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striation and a red 1st ring and feet and a dark brown head spotted red. It lives on Papilionaceae. 



E. pseudexadeus Dhl. d- Hew. (166 e) has a very much broader ochreous-yellow discal hyaline band, pseudexa- 

 and on the hindwing beneath much more silvery markings, being otherwise very much like the preceding. ''*"■'• 



South America. 



E. maysii Luc (= egeus H.-Schdff.) (166 e,f) from Cuba is very closely allied to the preceding ntaysii. 

 beneath, but on the forewings much darker, since the yellow discal spots above and beneath are absent except 

 2 small costal-marginal spots. 



E. antaeus Hew. (= euthymides Plotz) (166 f) is most similar to the tityrus above, but it has quite aniaeus. 

 unspeckled fringes ; beneath the hindwings are lighter, more violettish-grey, and the silvery band is more equally 

 broad and more regularly defined. Brazil. 



E. boisduvalii Ehrni. has an expanse of 52 mm. It is allied to antaeus Hew. Above brown, in the middle boisduvalii. 

 of the costa a small orange spot, below it a truncate, semi-transparent yellow spot, in the limbal area 3 small 

 round similar spots, below in the marginal area a distinct orange spot. On the hindwing 2 small yellow spots 

 in the middle cell of the distal area ; all the fringes flesh-coloured. Beneath similar, forewings lighter, hindwings 

 of a deep chocolate-brown, above the disc 2 silvery-white streaks, the orange spots in the distal area like above. 

 Suapure (Venezuela). 



E. asander Hew. (166 f ) is above much darker, towards the base not so ochreous-yellow as the asander. 

 preceding, ^^dth a narrower discal band; beneath on the hindwing the silvery white band is narrower, duller, 

 only proximally sharply defined, distally more faded, the distal half light lilac-grey. — In the form patlthius panfhius. 

 H.-Schdff. (= arsaces Mob.) (166 f) the silvery-white colour of the band is almost entirely absent. ■ — f. scheba scheba. 

 Plotz (166 f, g) approximates the preceding, but it is somewhat smaller and on the hindwing beneath it has a 

 straight, equally broad, silvery white band. — Common from Mexico to Brazil. 



E. zestos Hbn. (166 g) resembles asander, but it is more brownish-yellow and has a broader ochreous- zestos. 

 yellow discal hyaline band of the forewing ; on the hindwing beneath the silvery- white band is absent altogether. 

 Guiana . 



E. gaunieri Godm. <& Salv. is like exadeus (166 e), only smaller and beneath the hindwings are gaumeri. 

 unspotted. Described from Mexico. 



E. enispe Heiv. (166 g) looks above somewhat like exadeus, but it is quite different beneath; the enispe. 

 hindwings are of a dull greyish-brown, strewn darker, with a darkened basal part and 2 transverse lines in the 

 middle, the proximal one of which is broader and rather straight, the distal one finely undulate. — rochus rochus. 

 Plotz (= bochus Mab.) only differs by the absence of the small apical spots. Colombia and Brazil. 



E. barisses Heiv. is a very variable species, above very much like tityrus (166 e), but with somewhat harisses. 

 lighter discal spots, beneath like enispe (166 g), though the space between the two distal transverse lines on 

 the forewings and hindwings is darkened by brown, whereas the marginal area of the hindwing is of a lighter, 

 violet-grey tinge, the proximal transverse band is distally more or less broadly bordered with silvery white, 

 towards the costal margin torn. In the smaller f . tmolus Plotz (166 g) from Argentina the silvery band is narrower fmolus. 

 or almost extinct, the colouring above darker; in busiris Stgr. from Peru the hindwing shows a more strongly busiris. 

 bent and equally broad silvery band. The type flies in Brazil. — argentea Mab. from Argentina has on the argentea. 

 hindwing beneath a straighter silvery band, and the distal margin of all the wings is longer lilac-grey. 



E. haitensis Mab. d: Boull. is jet-black, bases of wings and body of a dark red with a grey lustre. Fore- haUensis. 

 wing with 2 apical dots. Median band composed of small spots. Under surface of forewings violettish-red with 

 a black inner-marginal area. On the more violet under surface of the hindwing the white band is broad; fringes 

 grey, scarcely interrupted. In spite of the differences mentioned, it is, according to its authors, presumably 

 only an insular form of asander; the contours of wings are entirely like those of enispe; Hayti. 



10. Genus: Proteicles Hhn. 



Very similar to the preceding genus, but the forewings still longer and the apex strongly extended, 

 without a costal fold ; the cell is ^j^ of the length of the costal margin. Only one variable species with 2 separate 

 insular forms: 



P. Idas Cr. (= mercurius F.) (166 d) entirely resembles above Ep. exadeus, but beside the longer idm. 

 shape of the wings it has a somewhat brighter red-yellow basal part. Beneath the colouring and marking of 

 the hindwings is quite different : whitish-grey, some places tinted light violet and strewn darker, with a dark 

 brown basal part and proximal margin, a postmedian, irregularly dentate band, being extinct in the middle 

 part and towards the costal margin indicated by single small spots, and forming at the proximal margm a thick, 

 dentiform spot; anal lobe likewise dark brown. The type is distributed from Arizona through Central and 



