902 MILANION; EANTIS. By Dr. M. Dkaudt. 



31. Genus: Milaiiioii Wkr. 



Distinguished by the oblong shape of the wings with a comparatively short distal margin. The cell 

 of the forewing is broad and short; costal fold absent. Antennal club long and sharp. Palpi thickly scaled with 

 a long, black terminal jomt. Posterior tibiae with a hair-tuft and 2 pair of spurs. 



Jiemes. M. hemes Cr. (176b) is black with small, white discal and cellular spots, and 5 white subapical 



dots in a curved row. The hindwing shows a very broad, white discal band extendmg from the costal margin 

 to the proximal margin. In the $ the discal spots and the white area of the hindwing are enlarged. Guiana, 

 Brazil. 



marciana. M. marclana G. (L- S. (176 b) is very closely allied to hemes, but the white area of the hindwing is much 



broader and the forewing is without the white cell-spot. From Panama. 



marica. M. marica G. (& S. (176 b) almost looks like a Potamanax, the discal band of the forewing being 



much steeper and standing rectangularly on the proximal margin ; the hindwings are longer, too, and thereby 

 also the discal band ending towards the anal angle appears steeper. Nicaragua. 



leucaspis. M. leucaspis Mab. is above blackish-brown with 5 subapical and 4 discal white spots. Of the latter 



that at the costal margin is small, in the cell there is a larger one. Hindwing with a broad, white transverse 

 band. Beneath marked the same, but of a paler colour; on the hindwmg the basal part is white, the white band 

 broader. Abdomen above black, beneath white with a black anus whereby it differs from the closely allied, 

 smaller hemes the abdomen of which is above belted white. From Cayenne and Brazil. 



clito. M. clito F. (176 b) resembles hemes, but it has about the same shape of wings as marica, with a convex 



projection of the hindwing in the middle of the margin and a concavity beloM- it so that a somewhat rounded 

 anal lobe is created. The discal spots situate below the cell of the forewing are somewhat extended and 

 the white spot of the hindwing has an oval shape and touches neither the costal nor proximal margin's. Guiana, 

 Brazil. 



32. Genus: Xlaiitis Bsd. 



The genus contains some conspicuous representatives with a slender, bent antennal club, porrect palpi, 

 with a broad second and rather short, conical terminal joint. The apex of the forewing is almost ensiformly 

 pointed, the distal margin very convex, the hindwing very broad, rounded quadran'gular. The posterior tibiae 

 with a haii'-pencil and 2 pair of spurs. Some species are very common; the black insects are fond of resting 

 on umbels and other white blossoms, noticeable from afar, with their wings flatly spread, the apical part 

 of the forewing being very much bent above the surface and hanging down. 



thraso. E. thraso Hbn. (176 b) is a well-known, common species from Mexico through almost the whole of 



South America as far as Paraguay, also in the Antilles. Black, in the distal costal-marginal half of the forewing 

 with an oblong-oval, brownish-grey, lighter part, in it at the costal margin itself a narrow dark spot; on both 

 wings bluish-grey antemarginal spots, in the disc towards the proximal margin larger, brownish-grey, round 

 spots which are more or less extinct in the darker $. 



ulpianus. E. ulpianus Poey (= rossme Btlr.) (176 c) is somewhat similar, the bluish-grey marginal macular 



band appears as a straight, narrow band extending from the apex to the proximal angle and cutting off the 

 strongly bulging distal margin. Instead of the light inner-marginal spots there is a broad, dark brown band 

 projecting pointedly on the middle radial vein and being flawed towards the margin. Beneath very much dusted 

 bluish-grey, particularly on the hindwing. From Brazil and Cuba. 



■papinianus. E. papitlianus Poey (176 c) approximates ulpianus, the dark band of the forewing is here at the 



costal margin much broader, flown together with the ceU-spot; the light marginal band is not promment at 

 all, instead of it a dark oblique line appears parting the apes and extending to the distal third of the proximal 

 margin. Beneath only the anal half of the hindwing is dusted bluish-grey. Described from Cuba. 



pallida. E. pallida Fldr. (? = mithridates i^. ? = ozotes Btlr.) (176 d) is brownish-olive, with a lighter 



antemarginal oblique band and two indistinct, darker, undulate transverse bands and cell-spot. Beneath 

 lighter brownish, the distal-marginal half almost whitish. Very common from Mexico to Colombia and Bolivia. 

 Specimens flying at the latter locality seem to be constantly darker, but they are also found elsewhere. 



agylla. E. agylla Mab. is somewhat larger and darker broMTiish-black than the preceding, in the basal third 



almost black, in the middle with an olive-green shine, before the apex are 3 white subapical dots, behind it 

 a blackish-brown band expanded at the proximal margin; marginal area with a rather broad, black margin. 

 The light area of the hindwing is reduced, with 3 dark brown bands. The under surface is light yellowish-brown, 

 the hindwing blacker, the markings more distinct. The 2 is larger, the apical dots more intense, behind them 

 2 more dots encircled by brown, in the ceU a black spot. From Bolivia. 



