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opaque, the general color is deeper, and the fringes are not divided 

 by brown at the ends of the veins. The underside lacks the conspicu- 

 ous silvery white band on underside of the hind wings." 



This species flies with tityrus in South Florida, and seems 

 to be distinct and invariable. 



Habitat. — Sanford, Marco Island, Key West, Miami, Fla. 



Eiidaiims (Epargyreus) exadeus Cram. 

 Cram., Pap. Exot., t. 260, f. C, 1782. 



" The upper surface of the wings does not differ from Fig. A, but 

 below the pattern varies from it [fig. A] and chiefly that of the infe- 

 rior wings. All the white spots and points of these wings have a silver 

 lustre, but the yellowish spots of the superior wings are transparent. 

 It belongs to the family of noble plebians, comes from Surinam, and 

 is in the cabinet of Mr. W. van der Meulen." 



Habitat. — California ; Mexico ; Cent. Am. ; South Amer. ; 

 Trinidad. 



This species is placed in our fauna from a specimen from 

 San Luis Obispo, Calif. Taken in fresh condition in March. 



Eudamus (Proteides) idas Cram. 

 Cram., Pap Exot., 3 pi., 260, f. A B, 1782. 



" The hair obscure yellowish, that which the body and a part of the 

 upper surface of the wings are covered has a sickly lustre. The yel- 

 low spots of the superior wings transparent. It belongs to the noble 

 plebians (Pap. Pleb. Urbicol.) and lives at Surinam." 



Habitat. — Arizona; Texas; New Mexico ; Mexico; Central 

 and South America ; Haiti. 



Eudaiuns (Goniurus) proteiis Linn., Syst. Nat., 1, 2, 794, 1767; 

 Godm.-Salvin, Biol. Central-America, p. 277, pi. 75, f. 58 

 (gent.). 



" Wings tailed, brown ; spots latticed ; antennae hooked. Lives in 

 grass of America." 



" Upper surface dark olive-brown ; base of fore wings, basal half of 

 hind wings, and upper part of body with light green hairs. The fore 

 wings have an oblique transverse row of four whitish hyaline spots ex- 

 tending from the costa near the middle to near the posterior angle. 

 Beyond this row is a spot in the first median interspace, constricted in 

 the middle ; and beyond the cell is an anteapical row of five spots, 

 curved, the first two spots oblong, the third nearly quadrate, the fourth 

 and fifth elongate in the direction of the line, the fourth often divided 

 in the middle into two spots. Hind wings without spots, the anal 

 angle produced into a tail ; outer margin dentate. Fringes of fore 



