310 EHOPALOCEKA. 



b. A distinct diaphanous band on the primaries. 



9. Telegonus apastus. (Tab. lxxvii. fig. 23 s .) 



Papilio apastus, Cram. Pap. Ex. t. 111. ff. D, E \ 

 Eudamus apastus, Plotz, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1881, p. 504 2 . 

 Telegonus apastus, Wats. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 26 3 . 



Alis nigricantibus ad basin viridi lavatis ; anticis fascia obliqua per cellulam ad angulum analem transeunte 

 hyalina venis quadripartita, puncto ejusdem coloris ad costam : subtus ut supra, fascia hyalina ad angulum 

 analem albo marginata ; posticis viridescentibus viridi-ocbraceo atomatis, fasciis duabus indistinctis trans- 

 vittatis. 



2 mari similis. 



Hab. Mexico, Atoyac (H H Smith)-, Nicaragua, Chontales {Belt); Costa Eica, 

 Irazu (Rogers). — Guiana 1 ; Amazons Valley to South-eastern Brazil. 



The wider band of the primaries and its less broken character distinguish this 

 species to some extent from Thymele aulestes, to which it bears a close outward resem- 

 blance ; moreover, on the underside this band is bordered with white towards the 

 anal angle, and the secondaries are less uniform, though the markings are not very 

 definite. 



The absence of a costal fold in the male T. apastus, and other structural characters, 

 especially those of the male genitalia, at once distinguish it from Thymele aulestes, 

 with which species its range is practically coincident ; but we trace T. apastus a little 

 further north into the State of Vera Cruz. 



The male genitalia much resemble those of Eudamus proteus ; the tegumen is cleft, 

 the harpes are pointed, and there is a distinct dorsal fissure. (See Tab. LXXVII. 

 fig. 23.) 



10. Telegonus eudemus, (Tab. lxxvii. figg. 24, 25 6 .) 



Thymele eudemus, Mab. Le Nat. x. p. 170 (1888) \ 



Alis fusco-nigris vix viridescente tinctis : anticis fascia transversa semibyalina a costa ad angulum analem 

 venis nigris sexpartita ; posticis immaculatis : subtus ut supra paulo pallidioribus ; anticis margine interno 

 pallide fusco. 



2 mari similis, anticis subtus margine interno prsecipue ad angulum analem albicantioribus. 



Hab. Mexico, Atoyac (H. H Smith) ; Panama, Chiriqui (Trotsch, in mm. Staudinger 1 ). 



Dr. Staudinger has kindly lent us the type of this species. A female obtained in 

 Mexico by Mr. Smith appears to belong to the same species, but the transverse band 

 of the primaries is rather wider, becomes indistinct beyond the subcostal nervure, and 

 near the anal angle beneath it is surrounded with white. With only two specimens 

 before us, and no dissections, we cannot form a definite opinion as to the position of 

 the species, which seems allied to T. apastus. 



