( -144 ) 



c.nrvcd ventrad ; penis-sheath pointed, hut the apex a little twisted and cnrved 



over the oritice, less strongl}' chitinised than in P. montezuma, atjacm, etc. 



? . Anteyaginal ridge small, low ; postvaginal process short, broad, continued 

 laterad as a low carina ; anal sograeat with sliort stout blunt bristles veutrally. 



Early stages not known. 



Hab. East and West Mexi('o, southwards to Costa Rica. 



In the Tring Museum, 54 S 6 , K) ? ?, from : Jiilai)a and Espinal, Vera Cruz 

 (W. Schaus) ; Patzcuaro, Michoacan ; Cuernavaca, July, 4000 ft. (A. Hall) ; 

 Clnantla, Morelos, June, 3800 ft. (A. Hall); Colima ; Guerrero (0. T. Baron) ; 

 Amatitlan, W. Guatemala, August, 4000 ft. (A. Hall) ; La Antigua, W. Guatemala, 

 August, 5200 ft. (A. Hall) ; Pozo Aznl, June, and Volcan de Miravalles, Costa Kic.a, 

 (Underwood). 



9. Papilio alopius Godm. & Salv. (1800). 



riijiiliii filnpiuit Gray, List Lep. Inx. Ilrit. Mna. i. Pop. p. 58. n. 231 (185(!) (Mexico ; nnm. imil.) ; 

 Godm. and Salv., Biol. Ceiilr. Amer., Rhnp. ii. p. 197. n. 12. t. r,.5. fig. 10. 11.? (1890) (Chiliualiua 

 and Durangn, Mexico ; J ? only) ; Haa.se, V idei-sw-h. Mimicry p. 78 (18'J3) ; Godm. and Salv., 

 l.r. p. 728 (HiriJ) (Nicaragua). 



c?S. Larger than P. p/totiniis, less glossy; spots of hindwing much smaller, 

 partly white, those of pro.ximal row very small, white or jiiukish wliite, the iqijier 

 ones obliterated, sometimes the whole row missing, tail sj)atulati'. 



Genitalia: S- Claspor rounded at ape.x ; ventral lobe of harpc narrow, 

 ]iointed. ? not dissected. 



Hab. West Mexico ; Nicaragna. 



lu the Tring Museum, 10 c?(?, 2 ? ?, from : Guadalajara, August and Cic.tober 

 (W. Hchans) ; Guerrero ((). T. Baron). 



10. Papilio dares Hew. (IsfiT). 



Papilio iliiiT.1 llewiUon, Triinx. Ent. Soc. Ltiiul. (.S). v. p. .501. n. 2 (18fi7) ( ? , Nicar.igiia) ; id., 

 AVo(. liiitl. iv. Pi:p. t. 11. fig. 34. 9 (186'.l) ; Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lip. p. WMi. n. 123 (1871) 

 (Nicaragua) ; Haase, Untei:':nrh. .Miniirri/ p. 77 (1893) ; Godm. and Salv., Biol. Ceiitr. Amfi:, 

 liliop. ii. p. 190. n. 10 (1890) (Nicaragua). 



?. Only one specimen known. Resembling pbotit//i.i ; forewing with a white 

 dot R' — R^ ; iip]ier two sulimarginal spots of hindwing not curved, the foiiowing 

 three very slightly luuifurm, anal sjiot large. Femora scaled. 

 Ilab. Nicaragua. 



11. Papilio montezuma Westw. (1842). 



I'ajiiliii Nioiilnziimii Westwood, Arc. Ent. i. p. 07. t. 18. fig. 3. ^ (18-12) (Mi'xico) ; Douljl., List I.,rp. 



Lis. Brit. Mils. i. p. 12 (1845) (VV. Mexico) ; id., Westw. and Hew., (leii. Diiini. Lip. i. p. 19. 



n. 227(1847); Gray, Oi?. Lpp. Ins. Brit. .Mils. i. Pap. p. G5. n. 280 (1852) (West Caa5<t of 



Ameriia) ; id., List Lrp. Ins. Brit. .Mus. i. Pap. p. 75. n. 803 (1850) (Yucatan ; Nicaragua ; 



We.st Coast of Amer.) ; Weidem., Pror. Knt. Soc. Pliilad. ii. p. 147. (180!) (Mexico; Ceutr. 



Amer.) ; Felder, Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien xiv. p. 294. n. 70 (18ii4) (Mexico; Chiapa* ; 



= tulawi) ; Kirby, Cat. Diiirn. Lep. p. 5.30. n. 121 (1871) (Mexico) ; Obertb., /•,'/. iV Ent. iv. 



p. 77. D. 250 (1880) (Mexico ; Yucatan) ; Godm. aud «alv., Biol. Ceiitr. Aiiiir., Rhop. ii. p. 197. 



n. 11. t. 05. fig. 8. 8a. fold, genit. (1890) (Mexico to Nicaragua) ; Haase, Untcrsucli. .Mimicry 



p. 78 (1893) ; Hoag, Eiit. News xiv. p. 320 (1903) (Altamira, Mex.). 

 Papilio perrliehus, Menetrie.s {non Boisduval, 1830, err. det.), Eiuiin. Corji. Aiiiin. .Mas. Pctrop., 



Lip. i. p. 5. n. 89 (1857) (Nicaragua). 

 Papilio tiilana Reakirt, i'/oc. Ent. Soc. Pliilad. ii. p. 140. n. 12 (1803) (Chiapas); Strecker, I^ep. 



Shop. Uet., Suppl. iii. p. 17 (1900) (jj, type ; = montezuma). 



c??. No markings on forewing, e.xcejjt the white fringe-spols, which are 

 often indistin<t. On liindwing a row of red sul/marginal sjmts, which are larger 



