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striation and a red Lst ring and feet and a dark brown head spotted red. It lives on Papilionaceae. 



E. pseudexadeus Dbl. d- Heiv. (Ifitte) has a very mucli broader ochreous-yellow discal liyaline hand, pscudcxa- 

 and on the hindwing beneath much more silvery markings, being otherwise very much like the preceding. ''''"' 



South America. 



E. niaysii Luc. (= egeus H.-Scliliff.) (166e, f) from Cuba is very closely allied to the preceding uiaysii. 

 beneath, l)ut on the forewings much darker, since the yellow discal spots above and beneath are absent except 

 2 small costal-marginal spots. 



E. antaeus Hew. (= cuthymides Plotz) (106 f) is most similar to the tilyrus above, but it has cpiite antucus. 

 unspeckled fringes; beneath the hindwings are lighter, more violettish-grey, and the silvery band is more equally 

 broad and more regularly defined. Brazil. 



E. boisduvalii Ehnii. has an expanse of 5- mm. It is alliccl to r(/;/oe».s //evr. Above brown, in the middle botsditval'i 

 of the costa a small orange spot, below it a truncate, semi-transparent yellow sjiot, in the limbal area 3 small 

 round similar spots, below in the marginal area a distinct orange spot. On the hindwing '1 small yellow spots 

 in the middle cell of the distal area; all the fringes flesh-coloured. Beneath similar, forewings lighter, hindwings 

 of a deep chocolate-brown, above the disc 2 silvery-white streaks, the orange spots in the distal area like above. 

 Suapure (\^enezuela). 



E. asander IIcv. ( 106 f) is above nmch darker, towards the base not so ochreous-yellow as the asandcr. 

 preceding, with a narrower discal band; beneath on the hindwing the silvery white band is narrower, duller, 

 only proximally sharply defined, distally more faded, the distal half light lilac-grey. — In the form panthius panlhius. 

 H.-Schdff. (= arsaces Mab.) (Hi6 f) the silvery-white colour of the band is almost entirely absent. — f. scheba ^chcba. 

 Plolz (166 f. g) a]i])roximates the preceding, but it is somewhat smaller and on the hindwing beneath it has a 

 straight, equally broad, silvery white band. — C'ommon from Mexico to Brazil. 



E, zestos Hbii. { 166 g) resembles asander, but it is more brownish-yellow and has a broader ochreous- zcstos. 

 yellow discal hyaline band of the forewing; on the hindwing beneath the silvery-white band is absent altogether. 

 Guiana. 



E. gaunieri Godm. d- Salv. is like exadeus (166 e), only smaller and beneath the hindwings are ijauvwri. 

 unspotted. Described from Mexico. 



E. enispe Hew. (166 g) looks above somewhat like exadeus, but it is quite different beneath; the cnispc. 

 hindwings are of a dull gicyish-brown. strewn darker, with a darkened basal part and 2 transverse lines in the 

 middle, the proximal one of which is broader and rather straight, the distal one finely undulate. — rochus rochus. 

 Plotz (= bochus Mnh.) only differs by the absence of the small apical spots. Colombia and Brazil. 



E. barisses Hew. is a very variable sjjecies, above very much like tityrus (166 e), but with somewhat barisses. 

 lighter discal spots, beneath like enispe (166g), though the space between the two distal transverse lines on 

 the forewings and hindwings is darkened by brown, whereas the marginal area of the hindwing is of a lighter, 

 violet-grey tinge, the proximal transverse band is distally more or less broadly bordered with silvery white, 

 towards the costal margin torn. In the smaller f. tmolus Plotz (166 g) from Argentina the silvery band is narrower imolus. 

 or almost extinct, the colouring above darker; in busiris Stgr. fi'om Peru the hindwing ^hows a more strongly husiris. 

 bent and equally broad silvery band. The type flies in Brazil. — argentea Mab. from Argentina has on the oryentca. 

 hindwing beneath a straighter silvery band, and the distal margin of all the wings is longer lilac-grey. 



E. haitensis Mab. d- Boull. is jet-black, bases of wings and body of a dark red with a grey lustre. Fore- hailcnsis. 

 wing with 2 apical dots. Median band composed of small spots. Under surface of forewings violettish-red with 

 a black inner-marginal area. On the more violet under surface of the hindwing the white band is broad; fringes 

 grey, scarcely interrupted. In spite of the differences mentioned, it is, accoi'ding to its authors, presumably 

 only an insular form of asander; the contours of wings are entirely like those of enispe; Hayti. 



10. Genus: l*roteides Hbn. 



Very similar to the preceding geiuis, but the forewings still longer and the apex strongly extended, 

 without a costal fold; the cell is ^/^ of the length of the costal margin. Only one variable species with 2 separate 

 insular forms: 



P. idas Cr. (= mei-curius F.) (KHid) entirely resembles above Ep. exadeus, but beside the longer idas. 

 shape of the wings it has a somewhat brighter red-yellow basal part. Beneath the coloiu-ing and marking of 

 the hindwings is quite different : whitish-grey, some places tinted light violet and strewn darker, with a dark 

 brown basal part and proximal margin, a postmcdian, irregularly dentate band, being extinct in the middle 

 ])art and towards the costal margin indicated by single small spots, and forming at the proximal margin a thick, 

 dentiform spot; anal lobe likewise dark brown. The type is distributed fi'om Arizona through Central and 



