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c". Tuft of hairs black. 



47. Papilio agesilaus. 



Papilio agesilaus, Boisd. in Gu6r. & Perch. Gen. Ins., Lep. t. 1 2 ; Sp. Gen. i. p. 263 2 . 

 Papilio conon, Hew. Trans. Ent. Soc. new ser. ii. p. 246, t. 22. f . 3 3 . 



Alis cretaceo-albis ad basin viridescentibus ; anticis costa angustissime, margine externo ad anguluin analem 

 decrescente nigricantibus, hoc fascia semihyalina includente, lineis quinque transversis nigricantibus, 

 secunda longissima, quinta ad cellulse finem ; posticis margine externo nigro lunulis quinque includente 

 cretaceis, iis vena mediana utrinque maximis, ciliis inter venas ad marginis externi medium, caudae 

 apice, et margine suo interno quoque cretaceis, plaga bifida subanali rubra extrorsum nigro marginata, 

 lineaque obsoleta supra ramum medianum primum : subtus anticis ut supra sed pallidioribus ; posticis 

 margine externo lunulis albidis et nigris fere ut in pagina superiore notatis ; lineis duabus a costa per 

 cellulam transeunte ultra earn conjunctis angulum acutum formantibus, interiore apud costam extrorsum 

 exteriore omnino introrsum rubro limbatis. 



Hab. Panama, David {Champion), Calobre, Panama (Arce). — Colombia 123 ; Vene- 

 zuela. 



The original description and figure of this species were based upon a specimen obtained 

 on the borders of the Magdalena river in Colombia \ and with Hewitson's figure of 

 P. conon 3 before us we have no doubt that the latter is simply a synonym of P. agesi- 

 laus. Further in the interior, in the neighbourhood of Bogota, this species becomes 

 larger, the markings (especially of the under surface) are more strongly impressed. 

 Our Central-American specimens are somewhat intermediate in character both as to 

 size and to markings ; but as there is no essential difference between any of these forms, 

 we make no attempt to separate them. Boisduval, in his * Species General ' 2 , by 

 referring to Mexican and Colombian specimens and to Esper's figure of P. protesilaus, 

 evidently considered that the three species we now know as P. agesilaus, P. neosilaus, 

 and P. autosilaus were all referable to one under the first-mentioned name. Esper, 

 under the name P. protesilaus, clearly figures the form of the Amazons valley described 

 by Bates as P. autosilaus. 



P. agesilaus has a limited range in our country, and we have not traced it beyond 

 David in Chiriqui, where Mr. Champion procured many specimens. 



48. Papilio neosilaus. (Tab. LXVIII. figg. 8, 9 6 .) 



Papilio neosilaus, Hopff. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1866, p. 26 \ 



P. agesilao similis, sed posticis vitta supra ramum medianum primum latiore per cellulam usque ad costam 

 extendente : subtus posticis vitta exteriore transversa abbreviata haud interiore ultra cellulam 

 conjuncta. 



Bab. Mexico, Oaxaca (Beppe \ Fenochio), Atoyac (Schumann) ; British Hondueas, 

 Cayo (F. D. G. & 0. S.), K. Sarstoon (Blancaneaux) ; Guatemala, Choctum, Polochic 

 valley (F. D. G. & 0. S.), Cubilguitz, Cahabon (Champion) ; Hondueas (mus. Stand.), 

 San Pedro (G. M. Whitely). 



This is the Mexican and Guatemalan form of P. agesilaus, in some respects resem- 



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