(91 ) 



bent inwards ; harpe brnaJ (PI. XXXVI. f. 12), without ventral process, the 

 distal margin bent basad, forming a rather shar]) angle with the horizontal dorsal 

 margin. Penis-sheath with a heavy, nearly apical, tooth (PL XXIX. f. 2'.)) ; the 

 edge of the sheath opposite the tooth bent inward and armed with another shorter, 

 suberect tooth. 



? . Unknown. 



Larva and chrysalis unknown. 



llab. Central America ; Me.xico ; Guatemala. 



In the Tring Museum 1 S {ti/pe) ex coll. Felder, from Mexico. 



60. Protoparce muscosa sp. nov. (PI. XI. f. 1, ?)- 



Diludm sesqnipJex, Druce {iiiui Boi.sduTal, 1870), Biol. Caitr. Amer., Lep. lift. Supjil. p. 317 (1896) 

 (partim ; Matagalpa, Nicaragua). 



(J ?. Generally confounded in collections with sesqidplcx. Differs as follows : 

 ground colour of body and wings much darker, being almost olive, forewing much 

 less elongate, pale bands of hindwing less prominent. 



S. Tenth abdominal tergite (PI. XXVII. f. 29) shorter and broader; sternite 

 also much shorter, not raised mesially on the ventral surface (PI. XXVII. f 30) ; 

 harpe (PI. XXXII. f. 13) similar to that of sesquiplex, but the distal margin less 

 slanting, and the upper angle jjrodnced dorsad into a heavy tooth. Penis-sheath 

 (PI. XXIX. f. 30) with a longer tooth, which points distad. 



?. Eighth abdominal sternite strongly chitiuised, raised into a heavy trans- 

 verse tubercle just behind the mouth of the vagina ; autevaginal plate weak, 

 wrinkled (in a dry state), margin almost straight. 



Larva and chrysalis unknown. 



JIali. Mexico ; Nicaragua ; Costa Rica. 



In the Tring Bluseum 6 c? (?, 5 ? ? from : Cenemarara, Mexico, vi. lOoO 

 (li/pe ?); Hnatnxco, Mexico; 1 ? without locality (ex coll. Felder); Costa Rica 

 (C. Underwood). 



01. Protoparce corallina. 



*miulm nrallina Druce, Biul. Cciiti: Amer., Lep. Het. i. p. 22. n. 2. t. 2. f. 3 (1883) (Mexico ; 

 Guatemala ;— Mus. Brit.) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 682. n. 8 (1892) (Mexico ; Guatemala). 



S ¥ . Claw segment without pulvillus. Thorax less robust than in lichenea, 

 es]ifcially in 6- Wings rather more elongate than in that species, but nearly 

 exactly the same in pattern. Sexual organs of both sexes different from those of 

 the following species. End of tarsus see PI. LXIV. f. 13. 



S . Tenth tergite slenderer than in lichenea ; the sternite (PI. XXVII. f 25. 20) 

 obvionsly longer, straighter, narrower, truncate, being very feebly sinuate. Harpe 

 »nialler,"veutrally angled (PI. XXXVI. f. 14). Tooth of penis sheath somewhat 

 longer, basally thinner, and ]>ointing a little more distad. 



?. Vaginal plate rounded apically (PI. XX. f. 7), transversely convex 

 lielore end ; vaginal cavity bordered in front by a transverse, curved, mesially 

 Hiiinate ridge, a rather deej) impression before the cavity is surrounded by an 

 angnlated ridge, the proximal horizontal part of which projects as a kind of lip ; 

 the form of the groove is not (jnite <;onstant, it being in the tyiie longer than in 

 the specimen from which the figure is taken. 



Larva and chrysalis not known. 



