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14(1. Protambulyx goeldii spec. iwv. (LXVII. f. 3. 4, c??). 



c??. Uiiperside of body bnffish grey, silky, a greeu band before aiifcnnae ; 

 pionotiim slightly edged with greeu, posterior two-thirds of mesothoracic tegnla 

 olive-green, this colour extending backwards over mesouotum and occupying 

 metauutuiu ; abdomeu with oblir|ne yellow-olive-green side-bands, eighth tergite 

 olive-green, except fringe. Underside oclireous, paljuis near tip and forebreast 

 anteriorly olive-green, npperside of tibiae and tarsi grey, outer lateral snrfac^e of 

 midtibia and -tarsus greenish brown. 



"Wings, above. Forewing : silky buffish grey ; in shape similar to that of 



asfi/goHiig, markings olive-greeu (costal ones i)artly faded into ochraceous), eight or 

 more feeble costal bars from base to apex of cell, the interspaces partly filled in with 

 olive at costal margin, a costal patcb a little way beyond tip of cell, sharjjly limited 

 behind by Ri, gradually fading away distally ; between fork and apex a similar 

 patch bordered by SO', along which the colour extends to outer margin, a subapical 

 costal triangular spot, an oblique subbasal band twice as long as broad, from 

 (SMi) to inner margin, a narrower band between SM- and inner margin, with which 

 it stands at right angles before middle, a nearly semicircular large patch upon the 

 inner margin between middle and distal angle, reaching nearly M', consisting of 

 blackish markings behind, and being green before M- ; a brown apical semicircle 

 SO' — SC'', a brown submarginal line from tip of SC' to tip of SM-, broadly 

 bordered proximally with greenish olive, marginal space between band and edge 

 of wing purple brown ; a large ovate blackish stigma, a straight line behind 

 SC^-' just proximal of fork, a deeply curved very faint line R'— R' behind it, a little 

 more proximal, a trace of another similar line nearer cell, and between this line and 

 cell a broader line shining through from below ; traces of two lines in front of 



second inner marginal band as prolongations of the respective costal bars. 



Hindwing : maize yellow, grey at base and abdominal margin, in ? sliaded with 

 tawny ; apex acute, distal margin faintly concave in front, more obviously so 

 behind ; a straight, dentate, brown line shaded a little with ochraceous, about 

 1?, mm. outside cell at Rs, ending behind in a spot, a thin brown line between it 

 iuid marginal band, faintly broken, evenly curved in front, a brown marginal ban<l 

 sharply defined, less so at apex of wing ; an anal submarginal band confluent 

 with it. 



Underside similar to npperside of hindwing, bright maize yellow, shaded 

 with tawny in ? ; stigma vestigial ; a tawny brown line outside cell obtusely 

 angulate at R^ rather heavy in front, where it is deejier brown ; R' and outer half 

 of SC brown ; a very broad brown marginal band jiointed at tip of SC'', and 



linear from M' backwards. Hindwing : first discal line in position as above, 



curved in front, a postdiscal line as above, but there are traces of other lines 

 between the two ; marginal band sliaded with grey, in 6 almost restricted In 

 extreme edge and jiurple lirown in colour, more distinct in ?. 



(J. Sexual armature similar to that of asV/yonns, but friction-patch broader, 

 tooth of harpe strongly pointed, tenth sternite less broad. 

 Hah. Para (Dr. Goeldi). 



One c? in the British Museum. Several specimens in the Museum at Bern, 

 June and July. 



Differs from astygoniis in the jireseuce of a large stigma on the forewing, iu 



