508 EHOPALOCEEA. 



at the base ; the first branch arises a little beyond the middle of the median nervure and 

 the second close to the lower angle of the cell. The secondaries are slightly lobed at 

 the anal angle ; the lower discocellular is distinct, the upper one faint. The body is 

 hairy beneath and robust. The hind tibiae have two pairs of spurs ; the middle tibiae 

 are not spined. 



The primaries in the male of P. evadnes have a very narrow, linear, oblique, 

 interrupted brand extending from the base of the second median branch to the middle 

 of the submedian nervure (see Tab. XCV. fig. 47), but there is no trace of this in the 

 other species. 



Prenes extends throughout Tropical America, including the Antilles, and reaches as 

 far north as the Southern United States. P. pauper, one of the largest species of the 

 genus, bears a strong resemblance to Proteides idas. 



The genitalia of the males are very similar in the specimens of the six species we 

 have dissected. 



a. Primaries of the male with a narrow, linear, oblique, interrupted brand ; 

 secondaries with a silvery fascia beneath. 



l. Prenes evadnes. (Tab. XCV. figg. 47, 48, 6 .) 



Papilio evadnes, Cram. Pap. Exot. t. 343. ff. G, H \ 

 Proteides evadnes, Stand. Exot. Schmett. p. 297, t. 99. fig. 2 

 Calpodes evadnes, Wats. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 105 s . 



Alis fuscis, stigmate grisescente, anticis basin versus et posticis (nisi ad marginem externum) squamis et pilis 

 obscure fulvis vestitis ; anticis maculis tribus in linea obliqua, una ad venam submedianam, secunda majore 

 et subtriangulari inter ramos medianos primum et secundum, tertia parva ultra earn, una in cellula externe 

 excavata, punctisque duobus aut tribus subapicalibus in linea transversa, omnibus flavo-hyalinis : subtus 

 rubescentibus, anticis area mediana nigro-fuscis, maculis ut supra, apicem versus interdum faseiola curvata 

 violaceo-grisea notata ; posticis fascia lata conspicua ultra cellulam a costa angulum analem versus 

 extendente argentea ; fronte, palpis et abdomine subtus sordide ochraeeis ; capite supra virescente. 



$ mari similis. 



Hob. Guatemala, Polochic Valley (F. D. G. & 0. S.), Panzos (Conradt), San Geronimo 

 (F. B. G. & 0. S., Champion) ; Honduras, San Pedro Sula ( Wittkugel) ; Nicaeagua, 

 Chontales (Janson); Costa Rica (Van Patten); Panama, Chiriqui 2 and Veraguas 

 (Arce). — South America to Brazil. 



This is a common Tropical-American insect, extending from Guatemala to Brazil. 

 There is a slight amount of variation in the width of the silvery band on the underside 

 of the secondaries ; the inner margin, too, of the band is in some specimens nearly 

 straight, and in others strongly angulate at the end of the cell, as shown in Cramer's 

 figure. For the genitalia of the male, see Tab. XCV. fig. 48. 



