420 KHOPALOCEKA. 



(ArcS), Line of Kailway (Bible 1 ).— South Ameeica, from Colombia to Gaiana and South 

 Brazil l . 



Of this species we have a large series of specimens from nearly all the localities 

 cited above, including a number from Atoyac in Vera Cruz, where Mr. Herbert Smith 

 found it in profusion in the month of April. It is also not uncommon in Guatemala 

 on both sides of the Cordillera up to an elevation of about 3000 feet. 



The male genitalia have a tegumen like those of E. osyris, viz. a blunt depressed 

 central hook with a point directed forwards on either side : the harpes are not quite 

 symmetrical ; the right side has a short terminal lobe pointed at its upper corner and 

 serrate along the outer edge, there is a short lobe on the ventral edge near the end ; the 

 left side has a much narrower terminal lobe, which is also serrate, and the serrations 

 continue to and surround another lobe on the dorsal edge, on the proximal side of 

 which is a third directed inwards ; on the inner surface of this harpe near the base is a 

 rounded lobe arising from the ventral edge and carrying a small lobe about the middle. 

 (See Tab. LXXXVIII. fig. 7.) 



3. Ebrietas ecliptica. (Tab. LXXXVIII. %g. 8, 9, 10 s .) 



Achlyodes ecliptica, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 154 \ 



A. anacreonti persimilis, area interna anticarum fere iminaculata, tibiis posticis maris haud cirratis. 



Hal. Mexico, Atoyac (H. H. Smith) ; Guatemala, Panima (Champion), Choctum, 

 Motagua Valley (F. D G. & 0. S.); Costa Eica (Van Patten), Santa Clara Valley 

 (Ziircher) ; Panama, Chiriqui (Bible, Arce), Bugaba (Arce). — Amazons Valley 1 . 



This species is exceedingly like U. anacreon, and can only be distinguished by close 

 inspection. On the surface of the wings the inner area of the primaries is nearly 

 uniform, and shows little of the dark lavender markings of E. anacreon. The male 

 can always be distinguished by the absence of the tibial tuft which is present in both 

 the foregoing species. There is also a difference in the male genitalia, as described 

 below. 



E. ecliptica is by no means a common species, though widely distributed from 

 Southern Mexico to the Amazons Valley. It was described by Dr. Butler 1 from speci- 

 mens collected by Mr. Trail on the Rio Tapajos and the Rio Purus, considerable affluents 

 of the Amazons from the south. We also have a specimen from the Amazons Valley. 



Central-American specimens have long been in our possession, and these have 

 been supplemented from time to time by others from various parts of our region. Its 

 range in altitude extends to about 3000 feet. 



The male genitalia have a tegumen like that of E. anacreon : the harpes are nearly 

 symmetrical; the right side ends in a narrow round-ended lobe, serrate at the extremity 

 of the upper edge, on which is a prominent tooth ; the left side has the terminal lobe 

 still narrower, but instead of a single tooth on the ventral edge there is a strongly 



