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Show 20 ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEIID^. [Jan. 17, 2. Genus EUDAMUS. (Plate III. fig. 3.) Eudamus, Swainson, 111. ii. p. 48 (1832-33). , Type, proteus, Linnaeus. Antennse : club bent into a hook just beyond the thickest part and tapering to a fine point. Male with a costal fold except in euryeles and orion. Cell of fore wing very long ; discocellulars inwardly oblique 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 ; vem 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, Linn 1. vireseens, Mab 17. *esmeraldus, Butl 2 Santiago, Luc 3. *amisus, Hew 4. dorantes, Stoll 5. *undulatus, Hew 6. *aminias, H e w 7. catillus, Cram 8. jethira, Hew 9. *albofasciatus, Hew. ... 10. zilpa,~Bx\tl IL *alcaus, Hew 12. simplicius, Stoll 13. euryeles, Latr 14. latipennis, Mab 15. carmelita, H.-S... 16. And eight unidentified species. Habitat. Tropical America. orion, Cram 18. brachius, Hiibn 19. chalco, Hiibn 20. metophis, Latr 21. 'Ihirtius, Butl 22. *asine, H e w 23. ganna, Mosch 24. *auginus, H e w 25. nicasius, Plotz 26. larius, Pltitz 27. * corydon, Butl. trebia, Mosch 28. evenus, Men 29. f octomaculata, Sepp ... 30. \ calcnus, Mab. 3. Genus G O N I U R U S. Goniurus, Hiibner, Verz. p. 104 (1816). Type, ccelus, Cramer. Antennse: 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 subequal; male with a costal fold; cell more than two-thirds the length of costa ; discocellulars very oblique, 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 5 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. I ccelus, Cram. X *aurunce, Hew. Habitat. South America. |