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long tuft of hair that proceeds from the proximal end of the hind tibiae found in typical 

 JEthillce. Its general structure agrees in every respect with that of Telegonus anaphus, 

 including the male genitalia, so that we have no hesitation in placing it in Telegonus. 



According to specimens in the Herrich-Schaffer collection, now in the possession of 

 Dr. Staudinger, T. hahneli occurs in Cuba 2 . 



V. Upperside of the body and base of the wings blue. 

 a". Anal angle of secondaries scarcely projecting. 



4. Telegonus creteus. 



Papilio creteus, Cram. Pap. Ex. hi. t. 284. ff. C, D 1 . 

 Telegonus creteus, Butl. & Druce, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 367 2 . 

 Papilio parmenides, Cram. Pap. Ex. iv. t. 364. ff. E, F 3 . 



Alis fuscis ad basin cum capite et thorace nitide cseruleis, ciliis omnibus fuscis : subtus fuscis, plaga magna 

 discali ab angulo anali ad cellulam extensa alba, costse parte basali quoque pallida, maculis indistinctis 

 obseuris ad apicem ; posticis obscure fusco bifaseiatis : palpis albidis ; pedibus ochraceis. 



2 mari similis ; anticis interdum supra plaga alba discali notatis ; colore albo quoque subtus magis extenso. 



Hab. Mexico, Campala in Durango (Forrer), Atoyac (H. H. Smith), Paso de San Juan 

 (W. Schaus), Jalapa (F. B. G. & W. Schaus), Valladolid in Yucatan ; British Honduras, 

 Corosal (Boe) ; Guatemala, Polochic and Central valleys, San Geronimo (F. I). G. & 

 0. S.), Panima (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson); Costa Eica (Van 

 Patten 2 ); Panama, Bugaba (Champion), Chiriqui (Trbtsch, mus. Staudinger), Calobre 

 (Arce). — Colombia; Ecuador; Guiana 13 ; Amazons Valley ; South-east Brazil. 



There can be but little doubt that Cramer's P. creteus 1 is the male of the species he 

 subsequently described as P. parmenides 3 , both types having been obtained in Surinam. 

 Our specimens are from a wide area, extending from North-western Mexico to Brazil, 

 and show several points of variation. Some females have a white spot on the upperside 

 in the middle of the primaries, varying from a well-defined patch to an almost imper- 

 ceptible one. The white, too, on the underside also varies in quantity and some- 

 times extends, chiefly in females, from the anal angle to the base of the costa ; other 

 specimens have the base of the costa of the secondaries white, and a whitish mark 

 (clearly shown in both of Cramer's figures) towards the anal angle. All these points 

 seem very unstable, and must be taken, we believe, as mere individual variations, and 

 not as specific characters. 



Though obtained by Forrer in the State of Durango, T. creteus is evidently a 

 commoner species in Eastern Mexico, Jalapa, and its neighbourhood, having furnished 

 many specimens to collectors in that district. In Eastern Guatemala it is equally 

 common, but we are not aware of its occurrence on the Pacific side of the mountains. 



The male genitalia closely resemble those of T. apastus. 



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