( 454 ) 

 20. Papilio aeneas L. (1758). 



(J. Pnpilin Eqiies Trrjaiiiin neyimx Linne, Si/nt. Nat. ed. x. p. 461. n. 15 (1758) ("Asia";. 



5 . Prinr.ppK domhianf: marcius Hiibner, Samml.' Exot. Sckmetl. i. t. 122 (180fi — ?). 



(J ? . rajiilin aeneas, Erichson, in Schomb., F. F. Brit. Guiana p. 593 (1848) ( ? = nwrrlus). 



c??. Palpns black; posterior abdominal segments of male withont red 

 markings, there being in the female a restricted red spot situated behind vaginal 

 cavity, neither the seventh nor eighth segment as a rnle bearing any red scales 

 at the edge. Fringe of forewing black, showing rarely vestiges of white spots in 

 female. Mid- and hiudtibiae of male densely hairy, except base, incrassate, especially 

 the hiudtibia, foretibia and tarsi simply spinose. Scales of red patch of hindwing 

 of male above entire ; in female the scales also rounded at apex, but seldom entire, 

 bearing from three to five teeth, very few scales being only bidentate ; on the 

 underside the white scales covering the red ones nearly all sharply tridentate 

 in female, only a few having two teeth, while in male the majority is bidentate. 

 No opalescent gloss on upper side of hindwiug. White patch on forewing of 

 female washed out at edges. 



Neuratiou : D^ of hindwing about as long as D^, often considerably longer, 

 however in one of our males much shorter. 



Scent-organ : wool blackish hair-brown. 



Genitalia : <S. Tenth tergite a very little longer than the sternite ; aj)ical edge 

 of ninth tergite somewhat dilated near the tenth tergite and denticulate. Harpe 

 reaching close to apex of clasper, bearing at the apex from two to six heavy teeth, 

 and at the ventral edge beyond the middle one more tooth, the distal portion of 



the ventral edge being sometimes minutely denticulate. ¥. No strongly elevate 



ridge in front of the vaginal cavity ; posterior edge of cavity rounded, slightly 

 incrassate, partly covering the cavity, rest of postvagiual area membranous, 

 transversely wrinkled. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilab. The Guianas ; Amazons from Para upwards ; eastern slopes of Andes of 

 Pern and Bolivia ; Upper Orinoco. 



a. P. aeneas aeneas L. (1758). 

 Roesel, Jns.-Behisl. iv. B. p. 24. t. 2. fig. 2. c? (1755). 



(J. rajiUio Eques Trojamis aeneas Linn^, I.e.. ("Asia"; citat. jKirtiin) ; Kleem., in Roe-iul, l.c. 

 (ed. ii., 1761) (Surinam) ; Linne, J/»w. Lml. Vlr. p. 197. n. 16 (I7(U) ; Houtt, .\,itiirl. Hint. i. 

 11. p. 198. n. 15 (17ri7) ; id., Sy^l. Nat. ed. xii. p. 747. n. Iti (1767) ; Fabr., Si/sl. Eui. p. 448. 

 n. 23 (1775) ('India") ; Goeze, Ent. Beylr. iii. 1. p. 36. n. 16 (1779)(cit. Sebac excl.) ; Cramer, 

 Fnp. Emt. iii. p. 1,56. t. 279. fig. C. D (1780) (Surinam) ; Fabr., S^pec. Fm. ii. p. 8. n. 32 (1781) 

 (citat. Cram, excl.) ; Jabl. and Herbst, Natiirx. ffrhniett. ii. p. 53. n. 19. t. 9. fig. 5, 6 (1784) 

 (jMrlim) ; Fabr., Mmil. Iim. ii. p. 6. n. 35 (1787) ; Esper, Ami. Srhmi-U. p. 40. n. 15, p. 60(1788) 

 (parlim, ? ) ; Gmelin, Syt. Nal. i. 5. p. 2233 n. 16 (1790) (pnrlim) ; Jung, Aljilial,. Vcrz. p. 11 

 (1791) (synon.;rar^m) ; Fabr., Ent. Si/xt. iii. 1. p. 17. n. 50 (1793) (,eha.t. jKirlim). 



FapiUo Eqiies aenms Linnn, Syst. Nat. ed. Lange p. 461. n. 15 (1760). 



Papilin (Tros) ae.nens, Miiller, Natut-s. v. 1. p. 570. n. 16 (1774). 



Fapilin (neneng), Meerburgh, Afb. Zelch. Gen: t. 19. ^ (1775). 



Papilin Eqiies Trojanun aew.ides Esper, AuhI. Schmell. t. 15. fig. 4 (1788). 



Paridex gargasus Hubner, Vers, bel: Silnnetl. p. 87. n. 909 (1818?) (partim ; nmn. novum hic. 

 "aeneas Cram. 279. A— D''). 



Papilin apneas, Godart, En<: Melh. ix. p. 33. n. 24 (1819) {partim ; " ? " only) ; Boisd., f^pee. Gen. 

 Up. i. p. 286. n. 112 (IS.^fi) (partim; " $ "only) ; Constable, Miseell. Bnlt. p. 140. t. 13. $ 

 (1832) ("Cochin China") ; Doubl., List Lep. hm. Brit. Mns. i. p. 12 (1845) (Demerara ; »yn. 

 partim) ; id., Westw. and Hew., Gen. Diurn. hep. i. p. 18. n. 202 (1846) (Guiana ; cit. Cram. 

 partim); Erichs, in Schomb., /". B\ Brit. Guiana p. 593(1848); Guy. List Lep. Ins. Brit. 



