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M.B. E. T. WATSOK OX THE HESPEEIID-S. 



[Jan. 17, 



2. Genus Eudamus. (Plate III. fig. 3.) 



Eudamus, Swainson, 111. ii. p. 48 (1832-33). 



Type, proteus, Linnaeus. 



Antennae : club bent into a hook just beyond the thickest part and 

 tapering to a fine point. 



Male with a costal fold except in eurycles and oriun. 



Cell of fore wing very long ; discocellulars inwardly oblique and 

 in the same straight line, upper discocellulars reduced to a point ; 

 vein 9 equidistant from 8 and 1 ; vein 5 rather nearer to 4 than 

 to 6 : vein 2 from near base of wing ; vein 3 more than twice as 

 far from 2 as from 4 ; lower branch of veinlet in cell just before 

 vein 4. Hind wing produced into a tail of varying length ; vein 

 5 wanting; discocellulars hardly traceable ; vein 3 just before end 

 of cell ; vein 2 nearer to 3 than to 1 ; vein 7 well before end 

 of cell. 



proteus,JAn\i 1. 



*csmeraldus, 'Bwil 2. 



Santiago, Luc 3. 



*amisus, Hew 4. 



dorantes, Stoll 5. 



*undidatiis. Hew 6. 



*ami>tias, Hew 7. 



cat ill us, Cram 8. 



jethira, Hew 9. 



*alhofasciaius, Hew. ... 10. 



^(7:/w,Butl 11. 



*Oylc(sus, Hew 12. 



siinpliciuf:, atoll 1.3. 



eurycles, Latr 14. 



latipennis, Mab 15. 



carmelita, H.-S 16. 



And eight unidentified species. 

 Habitat. Tropical America. 



viresceuB, Mab 17. 



orion. Cram 18. 



brachim, Hiibu 19. 



chalco, Hiibn 20. 



metophis, Latr 21. 



?hirtius, Butl 22. 



*asiiie, Hew 23. 



ganna, Mosch 24. 



*auginus,^&x 25. 



nicasius, Plotz 26. 



larius,'F\biz 27. 



* corydon, Butl. 



tvebia, WJich 2S. 



C!'e»i«, Men 29. 



f octoiHOLCulata, Sepp ... 30. 

 \ cahnns, Mab. 



3. Genus Goniuri's. 



Go/iiurus, Hiibner, Verz. p. 104 (1816). Type, ccelus, Cramer. 



Antennae : club rather slender, bent into a hook, the terminal 

 portion about as long as rest of club. Palpi : second joint densely 

 scaled ; third joint short, porrect, obtusely conical. Fore wing ! 

 inner and outer margins subequal ; male with a costal fold ; cell 

 more than two-thirds the length of costa ; discocellulars very 

 oblique, the middle one slightly the longer ; vein 3 shortly before the 

 end of cell ; vein 2 close to base of wing. Hind wing with a very 

 conspicuous tooth or short tail at vein 1 b; vein 7 shortly before the 

 end of cell ; discocellulars and vein .t barely traceable ; vein 3 

 immediately before the end of cell ; vein 2 slightly nearer to end of 

 cell than to base of wing. Hind tibiae fringed, and with two pairs of 

 spurs. 



J cmlus, Cram. 

 I *aurunce, Hew. 



Habitat. South America. 



