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the white underside of the abdomen is more or less irrorated with brown-black 

 scales, at least at the sides, with the exception of the first sternite, which is pure 

 white, and the black median spots are small, usually only one being visible. The 

 legs are nearly as black as the sides of the abdomen, and are irrorated with white 

 scales. 



Wings, upperside. The forewing agrees in shape best with that of P. perplexa, 

 being decidedly more stumpy than in P. scutata ; the markings of both wings are 

 also practically the same, except that the onter grey band of the hindwing is 



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FIG. 1. — Harpe of Protoparee clarki. 

 „ 2. — Penis-sheath of „ . „ 

 „ 3. — Harpe of Protoparce perplexa. 

 ,, i. — Penis-sheath of „ ,, 



less shaded with black than in P. perplexa, but more so than in P. scutata and 

 P. pellenia. 



On the underside the forewing has on the disc two dark transverse lines out- 

 iined on the outer side with grey ; these lines are as much curved as in P. perplexa, 

 i.e. more so than in P. pellenia and P. scutata. The hindwing bears three lines, 

 united posteriorly in a patch, the first line being the most prominent, the second 

 feebly marked, consisting almost entirely of vein-dots only, and the outer line 

 dentate, continuous or more or less effaced between the veins. 



The harpe (text-fig. 1) has a broad vertical denticulate lobe, resembling that of 

 perplexa (text-fig. 3), but being narrower and much smaller ; the ventral process 

 is denticulate in all three specimens. The penis-sheath bears a subapical tooth 



