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Holland, Butterfly Book 321, pi. xlv, f. 6, 1898. 

 Skinner, Trans. Am, Ent. Soc. xxxvii, 194, 1911, 



Florida and Georgia, August to October. Arizona and Texas, 

 June and July. Dr. Skinner gives the range as New York to 

 the Gulf and southward through Mexico and Central America, 



2. GONIURUS DORANTES 



Papilio dorantes Stoll, Pap. Exot., Supp., 172, pi. xxxrx, f. 9, 1790. 

 Eudamus amisus Hew., Desc. Hesp. 5, 1867. 

 Eudamus protillus H.-S., Corr.-Blatt Eegensb. xxiii, 171, 1869. 

 Biol. Cent. -Am., Ehop. ii, 278, pi. 75, f. 7, $ gen., 1893, 

 Skinner, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxxvii, 197, 1911, 

 Southern California, Mexico. 



2a, race BAUTEBBEBGI 

 Eudamus protillus var. rauterhergi Skinner, Ent. News vi, 113, 1895. 

 Skinner, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxxvii, 197, 1911. 



Skinner saj^s that this form is ' ' smaller and very much darker 

 than protillus; the fringes are far less marked, and the tails 

 lack the admixture of light hairs. ' ' 



Texas, Arizona and southward ; July and September. 



3. GONIURUS 8IMPLICIUS 



Papilio simplicius Stoll, Pap. Exot., Supp., 171, pi. xxxix, f. 6, 1790. 

 Biol, Cent.-Am. Rhop. ll, 270, pi. 75, f, 1, $ gen., 1893. 

 Skinner, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxxvii, 196, 1911. 



Some females can scarcely be told from eurycles, but usually 

 the obsolescence of the hyaline marks of the primaries and the 

 slightly different shape of the wings enable one to recognize 

 the species. The males are readily identified by the costal fold, 



Texas, March and October. 



4. GONIURUS EURYCLES 



Hesperia eurycles Latr., Enc. Meth. ix, 730, 1823. 



Skinner, Ent, News xii, 171, 1901, 



Skinner, Trans, Am. Ent, Soc. xxxvn, 197, pi. x, 1911. 



I have eurycles from Guatemala, taken in April, and from 

 Colombia taken in November, but aside from Dr. Skinner's note 

 in the Entomological News I have seen no records of its occur- 

 rence north of Mexico. 



Genus CHIOIDES gen. nov. 

 Palpi large, porrect; second joint deeply scaled, third strong, 



