'lOn MK. A. G. BUTLER OK THE SPHINGIDvE. 



Genus 9. Pkotoparce, Burmeister. 

 Protoparce, Burmeister, AbhancU. naturf. Gesellsch. Halle, p. 63. gen. 3 (1855). 



If If. rustica were to be considered the type of Macrosila, Walker, as suggested by 

 Mr. Grote, that genus would have to sink as a synonym of Protoparce, described the 

 year pre\dously ; this, however is unnecessaiy ; I have therefore rejected Mr. Grote's 

 emendation, and adopted as the type of Macrosila a species possessing a vague likeness 

 to the whole of the groups placed under that name by its author. 



1. Pkotoparce kustica. 



Sphinx rustica, Pabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 540 (1775). 



Cocythis rustica, Hubner, Verz. bek. Sclimett, p. 140. no. 1498 (1816). 



Protoparce rustica, Burmeister^ Abhandl. naturf. Gesellsch. Halle, p. 63 (1855). 



Macrosila rustica, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 199. no. 2 (1856). 



Sphinx chionanthi, Smith & Abbot, Lep. Jus. Georg. i. p. 67, pi. 34 (1797). 



Brazil {Children) ; Mexico {Hartweg) ; Haiti (Tweedie). B.M. 



2. Pkotoparce fulvinotata. 



Macrosila solani (part.), Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 206. no. 13 (1856). 



rf, Port Natal (Ptoi^); 2 (Gueinzius); c?, Ashanti. Type, B.M. 



Mr. Walker's ? , var. /3, is the typical female of his male ; the darker form may be 

 an extreme variety of the same species, but differs as follows : — " Body above dark 

 brown, especially the thorax (the abdomen of the male paler), lateral yellow spots as 

 usual, but the white segmental streaks better-defined, antennae more distinctly white- 

 tipped ; body below whiter ; wings above darker, subapical patch whiter ; secondaries 

 below with the central bars nearer together." I will call this form P. mauritii. 



3 Pkotopakce maukitii, sp. n. 1 

 Macrosila solani g var. /8 and 2, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 207 (1856). 



<i ? , Mauritius (Becker) ; ? , Port Natal {Gueinzius). B.M. 



This may perhaps be a variation of the preceding ; it is altogether much darker, with 

 the subapical patch of primaries whiter. 



4. PKOTOPiVKCE SOLANI. 



'Sphinx solani, Boisduval, Paune eut. de Madag. p. 76, pi. xi. fig. 2 (1833) ; Herricli-Seliaffer, Samml. 

 neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereurop. Schmett. pi. 22. fig. 101 (1850-1858). 



Madagascar [Stevens). Type, B.M. 



This is distinct from the South-African species named Mctcrosila solani by Mr. 

 Walker. Irrespective of the different pattern and coloration of the wings, it may at once 

 be distinguished by the white (instead of fulvous) lateral spots on the abdomen. 



