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MK. E. T. WATSOX ON THE HESPEEIID.E. [Jan. 17, 



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



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



Type, proteus, Linnaeus. 



Antenuse : 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 orion. 



Cell of fore wing very long ; discocellulars inwardly obhque and 

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

 vein 9 equidistant from 8 and 10; 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, Liiin 1. 



*esincraldus,'B\\\\ 2. 



Santiago, Luc 3. 



*amisus, Hew 4. 



dorantes, StoU .3. 



*undHlatus, Hew (>. 



*aminias, Hew 7. 



catillus, Cram 8. 



jethira, Hew 9. 



*albofasci(i.tus, Hew. ... 10. 



zil2)a,'B\\i\ 11. 



*alc<Bus, Hew 12. 



simplicim, St oil 1 -3. 



curydcs, Latr 14. 



latipc/inis, Mab ]b. 



carmelita, 11.-8 1(5. 



And eight unidentified species. 

 Habitat. Tropical America. 



virescens, Mab 1". 



orion. Cram 18. 



brachius, Iliibu 19. 



chalco, Hiibn 20. 



metophis, Latr 21. 



'7 hirtius, Butl 22. 



*asine. Hew 23. 



fjanna, Mosch 24. 



*at((/inus, Hew 25. 



nicasius, Plcitz 26. 



larius, Plotz 27. 



* corydon, Butl. 



irehia, Moseli 28. 



ctwnw, Men 29. 



f octoiiiactilata, isepy) ... .30. 

 1^ calenus, Mab. 



3. Genus Goniurus. 



Goniurus, 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 subeqtial ; male with a costal fold ; cell 

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

 obhque, 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 tibise fringed, and with two pairs of 

 spurs. 



j' ccbIus, Cram. 

 [ *aurunce, Hew. 



Habitat. South America. 



