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wing bright orange; a green ray on each side of submedian fold, the 

 upper one spreading out on the margin and inclosing a small raised 

 silvery spot with black scales on the edges ; margin entire, with three 

 silvery and one black dots in the green area. Abdomen green at base, 

 orange on terminal half. Below green near bases of the wings, then 

 orange, the apex of forewing shaded wdth brown. Male without tuft 

 on liind tibia. Expanse, 40 mm. 



Type. — Male, Cat. No. 15707. U. S. Nat. Mus.; Rio Janeiro, Brazil 

 (Schaus collection). 



EULEPIDOTIS ATALANTA Bar. 

 Palindia atnlanla Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), vol. 6, 1876, p. 249. 

 Tliis species is not before me, but should be readily recognizable 

 from Bar's excellent figure. 



EULEPIDOTIS ERINA, new species. 



Green; abdomen green above at the base, fuscous posteriorly. Fore 

 wing mossy green; three crossbands double, brown-filled, wavy or 

 subcrenulate, close and all terminating perpendicular to inner margin, 

 curved on costal half; inner fine angularly bent in the middle; a 

 fourth wavy shaded subterminal fine; a row of irregular blotches 

 through cell outwardly to margin; a row of terminal w^hite dots; 

 fringe brown. Hindwing blacldsh fuscous; a green ray before 

 submedian fold and triangular patch on margin beyond it, containing 

 a blackish speck; a narrow outer curved fine running near margin 

 toward tornus. Beneath shaded with fuscous brown, especially 

 outwardly; both wings w^ith two curved fuscous bands. Expanse, 

 27 mm. 



?V^e.— Female, Cat. No. 15708, U. S. Nat. Mus.; St. Jean, Maroni 

 River, French Guiana, April, 1904 (W. Schaus). 



EULEPIDOTIS DELECTA Schaus. 



Palindia deiecta Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), vol. 7, 1911, p. 59. 

 The tyi)e and another specimen from Costa Rica are before me. 



EULEPIDOTIS SERPENTIFERA Brabant. 

 Palindia serpentifera Brabant, Le Nat. (2), vol. 22, 1909, p. 178. 

 Four specimens from French Guiana are before me, identified by 

 Mr. Schaus. 



EULEPIDOTIS EZRA Dnice. 



Palindia ezra Druce, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Lep. Het., vol. 2, 1898, p. 499. 

 Described fi"om Mexico. I have five specimens from there, one from 

 Costa Rica, one from Panama, and two from Venezuela. Possibly it 

 is not more than racially distinct from Jiehe Moschler of the Antilles. 

 The two are certainly very close. 



EULEPIDOTIS HEBE Moschler. 

 Palindia hebe Moschler, AWi. Senck. Nat. Ges., vol. 14, 1886, p. 195. 

 Eight specimens are before me from Cuba. 



