854 EUDAMUS. By Dr. M. Dratjdt. 



aeliiis. E. aelius Plotz (160 b, c) is above similarly marked, but without any green and with a white ante- 



marginal line before the M'hite fringes of the hindwing. Under surface of the hindwings almost like in eurycles 

 (160 e). Described from Para. 



clevas. E. clevas Mob. greatly resembles aelius above, the hyaline spots of the discal band are not scalari- 



formly arranged, but form a rectilinearly defined oblique band, of a white, not yellowish colour. A white ante- 

 marginal line in front of the fringes is noticed here only beneath; otherwise the hindwings are beneath very 

 much like those of the preceding species. Brazil. 



ialthybius. E. talthybius 3Iab. likewise belongs here; 50 mm, thus very large. Base of wings like in proteus (160 b), 



of a metalhc green like the body. The discal hyaline band of the forewmg broad, coherent, tapering towards 

 the proximal angle, slightly yellowish. Hindwing with a short, broad tail and dirty-white fringes, beneath 

 rusty-brown -nith 2 not very distinct, black transverse bands like in the preceding. Described from Brazil. 



concinnus. E. concinnus Mab. Above blackish-brown with speckled whitish fringes and yellowish hyaline discal 



spots. Beneath the apex of the forewing is of a light grey. Hmdwing at the base blackish-grey with a darker 

 transverse band, behind it a whitish band-like space, parted by a darker colour; in the lilac-grey distal area 

 a curved, black spot. Expanse of wings: 47 mm. Brazil. 



alcaeits. E. alcacus Hew. {= montezuma Scudd.) (160 c) in the scheme of markings above resembles proteus 



(160 b), but it has no green, but ochreous-brown hairing on the body and bases of the wings. Beneath easily 

 recognizable by the extensive white area in the discal and loAver half of the hindwing, and by the torn black 

 marking. Arizona, Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador. 



aminias. E. amitiias Hew. (= pithys Sclis.) (160 e) is allied to alcaeus. Above the discal macular band is of 



a yellower tone, the bases of the wings, however, of a darker ochreous-brown. Beneath the hindwing is reddish- 

 grey with torn black spots without the white marginal area. Colombia, Brazil. 



iarchon. E. tarchOH Hbn. (= longicauda Sepp) (172 a) is very closely allied to the following, but the spots of 



the forewings are whiter, and on the hmdwing beneath the white band is more concave, its lower part split 

 up in 2 parts either by a blackish ray or by 2 spots bemg above pointed. — Mabille considers it to be only 

 a form of catillus. From Brazil. 



catiUus. E. catillus Cr. (= ixion Plotz) 160 a). Above little different from dorantes (160 a), but the forewings 



project somewhat angularly below the apex. Under surface of the hindwing very variegated: particularly 

 prominent is an antemedian band bent almost rectangularly on the upper median vein, behind it a lighter, 

 lilac-grey space into which a brown dentiform spot projects from the direction of the dark proximal margin. 

 Widely distributed in South America. 



ziljia. E. zilpa Btlr. (160 d). Here the angle below the apex of the hindwmg is still more pronounced, the 



hindwings beneath still more variegated: at the costal margin brightened up by lilac, a large inner-marginal 

 spot almost white, the macular marking in contrast with it of a deep brownish-red; also behind the small spots 

 in the apex of the forewing beneath there is a deep dark triangular spot. From Mexico through the whole of 

 Central America, to the north as far as Ai'izona. 



cinereus. E. cinercus Mab. is brown with an ashy-grey haired basal area. In the forewing the 3 subapical puncti- 



form spots are arranged in an oblique row, 4 white hyalme spots form a discal band and a 5th is situate apart 

 of them. Apex of forewing very much extended. Beneath the apex shows a lilac tinge. The hindwings are beneath 

 brown with an ashy-grey margin and a large white ray from the costa, expanded to a triangle as far as the 

 inner-marginal fold, where it is filled up by a diffuse ashy-grey spot. The hairing of the brown body is 

 grey and shows a somewhat green reflection; palpi white. Brazil. 



myrto. E. ttiyrto Mab. is allied to catillus (160 a), but with much larger and yellower discal spots above, 



and the small apical spots are not arranged in a row, but the third is removed towards the margin. The hindwing 

 is concavely indented below the costal angle, the undulate fringes are white. Forewings beneath of a light 

 red-brown ; hindwings very much hke in catillus, at the margin blackish with a fine silvery line in front of the 

 fringes, the macular markings violettish-black, the subbasal, angled band broken up into 4 spots: 2 round ones 

 near the costal margin, encircled by whitish, then a large one in the middle, enclosing a small silvery spot and 

 in the Avhitish anal area another tooth-Hke spot. Hayti. 



stylUes. E. stylites H.-Schdff. (160 c) is a^ smaller species, distinguished by an almost white inner-marginal 



area of the forewings beneath; the pale lilac-grey hindwings speckled with brown exhibit 2 brown transverse 

 bands, the proximal one being broad, slightly curved, bordered dark, the distal one almost streak-shaped. 

 Colombia, Brazil. 



calUas. E. callias Mab. somewhat resembles procerus (160 b), above marked just the same, towards the base 



with a green lustre, spots purely white diaphanous. Forewings beneath reddish-brown, the hyaline spots mar- 

 gined darker, hindwings Mght reddish-grey with 2 minute dark spots at the costal margin hke in dorantes (160 a), 

 but at a much greater distance from each other; m the cell a round black spot and a short black band behmd 



