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proximally with one or two larger teeth which correspond to the two teeth of 

 P. lefeburei. 



The vaginal armature of the female is figured by us I.e. as that of P. lefeburei. 

 We have mentioned the differences in these organs between P. incisa and P. lefeburei 

 above under the latter species. 



We have P. incisa from Bahuru, Säo Paulo ; Sapucay, Paraguay ; Niväo, Matto 

 Grosso ; and Calama, Rio Madeira, below Rio Maehados, Amazonas, August — 

 October 1907 (W. Hoffmanns). 



6. Protoparce andicola spec, no v. 



<$ ? . P. incisae similis, abdomine supra magis nigrescente, lineis transversis 

 alarum anticarum multo melius expressis, linea postdiscali a costa ad marginem 

 posteiiorem distincta, fascia obliqua nigra latiore, armatura copulatrice diversa. 



Hab. Peru : Tinguri, Carabaya, 3400 ft., August 1 904, and S. Domingo, 

 Carabaya, 6500 ft., August and October 1902 (G. R. Ockenden) ; Pozuzu, Huänuco 

 (Sedlmayr) ; Ghanchamayo. Ecuador : Zamora (O. T. Baron), and Macas. 



Thirteen 3 8 and one ? . Type from Tinguri. 



This is presumably the representative of P. incisa in the Andes of South 

 America. But the differences are such as to render it advisable to treat andicola as 

 a distinct species until we receive sufficient evidence of their being local forms of 

 one species. It appears to us quite possible that andicola and incisa occur side 

 by side, as do incisa and lefeburei. 



P. andicola is darker than P. incisa, and nearly all the black markings are 

 either broader or more sharply developed. The black dorsal line of the abdomen is 

 broader than in P. incisa, but less prominent on account of the darker tint of the 

 abdomen. The proximal half of the forewing, on the upperside, is on the whole 

 somewhat paler than the apical half, and bears three elbowed transverse lines, 

 which are more or less interrupted and only distinct in places ; beyond the disco- 

 cellulars there are three transverse lines, and farther distally a conspicuous post- 

 discal one composed of arcs and geminate spots. The brown colour of the under- 

 side is of a deeper tone than in P. incisa. The spines of the first foretarsal 

 segment are shorter in P. andicola than in P. incisa. 



The tenth segment of the male is like that of incisa. The harpe is smaller and 

 its apical process shorter. The penis-sheath has two teeth, as in P. lefeburei. The 

 seventh and eighth sternites of the female are nearly the same as in P. incisa ; 

 the niche in which the postvaginal tubercle is placed is wider than in P. incisa. 



7. Protoparce sesquiplex opima subsp. nov. 



£ ? . Multo magis virescens quam P. s. sesquiplex, alis anticis brevioribus 

 fortius fasciatis, thorace utrinqne linea nigra notato. 



Hab. Costa Rica: Tuis (type), Juan Vinas (W. Schaus), San Jose (C. Underwood), 



Three cJ 3 and two ¥ ? . 



Very similar in colour to P. muscosa Roths. & Jord. (1903), which also occurs 

 in Costa Rica, but the upperside of the body and forewing much more greenish, 

 the forewing somewhat more elongate, the antenna of the o thicker, the genitalia 

 similar to those of P. sesquiplex, the thorax with a narrow black lateral line, and 

 the black submarginal band of the hindwing with a more even proximal edge. 



Much darker than P. s. sesquiplex from Mexico, which is whitish grey above ; 



