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c. The median diaphanous spots of the primaries gathered into a more or less 



contiguous group. 



10. E. asine section. No white patch on the middle of the secondaries beneath. 



20. Eudamus asine. 



Eudamus asine, Hew. Descr. Hesp. p. 5 \ 



Alis murinis; anticis niaculis quatuor medianis, una costali parva, altera in cellula et duabus infra earn, 

 punctis quatuor subapicalibus in linea fere recta positis, hyalinis, maeulis tribus nigris infra ramum 

 medianum primum duabus approximantibus, tertia basin propiore ; posticis fasciis indistinctis, duabus 

 maculosis, una discali altera cellulari ; ciliis sordide albis : subtus Ut supra, area interna anticarum 

 pallida ; plica costali obvia. 



Hah. Mexico, Presidio de Mazatlan, Tres Marias Islands (Forrer), Jalisco (Schumann), 



Dos Arroyos, Venta de Zopilote, Acapulco, Atoyac (H. H. Smith), Paso de San Juan 



(Schaus), Valladolid in Yucatan ( Gaumer) ; Guatemala, Volcan de Santa Maria 



(Richardson), Polochic and Motagua valleys (F. D. G. & 0. S.) ; Nicaragua x ; Costa 



Eica, Cache, Irazu (Rogers). 



Hewitson's type of this species came from Nicaragua, but whether from Belt's 

 collection or not we are not informed. We have many examples of both sexes from 

 Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica, so that the species has a wide range in our 

 country. In the position of the hyaline spots of the primaries, E. asine resembles 

 both E. auginus and E. octomaculata, but the black spots above the submedian nervure 

 readily enable us to distinguish E. asine from the allied forms. Two of these are 

 placed immediately below the central hyaline band, and the third is halfway between 

 them and the base of the wing. In & auginus the spots are absent; in E. octomaculata 

 there are only two, which are much less distinct, and the outermost placed much nearer 

 the anal angle. 



The male genitalia have a cleft tegumen, the two points diverging considerably ; the 

 harpagones end in a well-defined upturned hook. 



21. Eudamus auginus. (Tab. lxxv. fig. 26 s .) 



Eudamus auginus, Hew. Descr. Hesp. p. 6 (1867) T ; Ex. Butt., Eudamus, ii. f . 13 2 . 



Eudamus ceculus, Herr.-SchafL Prodr. iii. p. 62 (1868) 3 . 



E. asine similis, sed anticis maeulis nigris supra venam submedianam nullis, maeulis hyalinis anticarum 



medianis majoribus, ea ad costam absente : subtus posticis interdum fascia obsoleta albida, submarginali 



et interdum cum capite et corpore viridi lavatis ; plica costali in mare obvia. 



Bab. Mexico, Atoyac (E. H. Smith) ; Guatemala, Zapote (Champion) ; Nicaeagua, 

 Chontales (Belt) ; Panama, David (Champion). — Amazons Valley and Brazil. 



Hewitson's type of this species came from the Amazons Valley 1 , and we have speci- 

 mens from Para collected by Mr. Bates, and others from Chapada in Matto Grosso by 

 Mr. H. H. Smith. None of these have the green patch on the secondaries beneath or 



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