( 93 ) 



Rothsch., N(iv. ZooL. i. p 541 (1894) (Aroa) ; Peters, Illnsh: Zeltsch: Enl. iii. Heft. 22. t. 1. 



f. 4. {/.) (1898) ; Bonningh., Iris xii. p. 112. n. 8 (18:)8| (Rio de Jan. ; partim). 

 Protoparce Jloresliin, Burmei-ster. /.<■. Athig p. 30. t. xi. f. 2 (/,) (1879) (N. Friburgo) ; Kaje, Trans. 



Ent. Soc. Loud. p. 139 (1901) (Trinidad). 

 *DUudki hrerimargo Butler, Prnc. Zool. Soc. Land. p. 12. n. 2.5 (187.5) (Brazil ;— Mus. Brit.) ; id., 



ni'idr. Typ. Spwhn. Lep. Uet. B. M. i. p. 2. t. 15. f. 5 (1877) ; Kirby, I.e. n. 5 (1892) ; 



Rothsch., Nov. Zool. i. p. 541 (1894) (Area) ; Druce, Biul. Centr. Amer., Lep. Het. Snppl. 



p. 317. D. 4. t. 08. f. 1 ( cj) (1890) (Mazatlan ; Paso de S. Juan; Vera Cruz ; Jalapa). 



S ? . Not at all constant, either in size or in markings, often barely ilis- 

 tingnishable from lichenea. Fresh specimens have a greenish tint on the forewing, 

 which often fades to a clayish yellow. The black discal streaks R' — M' of the 

 forewing are always very prominent on the pale ground. The specimens from 

 Mexico do not differ, to our knowledge, from the Brazilian individuals. The single 

 Trinidad 6 in the Tring Museum has the forewing rather more elongate, bearing a 

 remarkable resemblance to Pseudosphinx tetrio. Anotlier d , from Cordova, Mexico, 

 nearly agrees with it in the shape of the forewing. With jjulvillus. 



Larva with broad white side-bands, which become narrow dorsally, and include 

 the stigmata ; first band abbreviated veutrally. 



Hab. Southern Brazil to Mexico. 



In the Tring Museum 28 cjc?, 16 ? ? from: Mexico (various places) ; Honduras ; 

 Paramba, Ecuador ; Aroa, Venezuela ; Port of Si)ain, Trinidad (Dr. P. Ilcndall) ; 

 Rio de Janeiro ; Bahuru, Sao Paulo (Dr. Heiupel). 



<U. Protoparce lanuginosa. 



Dilwlk, .ullaris, Edwards («.-« Wallier, 1856), Papilio iv. p. 13 (1884) (Vera Cruz). 

 Diliulia lunguinusa id., Enl. Amer. iii. p. 89 (1887) (Vera Cruz) ; Beutenm., Bull. Amer. Mus. 

 N.n. p. 170 (1892) (Jalapa, typ. spec, ex coll. Hy. Edwards) ; Kirby, Cut. Lep. Het. i. 



p. 682. n. 10 (1892) (Vera Cruz). 

 Ddwlm niraUiMi, Druce, («..« id., 1883), Biol. Centr. Amer., Lep. Het. Suppi p. 317 (18915) 



{rorallina = htiiijuiiiosa ex err. ; Jalapa, Vera Cruz ; Costa Rica). 



(??. A duller, more uniformly coloured species i\ia.nJ{orcstan. The forewing, 

 above, is less whitish grey, the two discal streaks R' — M^ are less distinct, some- 

 times absent ; the brown bands on the underside of the hindwing are more feebly 

 marked, and the side-s]K)ts of the abdomen are less bhick. Structurally not different 

 imm fiovestan except in the head being proportionally smaller. The discal lines of 

 the forewing are more strongly marked in the Honduras specimens than in the 

 -Mexican ones. 117^// pulvillus. 



Early stages not known. 



Hull. Mexico to (S])anish) Honduras, ])robably extending farther south. 



In tlie Tring Museum :5 cJ(J,5 ? ? from: Cordoba, Mexico; Brit. Honduras ; 

 San l'c(b'o Suhi, Honduras. 



fio. Protoparce crocala. 



*PiieMdoKj,liiitxeniefihi Druce, Aim. Maif. X. II. ((i). xiii. p. Ki'.l (1K94) (Honduras;- coll. Staudinger): 

 id., Ui„\ Cnlr. Amer., Lep. 11,1. S„ppl. p. 316. n. 2. t. 67. f. :'.(?) (189i;). 



?. Pulvillus present. First jjrotarsal seguienl, without prolonged sjiines. 

 Easily recognisi'd hy the grey basal third of the hindwing c^jntrasting sMarply with 

 the brown outer two-tiiirds. — The eyes are too promiiicnl in Druce's figure. 



Jlah. Honduras (VVittkugel). 



A ? in coll. Staudinger, tn/je. Two ? ? in r(]ll. (!ii. tries Obi'i-thiir. 



Not Been in other collections. 



