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however, are not numerous enough to show the complete gradation between the two, 

 and we therefore treat both forms as distinct. 



P. aconophos was first described and figured by Gray from a specimen from Puebla 

 in the British Museum ; this is a female. We have two examples sent us by Fenochio 

 from the State of Oaxaca, both males, which do not differ from the type in coloration, 

 except that the submarginal lunules are redder. 



d'. Margin of secondaries undulate, no median tail. 



26. Papilio branchllS. (Tab. LXVIL fig. 7, right harpe.) 



Papilio bronchus, Doubl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. xviii. p. 373 1 ; Gray, Cat. Lep. Ins. B. M. p. 62, 

 t. 7. f. 3 2 ; Butl. & Druce, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 364 3 . 



c? alis nigris; anticis macula mediana trifida lactescenti-albida ; posticis fascia maculosa discali a margine 

 externo bene remota coccinea ; ciliis inter venas albidis : subtus fuliginosis ; anticis maculis ut supra ; 

 posticis fascia discali introrsum rosacea ; maculis quatuor et lineola margini interno subparallela coccineis. 



2 mari similis, sed plerumque major, macula anticarum majore et fascia posticarum latiore. 



Eab. Mexico, Cordova {Edge), Omealca (Trujillo), Atoyac (E. E. Smith), Oaxaca 

 (Fenochio) ; Guatemala, forests of Northern Vera Paz, Choctum (F. B. G. & 0. S.), 

 Cubilguitz (Champion), Polochic valley (F. D. G. & 0. S.), Chacoj, Teleman (Champion), 

 San Geronimo (F. D. G. & 0. S.) ; Hondukas (Dyson 12 , Mus. Brit.); Nicakagua, 

 Chontales (Belt) ; Costa Rica (Van Patten 3 ). 



This Papilio was first described by Doubleday from a specimen in the British Museum 

 obtained by Dyson in Honduras \ We now know that it has a wide range in Central 

 America, but is probably more abundant in the forest country of Vera Paz than else- 

 where. Its northern range probably extends throughout the State of Vera Cruz, but 

 as yet we have not traced it beyond the neighbourhood of Cordova. Its occurrence 

 on the western side of the continent has not yet been determined with certainty ; 

 Mr. Fenochio's specimen from Oaxaca was no doubt obtained on the eastern side of 

 the Cordillera. In Guatemala we never met with it in the lowlands bordering on the 

 Pacific Ocean. Its range in altitude extends to about 3000 feet above the sea. 



27. Papilio belesis. (Tab. LXVIL figg. 3, 4 <s ; 5, right harpe.) 



Papilio belesis, Gray, List Lep. Ins. B. M. p. 74 l (1856, descr. nulla); Bates, Ent. Monthly Mag. 

 i. p. 1 2 . 



cJ P. brancho similis, sed anticis immaculatis ; posticis fasciae discalis maculis magis quadratis (nee elongatis) 



margini externo propioribus. 

 2 niari similis. 



Sab. Mexico (Mus. Brit. 1 ), Atoyac (//. E. Smith) ; Guatemala, forests of Northern 

 Vera Paz (F. D. G. & 0. S.% Cubilguitz (Champion), Polochic valley (F. D. G. & 0. S. 2 ), 

 Chacoj (Champion) ; Nicaeagua, Chontales (Belt). 



The late G. K. Gray x first distinguished this species and named a specimen from 



