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the hairy ventral margin very broad distally, being at the apical third nearly 

 half the v?idth of the entire clasper ; this hairy convex area gradually widening 

 apicad ; dorsal margin of clasj)er emarginate, the apex acuminate, slightly pointing 

 npwards. Harj)e elongate, narrowest in middle, lying flat on the clasper, being 

 cnrved npwards distally ; ventral edge denticulate proximally ; this proximal 

 ])ortion dilated into a rounded or acuminate lobe, which is directed obliquely basad 

 and ventrad ; apical lobe rounded off, denticulate. Tenth tergite very slender, 

 slightly incurved in middle. Penis-sheath acuminate, a disc-like piece of chitiu 



projecting ventrally from the orifice as in P. agavus. ? . In non-virgin 



specimens the vaginal area covered with a hardened substance, which is whitish 

 and has a spongy appearance ; this coital substance has no snch definite shape 

 as in P. proncus, but it is always constricted in the middle and there are also 

 several holes or grooves, which are more or less in the same place in different 

 specimens. In virgin individuals a broad central process is visible without 

 dissection ; this process stands behind the vaginal orifice, being somewhat cnrved, 

 subaeuminate, convex on proximal side, hollowed out on hinder side. In front of 

 the vaginal orifice there is a heart-shaped lobe covered with minute hairs. 



Larva described by Bonzou, I.e. 



Hah. Eastern districts of Cuba, especially plentiful in the hills near Santiago 

 de Cuba. 



In the Tring Museum 14 c?c?, ¥ ? , from : Sardinero, Santiago, January 1904 

 (Wirt Eobinson) ; Gibara (Tollin). 



2. Papilio ascanius C!ram. (1775). 



FapiWo Equcs Trojanue ascanius Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. p. 20. t. 14. fig. A (1775) (Rio de Janeiro) ; 



Goeze, Enl. Biylr. iii. 1. p. 42. n. 14 (1779) ; Fabr., Spec. Ins. ii. p. 2. n. G (1781) (Brazil) ; 



Drury, Ilhistr. Exot. his. iii. p. 11. t. 9. fig. 1 & Index (1782) (Rio de Janeiro) ; Jabl. & 



Herbst, Naturs. Schmelt. ii. p. 148. n. 3G. t. 13. fig. 3 (1784) ; Fabr., .]fciii!. Ins. ii. p. 2. n. 7 



(1787) ; Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. 5. p. 222G. n. 274 (1790) ; Jung, Alplmb. Vcrz. Schmett. p. 57 



(1791) ; Fabr., Ent. Sysl. iii. 1. p. 3. n. 8 (1793). 

 Menelaides ascanius, Hiibaer, Verz. heh. Sclunell. p. 85. n. 871 (1818 ?) ; id., Samml., Exot. Schmett. 



ii. t. 105(1822?). 

 Papilio a.'icanius, Godart, Enc. Melli. ix. p. 73. n. 138 (1819) (Brazil) ; Lucas, Up. Exot. p. 31. 1. 16. 



fig. 1 (1835) (Brazil) ; Boisd., Spec. Gin. Lip. i. p. 30G. n. 141 (18.iC) (Rio de Janeiro ; North 



Brazil) ; Drury, ed. Westw., Illustr. End. Ins. iii. p. 11. t. 9. fig. 1 (1837) (Rio de Janeiro) ; 



Dune, in Jard., Xal. Libi: xxxvi. p. 101. t. 3. fig. 1 (1843) ; Doubl., List Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. 



i. p. 13 (1845) (Brazil) ; Lucas, Lip. Exot. ed. ii. p. 31. t. IG. fig. 1 (1845) ; Doubt, Westw. & 



Hew., Gen. Diurn. Lcp. i. p. 18. n. 190 (184G) ; Gray, Cat. Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. i. Pap. p. 42. 



n. 217 (1852) ; id., List Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. i. Pap. p. 58. n. 2;S0 (1856) (Brazil) ; M.'niStr., 



Enum. Corp. Anim. Mux. Pelrop., Lip. i. p. 5. n. 73 (1857) (Brazil) ; Felder, Verli. Zool. Bot. 



Ges. Wten xiv. p. 294. n. 73 (18G4) (S. Brazil) ; Butler, Cat. Diurn. Lep. descr. Fabric, p. 236. 



n. 9 (18G9) (Brazil) ; Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 530. n. 117 (1871) ; Capronn., Ann. Soc. Ent. 



Bclg, xvii. p. 9. n. 5 (1874) (Icarahy, Aug. ; Botafogo, Nov.) ; Burm., Discr. Rip. .iri/eut. v. 



Lip., Atlas p. 8. n. 20 (1879) (descr. of egg, larva and pupa; Rio de Janeiro); Oberth., 



Et. d'Ent. iv. p. 77. n. 249 (1880) (Brazil) ; Stand., Exot. Tagf. p. 14 (1884) (Brazil) ; Haa.se, 



Untenwh. Mimicry i. p. 77 (1893) ; Bonningh., Vcrh. Ver. Nat. Unterh. ix. p. 27 (189G) (Rio 



de Janeiro). 

 Ileclurides ascanius, Hiibner, Sanml. Exot. Schmett. ii. t. 105. $ (1822?); Kirby, in Allen's Nat. 



Libr., Lep. Butt. ii. p. 270. t. 65. fig. 1 (189G) ; id., in Hiibn,, Samml. Exot. Schmelt. ed. ii. 



p. 89. t. 318, fig. 3, 4 (1905?*). 



<??. Median band very broad on both wings, wider in female than in male, 



washed with red on hindwing, traversing apex of cell on forewing, but usually not 



* The new edition of Hiibner is being issued in parts, no year of publication being given, even with 

 the new text written by Kirby. 



