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  Description 
  op 
  Eudamus 
  Epigena. 
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  XL 
  DESCRIPTION 
  OF 
  EUDAMUS 
  EPIGENA 
  BUTL. 
  

  

  Eudamus 
  Epigena 
  Butler. 
  Lepidop. 
  Exot., 
  p. 
  65, 
  pi. 
  25, 
  f. 
  6. 
  1871. 
  

   Thymele 
  " 
  " 
  Kirby, 
  Syn. 
  Cat. 
  Diurn. 
  Lep., 
  p. 
  655. 
  1871. 
  

  

  Eudamus 
  " 
  " 
  Edwards. 
  Cat. 
  Diurn. 
  Lep. 
  K 
  A., 
  p. 
  58. 
  1877. 
  

  

  Eudamus 
  Orestes 
  Lintner 
  MS. 
  : 
  non 
  28th 
  Rep. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  St. 
  Mus. 
  N. 
  H. 
  

  

  Thorax, 
  abdomen 
  and 
  wings 
  dark 
  brown, 
  nearly 
  unicolored, 
  

   but 
  rather 
  deeper 
  toward 
  the 
  terminal 
  margin. 
  

  

  Primaries: 
  costa 
  moderately 
  curved, 
  outer 
  margin 
  nearly 
  

   straight 
  ; 
  in 
  general 
  shape 
  in 
  the 
  <$ 
  resembling 
  E 
  % 
  Batliyllus 
  

   of 
  same 
  sex, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  with 
  its 
  prolonged 
  secondaries, 
  

   approaching 
  E. 
  Tltyrus 
  & 
  . 
  Cilia, 
  fuscous 
  on 
  primaries 
  

   merging 
  into 
  white 
  toward 
  the 
  inner 
  angle 
  ; 
  on 
  secondaries, 
  

   white 
  with 
  black 
  basilar 
  scales 
  opposite 
  the 
  veins, 
  until 
  to 
  the 
  

   angle 
  on 
  the 
  internal 
  vein, 
  thence 
  black. 
  Eight 
  transparent 
  

   white 
  spots 
  on 
  each 
  wing, 
  viz. 
  : 
  three 
  small 
  disconnected 
  

   anteapical 
  ones 
  ; 
  one 
  triangular 
  cellular 
  spot 
  ; 
  a 
  small 
  one 
  in 
  

   cell 
  la, 
  touching 
  vein 
  2 
  ; 
  a 
  larger 
  double-concave 
  one 
  reaching 
  

   from 
  vein 
  2 
  to 
  vein 
  3 
  ; 
  a 
  subtriangular 
  one 
  extending 
  from 
  

   vein 
  8 
  to 
  vein 
  4; 
  a 
  minute 
  one 
  just 
  above 
  vein 
  4, 
  equidistant 
  

   from 
  the 
  margin 
  with 
  that 
  in 
  cell 
  la. 
  

  

  Beneath 
  : 
  primaries 
  black 
  costally 
  and 
  above 
  the 
  1st 
  median 
  

   nervule 
  (vein 
  2) 
  outwardly 
  to 
  the 
  white 
  spots 
  — 
  remainder, 
  

   brown 
  ; 
  spots 
  same 
  as 
  above, 
  margined 
  with 
  black. 
  Seconda- 
  

   ries, 
  with 
  the 
  bands 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  Lycidas, 
  except 
  that 
  they 
  do 
  

   not 
  contrast 
  so 
  strongly 
  with 
  the 
  ground, 
  producing 
  less 
  of 
  a 
  

   mottled 
  effect 
  ; 
  the 
  outer 
  fourth 
  (third 
  in 
  Lycidas) 
  bordered 
  

   with 
  white 
  (except 
  at 
  anal 
  angle), 
  traversed 
  by 
  numerous 
  

   short, 
  wavy, 
  brown 
  lines. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  of 
  wings 
  : 
  male, 
  2 
  inches, 
  female 
  2.15 
  inches. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Texas. 
  

  

  From 
  a 
  pair 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Otto 
  von 
  Meske, 
  received 
  

   from 
  Mr. 
  Heiligbrodt, 
  of 
  Bastrop, 
  Texas, 
  to 
  whose 
  faithful 
  

   labors 
  science 
  is 
  indebted 
  for 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   new 
  and 
  peculiarly 
  interesting 
  species 
  of 
  Lepidoptera. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  species 
  is 
  of 
  special 
  interest 
  from 
  its 
  uniting 
  the 
  

   principal 
  features 
  of 
  Batliyllus 
  and 
  Pylades, 
  and 
  the 
  conse- 
  

  

  