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b. P. thoas omedo Gundl. (1800). 



Papilio thmis, Lucas, in Sagra, BiH. Cuba vii. p. 200 (1857) {parUm ?). 



Pajnlio cresiihontes, Herrich-Suh., Corrrsp. Bl. Znol. Miii. Ver. Regensb. p. 173 sub n. 5 (ll^!>4) 



{crespJioiites = oriedo Gundl, i. litt., false) ; Felder, Ver/i. Zoul. Bot. Ges. Wieii xiv. p. SIO- 



n. 294 (1804) (pnrtim ; Cuba). 

 PapiUo oviedo Gundlach, in Poey, Rep. Fin. Nat. Cuba. i. p. 279. t. 5. fig. 1 (1860) ; id., Cnntr. Eitl. Cuba. 



p. 133 (1881). 

 rapiliii thoas var. c. P. oviedo, Kirby, Cat Diurn. Lep. p. 541, subn. 155 (1871) (Cuba). 

 Papilio thoas var. oviedo Gundlach, Papilio i. p, 113 (1881), 

 Papilio erespluintes var, oriedo id,, Berl. Ent. Zeit. xxx. p. 132 (1881)). 

 PapiUo epitlwas Oberthiir, Bull. Soc. Ent. France p, 179, fig, 5 (18117) (" Me.xico?"j, 

 Papilio thoas var. P. epitlwas, Godman & Salv. , Biol. Centr. Amer., Lep. Rhop. ii. p, 729 (1901), 



c? ? . Upperside : markings deeper yellow tlian in the preceding; discal band 

 broad, especially in male ; forewiug : patches 11- — M- of nearly equal length ; four 



large snbmarginal spots preceded by one, two, or three smaller ones. Hindwing : 



yellow anal spot large, continnons with red halfmoon, a blue spot at the proximal 

 side of the latter. 



Underside much deeper yellow than in all other forms of P. thoas ; black 



colour on forewing much reduced. Hindwing : two orange-red spots R- — M', 



sharply defined, not so large as in the Jamaica form, but larger than ia continental 

 specimens of P. thoas ; a row of large pale blue discal spots, the middle ones partly 

 yellow, especially spots Ii- — M' ; anal crescent only slightly reddish, sometimes the 

 same colour as the other submarginal sjJots ; sjiot on tail large above and below. 



Genitalia : S. Tenth tergite spatulate, being constricted before apex, shorter 

 than in continental specimens, carinate beneath, broader than in P. thoas melonius ; 

 acute process of sternite comparatively short, curved ; harpe long, gradually tapering 

 to a point. 



Hab. Cuba. 



The deep maize-yellow underside and the large blue patches of the hindwing 

 are the most distinctive external features of this insect, which cannot easily be 

 confounded with /-". cresphontes. 



In the Tring Museum 2 cJc?, 2 ? ? , from : Cuba (Gundlach); Gibara (Tolliu). 



c. P. thoas autocles subsp. nov. 



Papilio thoas. Gray, List Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. i. Pap. p. 54. n, 200 (1850) (partlm ; Mexico ; Yucatan; 



Nicaragua) ; Reak,, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. ii, p, 138, n, G (1803) (Nicaragua ; syn. jiartini) ; 



Weidem,, ibid, ii, p, 148 (1803) {partim); Felder, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien xiv, p. 310, n, 295 



(1804) (partini ; Mexico ; Yucatan : Nicaragua?) ; Oberth., Et. d'Etd. iv, p. 70. n. 210 (1880) 



{parlini ; Mexico) ; Godm. & Salv., Biol. Ctntr. Amer., Lep. Rhvp. ii. p. 223. n. 53. t. 09. fig. 4. 



genit. (1890) (purtim) ; Mayn., Man. N. Amer, Butt. p. 14. D. 21. fig. 10b (1891) (S. Arizona ; 



Texas; "probably Florida"; partim'i) ; Holland, Butt. Book p. 311. n. 7 (189;i) (partim ■ 



Texas ;— t. 42. fig. 4. alia subsp.) ; Denton, .Voths Butt. U.S.A. ii. p, 345 (1898—1900) [partim ; 



occasionally in Texas ;— fig. ad sequent, subsp. referendae) ; Godm. cS: Salv,, I.e. p. 729 (1901) 



(Honduras). 

 Papilio cresphontes, Felder, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien .xiv. p, 310, n, 294(1804) {partim ; Mexico ; 



Honduras), 

 Papilio orni/thion, Staudinger (mm Boisd,, 1830, err. det.), E.rot. Tayf. p. 10 (1884) (Mexico ; " if my 



specimen is true orui/thion, the latter is var. of thoas "}. 



c? ?. Paler than /'. cresphontes, with which it occurs together, being also paler 



than the other continental forms, of P. thoas. Upperside, forewing: no spot in 



cell or only a vestigial one ; patch SO* — R' deeply excised, rarely without black 

 sinus or spot; spots before upper angle of cell small ; four submarginal spots, 



