606 ME. A. G. BUTLEE ON THE SPHENGID^E. 



Genus 9. Protoparce, Burmeister. 

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



If M. 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 previously ; this, however is unnecessary ; 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 . Protoparce rustica. 



Sphinx rustica:, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 540 (1775). 



Cocytius rustica, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schniett, 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. Ins. Georg. i. p. 67, pi. 34 (1797). 



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



2. Protoparce fulvinotata. 



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



J, Port Natal (Plant); 2 (Gueinzius) ; S, 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. Protoparce mauritii, sp. n.1 



Macrosila solani <$ var. /3 and 2, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 207 (1856). 



d 2 , Mauritius (Becker) ; 2 , 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. 



f 4. Protoparce solam. 



Sphinx solani, Boisduval, Faune ent. de Madag. p. 76, pi. xi. fig. 2 (1833) ; Herrich-Sehaffer, 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 Macrosila 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. 



