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Genus EULEPIDOTIS Hubner. 



Eulepidotis Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett., 1816, p. 291. Type, illyrias Cramer 

 (recte ilyrias) (first species); ilyrias specified by Butler, Ent., 1892, p. 189. 



Palindia Guenee, Spec. Gen., 1852, vol. 6, p. 274. Type, hemileucaGnenie (first 

 species); juUanala Stoll specified by Butler, Ent., 1892, p. 189. 



Calydia Bar, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5), 1875, vol. 5, p. 291. Type, bourgaulti Bar 

 (first species) ; here specified. 



Table of the species. 



1. Outer line strongly depressed, forming an arc from tornus to middle of costa. 2 

 Outer line not so curved 7 



2. Dark markings forming detached spots; angular-edged spots at apex, median 



area, and inner margin 3 



Without detached dark spots 4 



3. Color pale ocher vietalUgera Butler. 



Color white osseata Bar. 



4. A dark brown velvety shade beneath the outer arcuate line 5 



No dark shade beneath the outer arcuate line 6 



5. Discal area violaceous and roseate; hind wing ocherous shaded., ornata Dognin. 

 Discal area without violet tint; hind wing fuscous hemithea Druce. 



6. Orange ocher; vertical line within outer arcuate line catenulate, without bor- 



dering metallic scales bourgaulti Bar. 



Dull ocher grayish; this line a row of pale spots, edged without by metallic blue 

 gpa^lgg norduca Schaug. 



7. Ground color not white; forewing crossed by 3 double-edged lines, or the basal 



one single 8 



Ground color not white; forewing crossed by 2 double-edged lines, the basal one 



of the normal 3 obsolete 45 



Ground color white; forewing with 3 bands converging on tornus, the two outer 



generally suffused to the margin, leaving a single oblique band across middle. . 52 

 Ground color dark brown ; a silvery white band or spots across middle of wing. . . 64 

 Ground color white; at least thorax and base of wings; markings vertical, or not 



of 3 bands converging on tornus 67 



Ground color pale yellow with 2 parallel dark lines perpendicular to inner margin 



and bent on costa - 74 



8. Lines regular, straight or curved, not crenulate or crumpled 9 



Lines crenulate or crumpled 42 



9. Central line obsolescent, marked with meta,llic only on costa 10 



Central line developed like the others 11 



10. Outer and inner lines straight " junetta Dyar. 



Outer and inner lines curved on costa magica Dyar. 



11. Ground color not green; subterminal metallic line present on forewing 12 



No metallic subterminal line except in species with green ground color 26 



12. Hind wing orange or ocher, at least over disk 13 



Hind wing fuscous, or largely suffused, only apex sometimes orange 20 



13. Hind wing without dark patch at apex 14 



Hind wing with dark patch at apex 19 



14. Lines of forewing with linear metallic edges 15 



Lines of forewing with broad metallic edges 16 



15. Mark on hind wing single, large, blue dives^ Butler. 



Mark on hind wang of 2 oblique dashes and a patch of scales emilia Bar. 



16. Mark of hind wing single 17 



Mark of hind wing double Stella Bar. 



