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is otherwise decidedly different in its whole aspect, lacking the 

 green semicircle on costse of fore wings, having but one black 

 spot on side of abdomen at base, having a brown bar on top 

 abdomen at base of thorax as in pandoras, which is wanting in 

 clisa and having at least two discal spots in each fore wing, 

 besides other differences as a long series of both sexes in my 

 collection well shows. 



P. fusiinacnla ( Felder) is described by Boisdnval as a S/>/iin.\ v 

 presents a very different pattern in the fore wings, has the hind 

 wings yellow-ochre, with a black median band, and the thorax 

 is entirely green, with a brown-red abdomen. 



/'. pistacina Bdl. is now considered an anibnly.\ and need not 

 be referred to further ; it is very differently marked and colored 

 from \\\e pandorus group of Philampelus. 



Eacus of Cramer is buffish brown, slightly inclined to olive 

 in fresh examples ; lacks the green semicircle, has but one basal 

 abdominal spot on the brown abdomen and has the discal spot, 

 and usually two, present. 



Comparison has already been made with pandorus in the de- 

 scription of clisa. 



This leaves only two species, both of Schausfuss. One of 

 these, P. vini, is mentioned in Kirby's list. I have never heard 

 or seen of it elsewhere. Mr. Butler, who constantly refers to 

 Schaufuss, makes no mention of it. Kirby gives it from the 

 " Nunquam Otiosus," p. 19, but no mention is made of such a 

 species on that page or any other in the copy of ' ' Nunquam 

 Otiosus" referred to for me. I know nothing more of it. 



P. cissi- of Schaufuss is described on p. 19 of the ' Nunquam 

 Otiosus." Of this description Butler says "Probably the $ of 

 salfllitia, but so imperfectly described that it is impossible to 

 identify it with certainty." I can only add that the descrip- 

 tion would apply equally well to almost any one of the pandorits 

 and satcllitia group, and should be void through its vagueness. 

 One sentence seems to offer a tangible difference to clisa, \. e., 

 " Capite et thorace utrisque ncc non corporc in medio griseo- 

 lineatis" (italics are mine). This certainly differs from clisa 

 as the figure and my description shows. 



I feel confident therefore in the validity of riiilaiupclits clisa 

 as a species, and surely all of Mexico is not known yet. 



