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4. Chlorippe pavonii. 
Nymphalis pavonii, Latr. in Humb. & Bonpl. Obs. Zool. i. p. 197, t. 18. f. 3, 41. 
Apatura pavonii, Hew. Ex. Butt. Apatura, f. 3, 4°; Butl. & Druce, P. Z.S. 1874, p. 342°. 
Chlorippe mentas $ , Boisd. Lép. Guat. p. 484. 
Alis fuscis violaceo suffusis, fascia communi fere obsoleta ultra cellulam albescente, altera submarginali vix 
conspicua, anticis macula subapicali fulva ; subtus fere ut in A. callianira, anticis haud albo eodem modo 
maculatis, posticis linea mediana multo rectiore. 
2 fusca, fascia communi lata alba, anticis macula subapicali fulva sicut in mare; subtus ut supra, sed alis multo 
pallidioribus et lineis submarginalibus notatis. 
Hab. Mexico, Mazatlan (Forrer), Cordova (Riimelt), Oaxaca (Fenochio), Valladolid 
in Yucatan (Gaumer); British Honpuras, Rio Hondo (Blancaneaux), Corosal (Roe) ; 
GuaTEMALA, Las Mercedes, Pantaleon, Teleman (Champion), Polochic valley (Haque), 
Motagua valley, Pacific slopes (F. D. G. & O. 8.); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt); Costa 
Rica (Van Patten*®); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, David (Champion), Veraguas 
(Arcé).—Co.tomBia!; VENEZUELA ; Ecuapor. 
Through the kindness of M. Charles Oberthiir we have been able to compare 
Boisduval’s type of Chlorippe mentas with our series of C. pavonii, and after a careful 
examination we find that it belongs to that species. 
C. pavonit is a very common insect throughout its range. Some individuals, 
however, show a slight amount of variation, both in the width of the whitish stripe 
crossing both wings, and also in the size of the orange spot towards the apex of the 
primaries. Boisduval founded his C. mentas chiefly on the small size of this spot; but 
on an examination of our series, numbering nearly forty specimens, we cannot admit 
that this is a tangible character. The females likewise vary to some extent. 
The insect figured by Felder under the name of Apatura angelina which Boisduval 
imagined to represent a variety of the female of his C. mentas, belongs to another 
section of the genus, in which the male has the brilliant blue-green band crossing 
the centre of both wings. 
We are not aware that C. pavonii has any very close ally. 
The female has a superficial resemblance to such species of Adelpha as A. iphicla 
and A. celerio. 
5. Chlorippe laure. 
Papilio laure, Drury, Ill. Nat. Hist. ii. t. 17. f. 5, 6°. 
Chlorippe laura, Boisd. Lép. Guat. p. 47°. 
Apatura acca, Feld. Reise d. Nov. Lep. iil. p. 485, t. 57. £. 2°. 
Apatura druryi, Butl. & Druce, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 342 *. 
Alis fuscis, ceeruleo, preter dimidium anticarum distale, leetissime suffusis ; fascia lata communi in anticis fulva, 
in posticis alba, anticis macula apicali quoque fulva; subtus anticarum apice et posticis argenteis, fascia 
ut in pagina superiore, anticis lineis tribus prope cellule finem nigris maculisque nigris ad angulum 
analem ; posticis margine externo albo. 
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