286 BHOPALOCEKA. 



submedian nervures. This character separates E. metallescens from E. metophis and 

 other species having a white line on the secondaries beneath, to which it otherwise 

 bears much general resemblance. 



The type of E. metallescens is a female. We have a precisely similar specimen from 

 British Guiana, and there is another in the British Museum from Honduras. 



The male genitalia of E. metallescens have a lobe on the ventral edge of the tegumen 

 on either side, the terminal point is short; the distal portion of the harpagones is 

 narrow, and has a rounded end thickly set with a row of sharp teeth. (See Tab. LXXV. 

 fig. 29.) 



e. A pencil of hair between the median and submedian nervures of the secondaries 



above near the base. 



26. Eudamus undulatus, (Tab. LXXV. fig. 30 <? .) 



Eudamus undulatus, Hew. Descr. Hesp. p. 4 1 ; Ex. Butt., Eudamus, ii. f . 16 a ; Mabille & Vuillot, 

 Nov. Lep. p. 13, ii. ff. 4, 5 3 . 



Alis nmrinis ; anticis maculis tribus subquadratis, una in cellulse medio, ceteris ramo mediano seeundo 

 utrinque, alteris quatuor aut quinque subapicalibus flavo-hyalinis, eiliis sordide flavis fusco interruptis : 

 subtus murinis, anticis maculis hyalinis ut supra, area costali et margine externo nigro irroratis, macula 

 magna nigra subapicali setis albidis notata ; posticis undique nigro irroratis et maculis magnis nigris 

 irregulariter notatis ; plica costali nulla. 



$ mari similis. 



Hah. Mexico, Presidio (Forrer), Eio Papagaio, Dos Arroyos, Rincon, Acapulco, all in 

 Guerrero, Atoyac, Teapa (H. II. Smith), Rinconada, Coatepec, Paso de San Juan 

 (Schaus) ; Guatemala, Polochic valley (F. D. G. & 0. S.), Zapote {Champion) ; Panama, 

 Chiriqui (Bibbe, in mus. Staudinger), David (Champion). — Colombia; Venezuela; 

 Brazil. 



The locality of Hewitson's type of this species was not recorded, but we have a 

 large series of specimens agreeing with this type from all parts of tropical America, 

 from Western Mexico in the north to Southern Brazil. These are remarkably uniform 

 in their coloration, a slight variation occurring in the size, shape, and number of the 

 median spots of the primaries. In many examples there is no spot below the first 

 median branch, in others a distinct one exists, in others, again, it is evanescent. There 

 appears to be no costal fold in the male of this species, and in the coloration of the 

 underside of the wings E. undulatus resembles E. orion. 



E. undulatus is apparently a common insect throughout Southern Mexico, chiefly in 

 the lowlands bordering both oceans. We found it in similar places in Guatemala up 

 to an. elevation of 3000 feet. 



The male genitalia of E. undulatus have a simple tegumen with a short single 

 central point ; the harpagones are blunt, with a short tooth near the end of the dorsal 

 edge. (See Tab. LXXV. fig. 30.) 



