276 EHOPALOCEEA. 



Ha b. Panama, Calobre (Arce), David (Champion), Chiriqui (Trotsch, in mus. Stau- 

 dinger). — Colombia ; Lower Amazons ; Brazil and Argentine Republic. 



A wide-ranging species in South America, originally described from Brazil, and now 

 known to occur in the Argentine Republic, throughout the Valley of the Amazons, and 

 in Colombia. In our country it has not been traced beyond the limits of the State 

 of Panama. In its white tails it resembles E. doryssus, but they are longer, and with 

 the green head, body, and base of the wings at once distinguish it from that species. 



The male genitalia are very like those of E. proteus ; the tegumen is cleft vertically ; 

 the harpagones have a slight median dorsal depression, on the distal side of which is a 

 small thickened prominence, beyond which again the harpe is drawn to a blunt point. 

 (See Tab. LXXV. fig. 4.) 



b". An ill-defined white transverse band on the secondaries beneath. 



5. E. metophis section. 



9. Eudamus metophis. 



Hesperia metophis, Latr. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 729 \ 

 Eudamus metophis, Boisd. Sp. Gen. i. t. 13. f. 5 2 . 



Alis murinis, ad basin leviter viridi-cseruleo lavatis, ciliis sordide albis ; anticis maculis quinque in linea trans- 

 versa positis, duabus parvis costalibus, una per cellulam, tertia maxima subquadrata inter ramos medianos, 

 quinta infra earn macula, altera angusta magis ad apicem inter venam medianam et ramum suum secundum 

 semibyalinis, punetis quatuor subcostalibus ad apicem linea valde obliqua formante coloris ejusdem : 

 subtus anticis maculis byalinis nt supra, linea hamata margini externo plus minusve parallela purpureo- 

 brunnea, plaga pallida inter earn et marginem externum ; posticis linea albida a costa ad caudse basin 

 introrsum bene deiinita, extrorsum evanescente ; plica costali obvia. 



Hab. Mexico, Rinconada (Schaus), Atoyac (H. II. Smith), Valladolid in Yucatan 

 (Gaumer). — South America, Venezuela to Brazil 1 . 



Latreille's description of this species was based upon a specimen sent him from 

 Brazil by Langsdorff 1 , and we have several examples from that country, including some 

 collected by Mr. H. H. Smith at Chapada in Matto Grosso. These agree with the 

 only specimens we have seen from our country, all of them from Mexico. The most 

 characteristic feature of the species is the white line on the underside of the 

 secondaries, which is sharply defined on the inside, but is gradually shaded off on 

 the outer side. 



The male genitalia are almost exactly like those of E. chalco. 



