PAPILIO. 221 



50. Papilio xanticles. (Tab. LXVIII. figg. 10 $ , 11 <s .) 



Papilio xanticles, Bates, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 241, t. 29. f . 3 * ; Godm. & Salv. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1880, 



p. 126 \ 

 Papilio plcesiolaus, Staud. Ex. Tagf. p. 17 3 . 



P.philolao similis, sed fascia communi multo latiore et cum lunulis submarginalibus et lineolis transversis 

 ochraceis, lineolis quinta et sexta ultra cellulam fascia communi conjunctis : subtus anticis fascia sub- 

 marginali interiore pallida notatis. 



$ fusco-nigricantibus, lunulis submarginalibus ocbraceis et maculis subanalibus coceineis tantum notatis : sub- 

 tus lineola transversa coccinea quoque obvia. 



Bab. Panama, Lion Hill (M'Leannan 1 ). — Colombia 2 3 . 



This species has a very limited range, occurring, so far as we yet know, only on the 

 Panama Railway and at the foot of the Sierra Nevada of Northern Colombia, where 

 Mr. F. Simons found it at Manaure K Its nearest ally is P. arcesilaus of Lucas, from 

 Venezuela, from which P. anaxilaus of Felder, from Bogota, is scarcely to be distin- 

 guished. P. xanticles is a larger insect, with the light markings of the wings of a 

 much deeper ochreous yellow ; the margins especially of the secondaries are wider. 



Though allied to P. arcesilaus, it obviously belongs to the same section as P. philo- 

 laus, with which we have compared it above. It may at once be distinguished by the 

 wider ochraceous markings which occupy a larger portion of the wings. 



The female we have described is probably not of the normal colour of that sex, but 

 one of the dark forms such as occur occasionally in P. philolaus. The normal female 

 will probably be found to resemble the male in coloration. 



f. No tuft of hairs within the fold of the inner margin of the secondaries. 



51. Papilio epidaus. (Tab. LXVIII. fig. 15, right harpe.) 

 Papilio epidaus, Doubl. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 15, t. 3. f. 1 T ; Men. Cat. Mus. Petr., Lep. p. 3 2 ; Gray, 

 List Lep. Ins. B. M. p. 46 (1856) 3 ; Butl. & Druce, P.Z. S. 1874, p. 365 \ 



Alis cretaceo-albis ; anticis cellula et area apicali semihyalinis, lineis quinque transversis nigris, primoribus 

 duabus, in posticis usque ad maculam subanalem coccineam extensis, margine interno plus minusve 

 parallelibus, tertia per cellulam ducta, quarta obsoleta, quinta per cellulae finem fere ad angulum analem 

 extendente, margine externo nigro; posticis margine externo nigro, lunulis albis includente, iis ad 

 medium marginis et ad angulum analem duplicatis, ea infra venam medianam singula, cauda nigra 

 argenteo utrinque limbata : subtus ut supra, linea transversa posticarum exteriore extrorsum coceineo 

 limbata. 



Hab. Mexico \ San Bias, Sierra Madre de Tepic (Bichardson), Omealca near Orizaba 

 (Trujillo), Cordova (Bilmeli), Valladolid in Yucatan (Gaumer); Beitish Hondueas, 

 Cayo (F.D. G. & 0. S.); Guatemala, Central valleys, San Geronimo (F. D. G. & 0. S., 

 Champion), Pacific coast (F. D. G. & 0. S.).\ Hondueas 13 ; Nicaeagua 23 , Chontales 

 (Belt) ; Costa Kica ( Van Patten 4 ). 



In general appearance this butterfly much resembles P. agesilaus and P. protesilaus, 



