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EUEIDES. By Dr. A. Seitz. 



stage on Asclepiadeae ; this, however, must he an error cUie to mistaking it for Lycorea cleobaea (31 b), a Danaicl 

 closely resembling Eueides in colouring, but in no manner related to it. 



The caterpillars of Eueides resemble those of many of our Argynnis; when young they are ringed, 

 later on quite black, the spines moderately long, those behind the head slightly curvfd and diverging. The 

 pupa has a peculiarly dried-up and shriveled appearance, with more or less long spines and knobs at the back, 

 resemblinc the asci of fungi one frequently sees in South America on dead caterpillars and chrysalids, %\hich 

 probably are to lead the enemies of the pupa to believe it to be unpalatable. The pupal stage lasts about 

 It days; after emerging, the imago remains for some time quietly in its place before flying away. Imper- 

 fectly developed specimens are but rarely met ^vith. 



ricini. E. ricitii L. (79 d) closely resembles in colouring Heliconius hortetise (79c) and clysonimus (79 b). Fore, 



wing with a pale yellow, hindwing with an ochre-brown median band; in addition a small subapical band- 

 like that of H. hygiana (79 a), but in size approaching niicra (79 a, b). Associates with the respective forms 

 of clysonimus and hortense in Guayana and certain parts of Amazonas, also in Venezuela: specimens from 

 insidana. Trinidad have the red-brown basal area of the hindwings much narrower ; = insulana Stick. Not scarce. Larva 

 on Passiflora laurifolia. 



procula. E. procula Z)6?. (79 d). Above very much like Helic. clysonimus; forewing with a pale yellow, spindle- 



shaped band, hindwing with a band of fulvous; distinguished, aside from the anttnnae and the entirely 

 different under surface, by the fulvous band extending somewhat beyond the hindwing and apjiearing on the 

 forewing as a red dash at the inner margin. Flies in Venezuela and Colombia together with Hel. clysonimus; 

 not scarce; associates in Colombia also with the much larger Helic. hortense (79 c). 



E. edias is the first of a group of Eueides copying the forms of an entirely different family, viz. Da- 



luminosus. naids of the eutre^is- and oZyra.s-groups. They also approach procnla, and the form luminosus 



Stick. (79 e) of which we figure the tj'pe, has the hindwings just as in that species, but on the forewing the 



oblique band replaced by a number of isolated yellow spots accompanying a basal streak of fuscous. From 



eurysaces. Venezuela. — In eurysaces Heir, the ground-colour contrasts less sharply with the spots which on the fore- 



vulfjiforinis. wing are united to a contiguous banel. Ecuador, all the way up to Quito. — On the other hand vulgiformis Btlr. 



and Druce has these spots reduced and farther separate than in luminosus, the basal stripe not visible. From 



edias. Panama to C4uatemala. — The name-type edias Hew. (= kuenowii Dew.) (79 d, e) occurs in Colombia. On the 



forewing all the spots, particularly in the (^, are much larger and semi-translucent, giving it, together with the 



much larger size, a great similarity to Olyras tJieon (31 d) and Eutresis theope (31 e), also to certain species of 



Dircenna as well as the Nymphalid Eresia prisca (91 e) and other forms of western South America. 



E. lampeto copies the aristiona-grou]) of the genus Heliconius, as well as its numerous followers. — 



carho. carbo Stich. from Ecuador has the hinelwings nearly completely black, likewise the apex and 2 large, broad 



basal streaks on the forewing. It is found together Avith Hel. hicoloratus (73 c) and lenaeus (73 e), the Nym- 



juliginosus. plialid Eresia murena (91 c), Ceratinia semifulva (34 d) and Hyposcada jalla.v (38 c). — ab. fuliginosus Stich., 



likewise from Ecuador and Peru, has the apex less black, leaving the discocellular spot as well as another 



amoena. spot in the middle of the termen standing quite alone on the yellow-brown ground. • — ab. amoena Stich. 



(79 f ), intermediate between the former two, is more black than fuliginosus, but less so than carho. Found 



acacates. together with the others. — acacates Heiv. has the terminal spot covered over by the nnich broader apical 



blotch, but the discocellular spot still isolateel; hindwing brown, banded with black. Founel in Peru, together 



lamijeto. with the vei'y similar MecJianitis deceptus and huallaga (34 a). — lampeto Bates, the first described form, from 



the Upper Amazon River. Forewing brighter fulvous, apex and costal margin narrowly black ; 2 spots in the 



midelle and at the end of the cell, and a stripe on the submeelian vein black. Hindwing fulvous with black subcostal 



copiosus. streak and border. A macular band crossing the wings. — copiosus Stich. Ground-colour brown. Forewing with 



the median area behind the cell paler. Costa, two streaks, one within anel one beyonel the cell, an obliciue row 



of confluent spots and the apex black. Hindwing with an oblicpie, often interrupted, eliscal band, a narrow 



subcostal streak and broad termen black; a terminal row of small white dots. Pataro (Essequibo), cap- 



tvu-ed by Rich. Haensch in March and April. Unlmown to me. Also of this species many forms are not easy to 



capture, being among the large numbers of very similar ItJiomii^iae, Heliconius and Nymphalidae only recognizetl 



\viih. clifficultv. 



E. vibilia copies in its various forms the Acraeid genus Actinote (PI. 83), but its"cJ3* mimic in part 

 also the common Nymphalid Colaenis julia (84 b), displajnng in consequence some superficial similarity with 



