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Hab. Upper Amazons, from Ega to the eastern slopes of Ecuador and Pern. 



In the Tring Museum 5 6 S, 6 ? ? , from : R. Chuchuras, affluent of 

 R. Palcazu, Ilnunuco, Pern, 320 m. (W. Hoifmanns) ; R. Cachyaco, affluent of 

 R. Huallaga, Peru (Maxwell Stuart) ; Iquitos ; S. Paulo de Olivenoa. 



In coll. Oberthiir a series from Mo3'obamba ; S. Paulo de 01iven(;a ; Tocantins ; 

 Teffe. 



15. PapiUo coelus Boisd. (1836). (PL IV. fig. 2). 



?. PapUin r.nelus'Bo\i'Au\a.\, Sjuv. Gen. Lei), i- P- 289. n. 117 (1836) (Cayenne) ; Donbl., Westnr. 

 and Hew., Geii.Diurn. Lep. i. p. 18. n. 209 (1846) ; Gray, Cat. Lq). Ins. Brit. Mus. i. Pnp. p. 53 

 n. 2o3 (1852) ; id , Lht Lq>. Inx. Bril. Mns. i. Pup. p. 66. n. 268 (1856). 



5 . Papilin vertummis var., Bates, Trans. Eut. Sue. Loud. (2). v. p. 340, 355 (1861). 



j. Papilw verUwmus, Felder, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wieii xW. p. 292. n. 42 (1864) (partini). 



9 . PapiUo verliim/ms var. d. P. roeliis, Kirby, Cut. Diurii. Lep. p. 525. sub n. 61 (1871). 



(J. PapiUo verciwjetorij- Oberthiir, El. d'Eiit. xii. p. 5. n. 10. t. 7. fig. 51 (1888) (French Guiana). 



S ? . Palpus black. Abdomen in male with a tiny red dot before claspers, 

 in female with a red spot around vaginal cavity, no red scales dorsally at apex of 

 eighth tergite. Sexes similar in pattern ; forewing with a wliite patch in apex 

 of cell extending on to disc, larger in female than in male, washed out at the 



edges. A red patch or band on hindwing close to cell, consisting in male of 



fonr spots, in female of six, in this sex the band being continued to abdominal 

 edge ; tooth R' prominent, almost pointed, the following two teeth also somewhat 

 pointed. 



On umleniide the white patch of forewing a little larger than above. Red 



band of hindwing paler red than above and the spots in female smaller, in male 

 two additional spots between M^ and anal angle. 



Scent-urgan white. 



Hab. French Guiana. 



Only two specimens known, the type (?) of coelus being in Mus. Paris, and 

 the type (c?) of vercingetorix in coll. Charles Oberthiir. 



16. PapiUo quadratus Stand. (189U). 



Papilin quadratus Staudinger, h-is iii. p. 337. t. .3. fig. 1. (J (1890) (Manicore'); id.. I.e. iv. p. 61 (1891). 



cJ ? . Sexes similar. Palpus black. Mid- and hindtibiae of male slightly 

 dilated, hairy, but also bearing many bristles. , Abdomen beneath with minute red 

 sjiot before claspers in male, and with large spot around vaginal cavity in female, 

 no red scales dorsiiJly at aj)ic!il edge of eighth segment. Forewing very long, 

 costal and distal margins almost parallel in male. Hindwing with a creamy patch 

 consisting of five discal spots and (in S) a, small cell spot ; tooth R^ somewhat 

 projecting in female, while the wing is strongly rounded at apex, being produced 

 anally. 



On uiulersitle, the hindwing boars a red spot close to anal angle. 



Scent-organ with a very broad stripe of white wool ; this stripe not quite 

 extending to base, where there is a brush of white spreading hairs. 



Genitalia : (?. Ninth tergite with a conical spinelike jn-ocess at each side of 

 base of tenth tergite. Harpe half the length of the clasj)er, bearing four teeth, 

 all projecting ventrad and curved inward, the apical one very long, the next two 

 shorter, the most proximal one being minute. 



Early stages not known. 



Jltih. Up{ier Amazons. 



Two subsj)ecies. 



