EUPETOIETA. 175 
Volcan de Fuego (Ff. D. G. & O. S.), Purala (Champion).—ArceEntinE REpuBLic; 
JAMAIcA!, 
This and the following species are very closely allied, so much so that, had we to 
_ judge from the markings of the wings alone, it might become a question if they ought 
not ultimately to be united. We notice, however, that an important difference is 
perceptible in the genital armature of the males which points to their real specific 
difference. ‘The upper lobe of the harpagones in Z. claudia is armed with six or seven 
strong recurrent spines, a feature we are unable to trace in EL. hegesia. , 
Cramer describes both species as coming from Jamaica!; that named and figured by 
him as P. claudia has the zigzag transverse line passing across the centre of both 
wings, while the under surface is, with the exception of the basal half of the primaries, 
which resembles the upper surface, of a clouded greyish-brown colour. ‘The figure of 
P. hegesia differs from that of P. claudia in the absence of the transverse black lines 
on the basal half of the secondaries, and in the apex of the primaries and the whole 
of the secondaries on the under side being of a mottled rufous-brown colour. As 
regards this latter character, however, we have some specimens which appear to be 
intermediate in this respect; and consequently we place but little stress upon it. In 
our series all the specimens which are without the zigzag line on the secondaries are, 
both above and beneath, of a darker colour. As regards their distribution, both 
forms are certainly found together in Mexico and as far south as Guatemala; thence to 
Rio our collection contains only examples of E. hegesia ; in the Argentine Republic, 
however, a race exists which resembles FE. claudia so closely that we have placed 
it under that name. There is considerable difference in the size of specimens of 
E. claudia, some from Guatemala being no more than half that of those from the 
United States and Mexico; but the markings in each are the same. 
In Guatemala E. claudia is an upland species, being found in the mountains, in 
places ranging between 3000 and 7000 feet above the sea. 
2. Eupetoieta hegesia. 
Papilio hegesia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. t. 209. f. EB, F°. 
Euptoieta hegesia, Butl. & Druce, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 349°; Strecker, Butt. N. Am. p. 109’. 
E. claudic persimilis, sed linea per medium posticarum transversa carente, subtus alis rufescentioribus. 
Hab. Sovramrn Unrrep Statss 3, Mexico, Tres Marias islands and Ventanas (Forrer), 
Cordova (Riimeli); Bririse Honpuras, Corosal (Roe); GuareMaLa, Choctum (fague), 
Polochic valley, San Gerénimo, central valleys (fF. D. G. & O. S.), Panzos, Coban, 
San Isidro (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt); Costa Rica (Van Patten”), 
Cache (Rogers) ; Panama, Veraguas (Arcé).—CoLomBla ; VENEZUELA ; AMAZONS ; GUIANA ; 
Braziu; CuBa; JAMAICA}, 
Closely resembles E. claudia, but, as before said, differs from it in having no black 
