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d. Spot R' — M' larger than the spot in front of it. 



e. Forewing semitransparent distally ; cell-spot large ; 

 band of hindwing entering cell, pinkish cream 



proximally . . P.ancltises serapis s.nil i\. ^.vib'i]}. o? P. iphidamas 

 /'. Forewing opaqne, cell-spot large ; band of hindwing 



less pale proximally . . . .A snbspecies of P. bjcimenes. 

 (/. Forewing opaqne, cell-spot narrower ; band of hind- 

 wing broad, entering cell, lieueath more rosy, and 

 black distal marginal area wider than in the 



other females P. ancliises ah/attes. 



For some other distinctions see the note nnder the respective heading of each 

 species. The geographical variability of the varions sjiecies is not the same. 

 Scent-organ and genitalia of P. bjcimenes essentially as in P. vertuinnus. 

 Early stages not known. 

 Ilah. Gnatemala to Ecuador. 



a. P. li/cimenes bjcimenes Boisd. (1830).* 



(J. Papilin lycimenes Boisduval, I.e. (Costa Rica). 



(J ? . Papiliu qiliidiuiKis, Godman & Salvin (iinn Fabriciua, 179.3, err. det.), Biol. Centr. Aiiier., lihop. 



ii. p. I!i2. n. 4. t. f.5. fig. 5, 5a. (J-fold, genit. (1890) {pnHim). 

 cJ. PaiiiVw ahjotlrs, iid. {iion Felder, 18G1, err. det.), U. p. 194. n. 5 (1800) (Panama). 



S . Uppersiilc. — Forewing : olive-green patch limited behind by SM^, always 

 reaching this vein, often a small streak behind this vein, many specimens with 

 green scaling in cell ; a creamy spot R^ — M' present in almost every specimen, 

 being absent only in a few of the individuals from the southern limit of the range 

 ((.'hiri(jui) ; a second creamy spot occasionally behind M', and often also a creamy 



spot in cell. Hindwing : a baud of four, tive or six spots, narrowing costad, the 



last sjjot standing behind M-, narrower than the last but one, but nearly as long. 



Underside. — Forewing : white spots as above, many specimens with a dot 



in cell and some ill-defined creamy scaling in front of cell. Hindwing with a 



band of five to seven spots, the upper two small, sometimes ves(;igial, the first 

 occasionally absent. 



? . Forewing : creamy white spot R^ — M' much larger than spot R- — -Rl 



Hindwing : band broad, uniformly red or proximally a very little paler than 

 distally, its proximal edge slightly convex or straight in most specimens. 



Hah. Gnatemala to Panama ; islands off the west coast of Panama. 



Occurs together with /'. iphidamas, which it resembles. The male differs 

 from iphidamas in the green patch of the forewing reaching down to SM^ or 

 beyond, in the spot behind M- of the hindwing being much larger, and in the 

 tibiae being sjiinose. The female is distinguishable from the female of iphidamas 

 by the second discal spot of forewing being larger than the first and by the band 

 of the hindwing being less evenly curved. 



In the Tring Museum: 42 c?cJ, 22 ¥ ? , from : Polochic Valley, Guatemala 

 (Salvin) ; San Jose, Costa Rica, 4000 ft., September 1004 (A. Hall) ; Carillo, Gosta 

 Hlca, 3000 ft., October 10o4 (A. Hall) ; Juan Vinas, Costa Rica, 2500 ft., October 

 1004 (A. Hall); Carillo, June— Jnly 10ii3 (Underwood): Carthago and Careblanco 



In the bibliograpliy of this an<l the allied forms we have quoted only .such references as are 

 accompanied by a descriptiun ur figure, and a few others which we could verify by the examination of the 

 specimen.s referred to. 



