 



Colli. Aiiini.. Mus. Peti:, Lcp. p. 89. n. 1485 (1857) (Haiti ; Brasilia) ; Herr.-Scb., Conrsji. Bl. 



iii. p. 59 (1865) (Cuba) ; Grote & Rob., Proc. Enl. Sac. Philarl. v. p. 68 (1865) (Cuba) ; Boisd., 



Sper. Gni. hep. IIH. i. p, 82. u. 17 (1875) ; Moschl, Vcrh. Zunl. Bat. Ges. Wieii xxvi. p. 346 



(1876) (Surinam) ; Dew., Mittfi. Miiiich. Eid. Ver. i. p. 92 (1877) (Porto Rico) ; id., in Wiegm., 



Arch. iXiiturij. p. 10 (1878) (Cuba ; larva) ; Pilate, Papilio ii. p. 60 (1882) (Dayton, ()., 1 J). 

 Sphinx chiomiiilhi Abbot & Smith, Lep. Georgia i. p. 63. t. 34 (1897) (nom. nov. loco rustim) ; 



Diinc, in Jard., .V»/. Libr. xx.wii. p. 101. t. 5. f. 2 (/.). t. 6. f. 2 (/.) (1841). 

 Arhei-iinlin rhiununthi, Hiibuer, (Vr;. be/.: Snhm. p. 139. n. 1495 (1822). 



CoajtitiK ruslina, id., t.c. p. 140. n. 1498 (1822) ; id., Samml. Ex. Schnt. iii. t. 38. f. 1. 2 (1806). 

 Protoparce rustica, Burmeister, Sphiiii). Bruxiliens p. 63. n. 1 (1856) ; Butl., Trans. Znol. Sor. 



Loud. ix. p. 606. n. 1 (1877) (Brazil ; Mexico; Haiti) ; id., Pror. Zonl. Soc. Lond. p. 484. 



n. 61 (1878) (Jamaica); Bm-m., Drsci: Rep. Arr,ent. v. p. 317 (1878); id., /.c. Alias p. 31. 



t. ll.f.7. A-E(1879) (head of larva) ; Druce, Biol. Cenlr. Amer., Lep. Mel. i. p. 20. n. 1 (1883); 



Smith, Trans. Amer. Ent. .Soc. xv. p. 168 (1888) (N. York, southward into S. Am. ; Texas) ; 



Druce, I.e. S„ppl. p. 314 (1896) ; Pitt. & Bioll., Leii. lief. Cnstii I/ica p. 12 (1897) ; Smyth, 



