6 EHOPALOCEEA. 



suggested. E. minyas is common, and has a wide distribution from Southern Texas 

 and Mexico to the Amazon region, varying somewhat in that wide area. E. debora is 

 restricted to Southern Mexico and Guatemala, and E. atala to Cuba and the peninsula 

 of Florida. 



The subcostal nervure of E. minyas emits two branches before the end of the cell ; 

 there is no upper discocellular, but the middle discocellular meets the subcostal half- 

 way between the origin of the second branch and the upper radial, it is partially 

 atrophied throughout its length, the cell is narrow, the subcostal and median sides 

 being subequal ; the lower discocellular of the secondaries makes a large acute angle 

 with the median ; the upper discocellular is about half the length of the lower, in a line 

 with it, partially atrophied, and meets the subcostal some way beyond the origin of its 

 branch, the costal side of the cell is considerably shorter than the median side. The 

 front legs of the male have a single-jointed tarsus =§ tibia, densely clothed with spines 

 beneath, which are placed obliquely towards the proximal end, and gradually become 

 more transverse towards the distal end ; the tibia, too, is spiny for the distal half of 

 its length, and has a pair of strong spines close to the tibio-tarsal joint. On the 

 median legs towards the proximal end of the tibia, and again on the distal end of the 

 femur, are two patches of hair; the palpi are slender, the terminal joint =J middle 

 joint in male, and J in the female. The antennas are but slightly clubbed ; there are 

 40 joints, and besides the covering of scales there are intermingled with them a few 

 scattered spines. The eyes are nearly naked, having a few long sparsely-scattered hairs,, 

 chiefly towards the proximal margin. 



The tegumen in the secondary sexual organs is normal, being hood-shaped, with a 

 depression in the margin on the middle line, and a lobe on either side, setose on its 

 outer surface ; there is also a strong hook on either side, at first directed backwards 

 and then curved outwards, the points slightly overlapping. 



The harpagones are small, sub elliptical, with a short projecting setose lobe at the 

 distal end. On either side of these organs is a pencil of strong closely-set hairs, which, 

 when not extended, lie between the eighth abdominal segment and the secondary 

 sexual organs. 



In the female the middle discocellular of the primaries meets the subcostal close to 

 its junction with the upper radial ; the front legs have the distal end of the tibia and 

 the five tarsal joints armed with strong spines on the under surface, the terminal joint 

 is about equal to the third and fourth together. The bursa copulatrix has no chitinous 

 patches. 



1. Eumaeus minyas. (Tab. XLVIII. figg. 1, 2 * , 3 ? ) 



Rusticus adolescens minyas, Hiibn. Samml. ex. Schmett. i. t. 96 \ 

 Eumenia godartii, Boisd. Lep. Guat. p. 13 2 . 

 Eumenia toxana, Boisd. Lep. Guat. p. 13 3 . 



