386 EHOPALOCEEA. 



EUDAMIDAS, gen. nov. 



The members of this genus have a great general resemblance to those of Mylon, but 

 may at once be distinguished by the absence of the tuft on the proximal end of the 

 hind tibiae of the male, and there are no subapical semihyaline spots on the primaries. 

 In the shape and neuration of the wings the two are much alike. 



The range of Eudamidas, like that of Mylon, extends over nearly the whole of 

 Tropical America. 



1. Eudamidas melander. (Tab. LXXXV. fig. 14 6 .) 



Papilio melander, Cr. Pap. Ex. t. 270. f. H \ 



Antigonus melander, Plotz, Jahrb. Nass. ent. Ver. xxxvii. p. 29 (1884) 2 . 



Alis griseo-albidis ; anticis lineis transversis fuscis irregulariter fasciatis, area mediana pallidiore lineisque magis 

 distinetis ; posticis ad basin fuscis, margine externo late pallide fusco, maculis obscurioribus continente, 

 fascia maculosa interiore quoque pallide fusca : subtus omnino pallidioribus, fasciis omnibus in distinetis ; 

 palpis subtus albis. 



5 mari similis. 



Hab. Mexico, Atoyac (H. H. Smith) ; Guatemala, Chiacam, San Geronimo, Zapote 

 (Champion), Polochic and Chisoy Valleys (F. I). G. & 0. S.), Duenas (F. D. G. & 0. S., 

 Champion) ; Nicaeagua, Matagalpa ( W. B. Richardson), Chontales (Belt) ; Costa Rica 

 ( Van Fatten, Carmiol), Irazu (Rogers) ; Panama, Chiriqui (Arce, Ribbe), Bugaba 

 (Champion), — South America, from Colombia to Guiana x 2 and Paraguay. 



A common widely ranging species, reaching the middle of the State of Vera Cruz in 

 its northern limit, and spreading thence over the whole of Tropical America to South 

 Brazil and Paraguay. In general appearance it is very like Mylon pulcherius, but is 

 rather paler, the dark markings showing more clearly. There are no subapical semi- 

 hyaline spots on the primaries, nor any tufts to the hind tibiae of the male. 



The male genitalia have a tegumen ending in four points arranged in two pairs ; the 

 scaphium is well developed and pointed ; the harpes elongated and ending in a narrow 

 rounded lobe, on the upperside of which is a large dentate process, there is a deep 

 fissure on the dorsal edge and a fold on the proximal side of it. (See Tab. LXXXV. 

 fig. 14.) 



2. Eudamidas ozema. (Tab. LXXXV. figg. 15, 16, 17 s .) 



Achly odes ozema, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1870, p. 515 x ; Butl. & Druce, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 370 2 . " 

 Antigonus ozema, Plotz, Jahrb. Nass. ent. Ver. xxxvii. p. 28 (1884) 3 . 



Alis margaritaceo-griseis ; anticis medialiter pallidioribus, fasciis irregularibus interruptis fucescentibus notatis ; 

 posticis ad basin et ad marginem externum fuscis, fasciis duabus distinetis, una ad cellulse finem abbreviata, 

 altera discali, tertia diffusa submarginali : subtus omnino pallidioribus, fasciis omnibus fuscis evanescen- 

 tibus ; palpis subtus albis. 



2 mari similis. 



Hab. Mexico 3 , Jalisco (Schumann), Acapulco, Omilteme, Tierra Coiorada, Dos 



