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magisMiginosis ; anticis maculis albidis paginae superioris majoribus, colore viridi-olivaceo absente; plaga 

 coccinea posticarum niedialiter rosacea minore cellule finem haud occupante et venis quinquepartita. 

 ? iuligmoso-nigris ; anticis fascia obliqua a ramo mediano secundo advenam subcostalem extendente ; posticis 

 fascia discali coccinea cellulse finem haud occupante : subtus fascia anticarum majore posticarum minore, 

 medialiter rosacea et venis quinquepartita. 



Hob. Mexico * (Salle ?), Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith); Guatemala *, Copan 

 river (Zcettlmg % Forests of Northern Vera Paz (F. D. G. & 0. S.), Cubilguitz, San 

 Juan, Panima (Champion), Polochic valley, Izabal, Duenas, Pacific coast (F. J). G. & 

 0. S.), Las Mercedes, El Tumbador (Champion) ; Hondueas 8 ; Nicaeagua (Delattre 1 2 ), 

 Chontales (Belt), Grey Town (Muncaster) ; Costa Eica (Fan Patten 3 ). 



This is a localized form of P. eurimedes of Guiana and the northern portion of South 

 America, from which it differs in several particulars. The wings, especially the secon- 

 daries, are wider ; both the olive-green and whitish spots of the primaries usually enter 

 the cell ; the scarlet spot of the secondaries does not extend so far towards the base of 

 these wings, it only just enters the cell and leaves a comparatively narrow black outer 

 border. In the female this red band does not enter the cell at all, and the outer border 

 is also narrow. 



Mr. Bates first fully described this species in 1860 2 from specimens in the British 

 Museum, taken in Nicaragua by the French collector Delattre. He adopted the name 

 proposed by G. R. Gray \ who, however, gave the species no differential characters. 

 As we recognize this species as the only one with red ciliar lunules extending from 

 Southern Mexico to Costa Rica, all the names given above, which were based either on 

 male or female specimens, fall as synonyms of P. mylotes. The species is a very 

 common one in the low-lying lands of Central America on both sides of the Cordillera. 

 It is abundant in Teapa in the Mexican State of Tabasco, but does not penetrate much 

 further into Mexico, though Salle found it probably near Cordova in Vera Cruz. 



P. mylotes has a great resemblance to P. iphidamas, found in the same country ; but 

 the colour of the lunules of the cilise at once distinguishes both sexes, moreover the 

 male is devoid of the opalescent gloss which pervades the secondaries of P. iphidamas. 

 As in that species the spots of the primaries are subject to great variation as to size 

 and shape. In the male the olive-green spot containing a whitish one spreads into the 

 cell ; this is not the case in the following species nor in P. eurimedes. 



14. Papilio mycale, sp. n. (Tab. LXV. figg. 12 s , 13 $ .) 



cJ P. mylotes similis, sed anticis macula viridi-olivacea omnino infra venam medianam, cellulam nullo modo 

 occupante, maculis albidis ultra earn nullis, plaga coccinea posticarum multo minore et angustiore cellulse 

 finem transeunte : subtus anticis immaculatis plerumque distinguendus. 



$ margine posticarum externo latiore forsan distinguenda. 



Bob. Panama, Bugaba (Champion), Chiriqui, Veraguas (Aree), Lion Hill (M'Leannan). 

 — Colombia. 



P. mycale is a close ally of P. mflotes, but is apparently distinguishable by the 



