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In the shape of its wings this species is more nearly allied to P. menedemus than to 

 P. zera ; but it is a rather larger insect, and the blue colour of the distal portion of the 

 secondaries is more pronounced and of the same shade as in P. zera ; whereas in 

 P. menedemus the tint is a chalky-white, hardly shaded with blue at all. 



Our Nicaraguan specimens agree with a named specimen of Telemiades hyacinthinus, 

 kindly lent us by Dr. Staudinger, the type being in M. Mabille's collection l . 



The harpes of the male genitalia are wide, rounded at the end to the upper corner, 

 which bears a short slightly recurved tooth ; on the dorsal edge near the base is a 

 short narrow lobe, slightly directed forwards. (See Tab. LXXXII. fig. 21.) 



9. Pythonides scybis, sp. n. (Tab. LXXXII. figg. 22, 23 6 .) 



P. zerce similis ; anticis ad basin fere omnino nigricantibus, angulo anali haud hamato, margine interno fere 

 recto ; posticis maculis discalibus nigris, fere evanescentibus : subtus maculis omnibus obscuris minus 

 obviis. 



Bab. Mexico, Atoyac (//. H. Smith) ; Panama, Chiriqui (Ribbe).— Colombia ; Bolivia. 



There is a difference in the distribution of the blue colour of the secondaries in this 

 species between the Mexican and more southern specimens, one of the latter of which 

 is figured. In the former the inner margin of this colour is straight and reaches the 

 middle of the outer margin, whereas in the latter it is curved and does not touch the 

 margin until it approaches the anal angle. In all other respects our series presents na 

 differences. 



P. scybis differs from both P. menedemus and P. hyacintliinus in the shape of its- 

 secondaries, which are rounded and not produced at the anal angle. 



10. Pythonides phila, sp. n. (Tab. LXXXII. figg. 24, 25 s .) 



P. scybi, quoad colores paginse alarum superioris, similis : subtus obscurioribus et colore caeruleo posticarum 

 omnino absente distinguendus. 



Hob. Panama, Chiriqui (Ribbe). 



We have a single specimen of this species sent us by Dr. Staudinger. The absence 

 of the blue colour on the underside of the secondaries at once distinguishes it from the 

 four preceding species. From P. pelojpea, which follows, it differs in its more 

 ochraceous under surface, and in the absence of a dark border to the upper surface of 

 both wings. 



11. Pythonides pelopea, sp. n. (Tab. lxxxii. figg. 26, 27 <? .) 



Prsecedenti similis, sed alis obscurioribus, extrorsum nigricante marginatis : subtus fuscescentioribus. 



Bab. Mexico, Sierra de Tepic ( W. B. Richardson). — Amazons Valley ; Bkazil. 



This is clearly a species distinct from any of the foregoing. Our single Mexican 



specimen is not in good condition, and we therefore figure one from Sao Paulo, 



Amazons, which agrees closely with it. 



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