380 LEPIDOPTEEA HETEKOCERA. 



Genus 30. EUDULE. 



Corpus gracile, sublineare, fere cylindricum, sat longum. Palpi 

 porrecti, capite paullo breviores; articulus 3us conicus, 2o quad- 

 ruple brevior. Antennae maris subpectinatae, fcemince serratae. 

 Abdomen alas posticas plerumque superans. Pedes graciles ; tibiae 

 posticae quadricalcaratae. Alae longae, angustae ; anticae venis qua- 

 tuor inferioribus. 



Eudule, Hubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. ii. 14, 127. 



Body slender, nearly linear and cylindrical, rather long. Palpi 

 porrect, rather shorter than the head ; third joint conical, not more 

 than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae of the male 

 minutely pectinated, of the female serrated. Abdomen generally 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender ; hind tibiae with 

 four spurs of moderate length. Wings long and narrow ; fore wings 

 with four inferior veins. 



1. Eudule variegata. 



Coccinea ; caput nigrum, albo varium ; abdomen nigrum, albo 

 fasciatum ; alee anticce basim versus nigro venosce, apices versus 

 nigro bifasciatcc et albo guttata ; posticce nigro venosce, mar- 

 gine Into nigro albo guttato. 



Crimson. Head black, white about the eyes and with white 

 dots above Antennae, proboscis and palpi black, the latter white 

 beneath, their third joint about one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Abdomen black, with a white band which is widest beneath 

 on each segment, extending for nearly half its length beyond the 

 hind wings in the male, much shorter in the female. Legs black, 

 white beneath. Fore wings with black-bordered veins towards the 

 base, in the middle with a black oblique band which does not extend 

 towards the fore border, but is dilated and contains a white dot 

 towards the hind border ; apical fourth part black with three or four 

 white dots in a transverse line. Hind wings veined with black, and 

 with broad white-dotted black borders. Male. Hind wings black, 

 streaked with white beneath. Length of the body 4 — 5 lines; of 

 the wings 12 — 14 lines. 



a, b. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection, 

 c, d. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



