METHIONOPSIS.— EUTOCUS. 599 



1. Methionopsis modestus, sp. n. (Tab. cm. figg. 14, 15, 16, e .) 



Cobalus philemon, Butl. Cat. Pabr. Diurn. Lep. p. 272, t. 3. f. 11 (nee Fabr.) \ 

 Pamphila modest a, Staud. in litt. 2 



Alis nigro-fuscis, unicoloribus, stigmate concolore : subtus ut supra, sed anticis margine interno pallidiore ; ciliis 



fascis ; palpis pilis griseis et fuscis intermixtis vestitis ; antennis subtus ad clavae basin griseis. 

 2 mari similis. 



Hab, Mexico, Dos Arroyos and Venta de Zopilote in Guerrero, Atoyac, Teapa 

 {H. H. Smith), Orizaba (H. J. Elwes); Guatemala, Zapote {Champion); Honduras 

 (Dyson, in Mus. Brit. l ) ; Panama, Chiriqui (mus. Staudinger), Taboga I. and Panama 

 city (J. J. Walker). — South America to Brazil. 



Of this obscure species we have a long series from Mexico, as well as from many 

 other more southern localities. Dr. Staudinger has sent us specimens of it under the 

 MS. name Pamphila modesta, and one as P. umber (Herrich-Schaffer) ; this latter name, 

 however, we have provisionally applied to a different species. 



We have examined the Fabrician type of Papilio philemon, Fabr., in the Banksian 

 collection, as well as the Honduras specimen in the British Museum referred to it by 

 Dr. Butler, and find that they belong to different genera ; the first-mentioned has a 

 short, and the latter a long and erect, terminal joint to the palpi. 



We figure a male insect from Teapa, also the fore wing and the genitalia, for which 

 latter see Tab. CHI. fig. 16. 



2. Methionopsis typhon, sp. n. (Tab. CHI. fig. 17, <? .) 



Alis nigro-fuscis, unicoloribus, stigmate concolore : subtus ut supra, sed purpureo tinctis, anticis margine 



interno pallidiore ; palpis fuscis, pilis quibusdem aureis intermixtis. 

 $ nobis ignota. 



Hab. Guatemala, Zapote (Champion). 



Our collection contains four rather worn males of this species. It is very like 

 M. modestus, but smaller, the brand is less developed, and the first median branch is 

 further from the base, so that the second median segment is much shorter. 



For the genitalia of the male, see Tab. CM. fig. 17. 



EUTOCUS, gen. nov. 



Two very small Tropical-American species are referred to this genus, which is 

 perhaps nearest allied to Methionopsis, but differs from it in the form of the brand 

 on the primaries of the male, as well as in the neuration of these wings. Both are 

 of a uniform nigro-fuscous colour above, with the underside slightly paler. We take 

 E. phthia as the type. 



The antennae are rather more than half the length of the costa, and have an elongate 

 club, terminating in a long crook. The third joint of the palpi is elongate, erect, and 

 pointed. The primaries are narrow, moderately long, and blunt at the tip ; the cell is 



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