298 KHOPALOCERA. 



This species is obviously allied to E. bryaxis, but may readily be distinguished by 

 the absence from the upper surface of the wings of all ochreous colouring. The first 

 specimens described were in Van Patten's Costa Rican collection 1 ; we now know it to 

 inhabit the State of Panama, where Mr. Champion and other collectors met with it, 

 and the Amazons Valley, whence M. Mabille's type of Eeteropia imitatrix came 3 . The 

 latter agrees precisely with that of E. imalena. 



SPATHILEPIA. 



Spathilepia, Butler, Ent. Monthly Mag. vii. p. 57 (1870) ; Wats. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 23. 



Mr. "Watson restricts this genus to a single species, S. clonius (Cr.), though several 

 other species have been placed in it by various writers. 



The antennae resemble those of Eudamus and are bent to a hook at the end. The 

 primaries have a costal fold ; the apex is truncate and there is a distinct projection on 

 the outer margin at the end of the lower radial ; the second median segment is more 

 than twice as long as the third segment, and a recurrent nervule starts from the 

 middle of the latter; the second median branch of the secondaries starts just before 

 the end of the cell ; the anal lobe of the secondaries is distinct. 



l. Spathilepia clonius. (Tab. LXXVI. fig. 28 s .) 



Papilio clonius, Cram. Pap. Ex. t. 80. ff. C, D \ 



Spathilepia clonius, Butl. Ent. Monthly Mag. vii. p. 57 2 ; Butl. & Druce, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 367 3 . 



Alis fuscis ; anticis fascia transversa mediana venis quadripartita, lineola ultra earn inter venam medianam et 

 ramum suum secundum, punctisque subquadratis subapicalibus semihyalinis : subtus ut supra, anticis 

 dimidio apicali et posticis ornnino saturate brunueo et albido marmoratis ; capite utrinque albo punctato, 

 genis albis, palpis fuscis. 



Edb. Mexico, Jalisco {Schumann), Acapulco, Tierra Colorada, Acaguizotla (E. E. 

 Smith), Cordova (Biimeli), Atoyac, Vera Cruz, Teapa (E. E. Smith), Valladolid in 

 Yucatan (Gaumer); Guatemala, Chisoy, Polochic and Central valleys (F. B. G. & 

 0. S.), San Geronimo (F. B. G. & 0. S., Champion), Zapote (Champion) ; Hondueas, 

 San Pedro (G. M. Whitely) ; Nicakagua, Chontales (Belt) ; Costa Rica (Van Patten 8 ), 

 Cache (Bogers); Panama, Calobre (Arce)— South America generally from Colombia 

 to South Brazil. 



This widely spread species is very common throughout our region, occurring in the 

 hot country from the sea-level to an altitude of 4000 feet in the mountains. So far 

 as we can see there is hardly any variation between individuals of this species, Mexican 

 and Brazilian specimens agreeing in every respect. 



The male genitalia have a tegumen ending in a single rather depressed point ; the 

 end of the scaphium is not strongly developed ; the harpes have an erect lobe standing 

 near the end of the dorsal edge, the end of this bifurcates into two points. (See 

 Tab. LXXVI. fig. 28.) 



