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refers to as unknown to him. Butler also recognized the variation, 

 but went a step too far by including also julianata Stoll. I have 135 

 specunens before me from Brazil, the Guianas, Venezuela, Panama, 

 Costa Kica, and Mexico, 



EULEPIDOTIS GEMINATA Packard. 

 Palindia geminata Packard, First Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci., 1869, p. 64. 

 Palindia regina Druce, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (G), vol. 4, 1889, p. 93. 

 I have four specimens before me from Ecuador, Colombia, and 

 Costa Rica. Dr. A. S. Packard's type was collected by the Smith- 

 sonian Expedition to South America in 1867 "on the route from 

 Quito across the Andes, down the Napo River, and along the river 

 Maranon." Druce described from Ecuador. 



EULEPIDOTIS FORTISSIMA, new species. 



Shhiing white; abdomen dull ocher on posterior half; head and 

 collar brown. Forewing with broad, dark brown band, widest on 

 costa and running to tornus, contiguous on its lower half to the 

 outer brown area; this is broad, bent toward base in middle, termi- 

 nated by a double line, dull ocher filled below; a vague pale sub- 

 marginal shade, preceded by a darker area. Hindwing yellowish, 

 with a white ray on either side of submedian fold; a large black 

 patch at apex; a short tail on outer margm, preceded by a black 

 spot with white dash on one side and marginal white Ime on the 

 other, preceded by a brownish area with scattered blkck scales, and 

 before this a very short brown line at end of outer white ray. 

 Expanse, 40-44 mm. 



Cotypes.— Two males, one female. Cat. No. 15709, U. S. Nat. Mus.; 

 Rio Janeiro, Brazil (Schaus collection) ; Omai, British Guiana (Schaus 

 collection); Juan Vinas, Costa Rica, February (W. Schaus). 



Near dominicata Guenee, but distmctly larger and the ornamenta- 

 tion of the hind wing different. 



EULEPIDOTIS DOMINICATA Guenee. 

 Palindia dominicata Guknee, Spec. Gen., vol. 6, 1852, p. 276. 

 Described from Brazil. I have specimens from there, the Guianas, 

 Venezuela and Costa Rica. This species has been recorded from 

 the United States,^ but on what material is unknown to me. I 

 should rather expect rectimargo or electa to occur with us, as these 

 species are in my experience much more abundant than dominicata 

 and extend farther north. 



EULEPIDOTIS PERSIMILIS Guenee. 

 Palindia persimilis Guenee, Spec. Gen., vol. 6, 1852, p. 276. 

 I have a single specimen from Brazil, the type-locality. 



Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1893, p. 361. 



