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Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Mibbe, mus. Staud.), Bugaba (Champion). — Colombia 1 ; 

 Akgentine Eepublic. 



We have Hewitson's type of this species before us ; this was formerly in the 

 collection of the late William Birchall, of Birkenhead, to whom it was sent from 

 Colombia by a brother who resided for some time in that country. We have another 

 Colombian example obtained by Salmon in the Cauca valley. With these the Chiriqui 

 specimens agree very closely, differing only in the band of the secondaries being wider 

 and occupying rather more of the cell. Another male specimen in our collection was 

 sent by Mr. Reeve to his relative Mr. Druce ; it was captured near the Eio Quarto in 

 the Province of Cordova in the Argentine Republic, and agrees accurately with the 

 Chiriqui examples, showing that this rare and little-known species has a very extensive 

 range. 



P. birchalli has no very near ally, though its general resemblance to P. coroebus may 

 at once be recognized. But the costa is smooth and not serrate as in that species, a 

 character considered generic by Mr.- Butler. P. ocanthopleura has also a smooth costa, 

 and is probably most nearly allied to P. birchalli ; the differences, however, in colour 

 are very obvious, and the remarkable yellow patch on either side of the body of 

 P. xanthopleura at once distinguishes it from all other members of the genus, P. birchalli 

 having no such character. 



L. P. asclepius group. 

 Papilio, Sect, xlviii., Feld. Sp. Lep. pp. 25, 72. 



Very similar to the preceding group, but the outer margin of the secondaries deeply 

 dentate, the median nervure being produced and slightly spatulate. The harpes are 

 also similar, but with the distal end more decidedly truncate, a strong spine issuing from 

 each comer (see Tab. LXXI. fig. 3). The sexes are usually very similar in coloration, 

 but rare instances of dimorphism in the females are known. 



The range of this group is confined to Southern Mexico and Central America from 

 Guatemala to Chiriqui. 



75. Papilio asclepius. (Tab. LXXII. fig. 3, right harpe.) 

 Heraclides asclepius, Hiibn. Samml. ex. Schmett. iii. t. — \ 

 Euphoeades garamas, Hiibn. Samml. ex. Schmett. iii. t. — 2 . 

 Papilio cincinnatus, Boisd. Sp. Gen. i. p. 346 3 . 

 Papilio abderus, Hopff. Neue Schmett. t. 1. ff. 1, 2\ 



Alis nigris ; anticis fascia mediana extrorsum dentata, maculisque quinque subapicalibus flavis ; posticis fascia 

 mediana per cellule finem, extrorsum bene serrata et ciliis inter venas flavis, maculis indistinctis squamis 

 paucis caeruleis compositis inter fasciam et marginem externum : subtus, anticis ut supra ad apicem magis 

 fuliginosis, maculis subapicalibus fere confluentibus et ad angulum analem in serie submarginali exten- 

 dentibus; posticis fascia mediana pallidiore, lunulis septem nigris introrsum fulvo, extrorsum glauco,extus 



