( 463 ) 



a. P. chilclrciKK' ohiUlrcnac Gray (1832). 



Papdin ihndrnme Gray, I.e. (1832) ; Rtaud., Ej-oi. Tnrjf. p. 13 (1HS4) (Central America) ; Gotlm. & 

 Salv., Biul. Ceiitr. Amer., Ithip. ii. p. 192. n. 3. t. G.5. fig. 1. (J, 2. ?, 3. genit. (18'.l0) 

 (Guatemala ; Nicaragua; Costa Eica ; Panama) ; Haase, Uidersuch. Mimierij i. p. 79 (1K9:!). 



ri(j>ilio se.tostrii var., Gray, Cut. Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. i. Pap. p. 58. sub n. 2G7 (1852) (Brazil) ; id., 

 Lixt Lep. Tiis. Vril. Miik. i. Pap. p. 70. sub n. 282 (1852) (Brazil). 



S . Forewing always with a rather large white spot, which is nsnaliy preceileil 

 by a smaller oue. 



?. Band of hiudwing on the whole brighter red than in P. ch. childrenae. 



Hab. Panama to Guatemala. 



lu the Tring Musenm 74 (^(S*, 8 ? ?, from : Carillo, Costa Rica, June— July 

 19U3 (Underwood); Carillo, 3000 ft., Oct. 1904 (A. Hall); Chiriqui; Colon. 



h. P. childrenae oedippus Lucas (1857). 

 (J. Pfipilin nedippus (!) Lucas, in Casteln., Vnij. Amer. Siul, Enl. p. 197 (1857) ("Inter, of Brazil "); 



Staud., E.rnt. Tmjf. p. 13 (188-i) (Colombia) ; Godm. & Salv., Biol. Ceidr. Amer., Rhop. ii. 



p. 192. sub D. 3 (1890) ; Skinn., Eid. News xv. t. 1. fig. 3. t? (1901). 

 Pajiilio ocdypiiH (!) Lucas, I.e. Lip. t. 2. fig. 4. $ (1857). 

 Papilio semstris, local var. childrenae. Bates, Trans. Ent. Soe. Loud. (2). v. p. 355 (1861) (New 



Granada). 

 Papilii) cliildifnae, Felder, Wien. Ent. Mmi. v. p. 73. n. (IS(jl) ; id., Verh. Zool. Bnt. Ges. Wien xiv. 



p. 292. n. 41 (1804) (Bogota ; R. Napo ; Interior of Brazil) ; \A.,RriseNorara,Lep. p. 21. n. 11 



(18G5) (Bogota) ; Kirby, Cat. Diiirn. Lep. p. 525. n. fiOa (1871) (N. Granada; Ecuador) ; 



Oberth., Et. d'Enl. iv. p. 90. n. 282 (1880) (N. Granada). 

 Pajiilio oedipus, Felder, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien xiv. p. 292. sub n. 41 (1864). 



(?. No white spot on upperside of forewing, or (rarely) only one small dot* 

 Underside of hindwiug mostly without red spots SC- — R-. 



?. Band of hindwing pale, soraewhat buffish proximally on upperside. 



Ilah. Colombia and Ecuador. 



An Ecnador specimen (c?) in coll. Hewitson (British Museum) has a small red 

 spot on upperside of hindwiug and two small sjiots R' — M- on underside ; the green 

 scaling in cell of forewing is mnch reduced in extent. 



lu the Tring Museum 40 Si, 7 ??, from: Rio Dagua, W. Colombia 

 (Rosenberg) ; " Bogota." 



25. Papilio erlaces Gray (1852). 



cJ. Papilio rrlaees Gray, Cat. Lep. Ins. Beit. .Uns. i. Pap. p. 49. n. 240. t. 8. fig. 9. J (1852) (^ only 



? .another species ; Bolivia). 

 ? . Papilio rijplwiex id., I.e. p. 49. n. 241 (1852) (" S. America, coll. Hewitson "). 



Palpus always black in both sexes. Fringe of both wings dotted with white. 



c?. Tibiae spinose, not incrassate, resembling those of female. Eighth 

 abdominal segment edged with red veutrally in front of clasper. Forewing : a 

 large olivaceous green patch from inner margin forward, sometimes entering cell, 

 the scales composing it elongate, tongue-shaped ; a creamy white spot M' — M-, 

 usually large, very often preceded by a smaller spot R^ — M', occasionally followed 

 liy a small dot standing behind M-, these spots wanting in nearly all Ecuadorian 



specimens and in a small projwrtion of the individuals from Peru and Bolivia. 



Hindwing: three red spots R- — M', abont half-way between cell and distal margin, 

 strongly opalescent, the first spot sometimes minute, occasionally absent, rarely 

 a fourth dot R' — R= marked ; on underside the spots much paler, in the northern 

 forms more or less creamy, the row being usually prolonged forward by one or 

 two spots, there being also two spots present on the abdominal fold. 



