192 KHOPALOCEKA. 



would be found there rather than P. zestos, and that the latter terminates its range 

 in Nicaragua. 



3. Papilio childrenaB. (Tab. LXV. figg. 1 <j , 2 $ ; 3, right harpe.) 



Papilio children®, Gray, Griff. An. Kingd. xv. p. 673, t. 38. f . 1 1 ; Felder, Wien. ent. Mon. v. 



p. 73 2 ; Keise d. Nov., Lep. p. 21 3 . 

 Papilio sesostris, var. a, Gray, Cat. Lep. Ins. B. M. p. 58 \ 



3 P. zestos affinis ; macula smaragdina anticarum multo majore cellulse dimidium occupante, macula ultra 

 cellulam bifida albicante, plaga coccinea posticarum quoque multo majore, cellulam attiugente. 



$ valde distincta, alis nigro-fuscis lunulis ciliaribus angustis albidis ; anticis macula elongata quadripartita, 

 altera majore ad marginem internum bipartita, pallide ochraceis; posticis fasciola discali coccinea ad 

 angulum apicalem maculosa ad angulum analem integra. 



Hob. Guatemala, Cubilguitz {Champion), Polochic valley (F. D. G. & 0. S.) ; Nica- 

 ragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson) ; Costa Kica( Van Patten) ; Panama, Bugaba (Champion), 

 Veraguas and Sante Fe (Arce). — Colombia 2 3 . 



This beautiful species was first described by G. R. Gray from a specimen in Mrs. 

 Children's collection said to have come from Brazil l . The locality is doubtless erroneous, 

 as it has since been ascertained only to extend from Colombia northwards into Central 

 America. Gray subsequently considered it to be but a variety of P. sesostris 4 ; in this, 

 however, he was clearly wrong, as Dr. Felder has already shown 2 3 . The males of the 

 two species resemble one another, but may readily be distinguished by the larger size 

 of the green spot in P. children^, and the presence of a bifid white spot beyond the 

 cell, a feature only found in the present species. 



The females diverge more widely — P. ehildrence having two clusters of spots on the 

 primaries instead of one ; of these one set is near the costa beyond the cell, the other 

 approaches the middle of the inner margin. 



Probably the nearest ally to this species is P. cedippus of Lucas (Castelnau's ' Voyage,' 

 iii. p. 197, t. 2. f. 4), which has the same extent of green colouring on the primaries, 

 but wants the white spot beyond the cell. 



The distribution of P. ehildrence in our country corresponds very nearly to that of 

 P. zestos, but we have not traced it quite so far north ; its southern range is more 

 extensive, as it embraces Colombia. 



The figures represent a male and female from Chontales, Nicaragua. 



b. Cotton-like hairs inside the fold of the secondaries white throughout ; an 

 opalescent tint on the secondaries of the male. 



a'. Outer margin of the secondaries very slightly dentate. 



4. Papilio iphidamas. (Tab. LXV. figg. 5, section of fold ; 5 a, right harpe.) 

 Papilio iphidamas, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. p. 17 1 ; Gray, Cat. Lep. Ins. B. M. p. 44, t. 8. f. l a ; 



Men. Cat. Petr., Suppl. p. 68 3 ; Felder, Sp. Lep. p. 5 4 ; Butl. & Druce, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 363 5 . 

 Papilio serapis, Men. Cat. Mus. Petr. p. 5 6 . 



