( 559 ) 



(A. Hall); Volran de Miravalles (Uuderwood) ; Limon, October 1004 (A. Hall); 

 Bogava, 800 ft, and Boqnete, 3500 ft, Chiri(|ni (Watson) ; Parida I., Sevilla I., 

 Cebaco I., and Brava 1., January 1902 (Batty) ; K. Dagua, W. Colombia (Rosenberg); 

 Pereira, Cauoa; Muzo, Ducember 1896; Peperital to Buenavista, January 1897 

 (Dr. Burger); Villavicencio to R. Ocoor, January, and Villavicencio to Monte Redondo, 

 March 1897 (Dr. Biirgcr) ; Canancbe, Oundinamarca, July 1903 (Matban) ; Oiiaca, 

 S. Marta, 2000 ft. (Eiigelke) ; . Mocotone and Tacbira, Venezuela (Briceilo) ; 

 Cnmana, 1300 ft. (Andr^) ; Trinidad; Caparo valley (Dr. T. Rendall) ; La Vuelta 

 and Suapure, Caura R., Orinoco, February and May (S. M. Klages); Paramba, 

 N.W. Ecuador, February — June 1897 (Rosenberg); Cachabi, January 1897, 

 Cbimbo, August 1897 (Rosenberg) ; Rita and R. Cayapas, N.W. Ecuador (Flemming 

 and Miketta) ; Quevedo (v. Buchwald). 



e. P. thoas tlioas L. (1771). 



Seba, T/iesaiir. iv. p. 46. t. 38. fig. 6. 7. J (1764) ; Drury, Illustr. Exol. Lik. i. p. 44. t. 22. fig. 1. 2. ^J 



(1770) (Surinam). 

 Piijillio Eqiies AchimK thnas Linn^, }tant. Plant, p. 5.3G (1771) (partim) ; Drury, l.r. Inrlex (1772) ; 



Fabr., Syxl. Ent. p. 454. n. 48 (1775) (partim); Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. p. 108. t. 167. fig. A. B. 



(1777) (Surinam) ; Goeze, Ent. Beytr. iii. 1. p. 71. n. 4 (1779) (ijarthn) ; Fabr., Sprc. Jjis. ii. 



p. 19. n. 70 (1781) {partim) ; id., Maiit. Ins. ii. p. 10. d. 87 (1787) {partim) ; Jabl. & Herbst, 



Naturs. Schmett. iii. p. 127. n. 90. t. 40. fig. 3. 4 (1788) (Surinam) ; Gmelin, Stjst. Nat. i. 5. 



p. 2240. n. 321 (1790) [partim) ; Jung, Aljihab. Verz. Srhm. p. 23G (1792) ; Fabr., Ent. Syat. 



iii. 1. p. 32. D. 94 (1793) {partim) ; Esper, Ansl. Schmett. p. 198. u. 90. t. 49. fig. 1 (1797). 

 Papilio {thoas), Meerburgh, Afh. Zelik. Gew. t. 21 (1775). 



Princeps heroicus thoaa, HUbner, Samml. E.tot. Schmett. i. t. 114. fig. 1. 2 (1806 — ?). 

 Iferaclkles thoas^ Hiibner, Ver^. bek. Schmett. p. 83. n. 852 (1818 ?) ; Kirby, in Hubner, Samml.. Exot. 



Schmetl. ed. ii. p. 96. t. 114. fig. 1. 2 (190—?) {Viterat. partim). 

 Papilio thoas, Godart, Enc. MHh. ix. p. 02. n. 103 (1819) {partim) ; Lacord., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ii. 



p. .383 (1833) (Guyane) ; Lucas, in Guur., Diet. Pitt. Hist. Nat. vii. p. 50. (1838) {parlim) ; 



Wallace, Tran.'<. Ent. Sue. Luiid. (2). ii. p. 255 (1854) (Amazons, gardens) ; Bates, ibid. (2). v. 



p. 347 (1801) (Pari) ; id., Journ. Entom. I. p. 228. n. 27 (1862) ; id.. Natural. Riv. Amaz. p. 52 



(1864) (Paril.in street) ; Fel.ler, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien xiv. p. 310. n. 290 (1864) (Surin,-im ; 



Paiit); MoscLl., ibid, xxvi, p. 296 (1876) (Suiinam) ; Butler, Trans. Ent. Soe. Loud. p. Ull. 



n. 231 (1877) (Serpa, April) ; Sh.arpe, Proe. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 555. n. 4 (1890) (E. Araguaya); 



Eimer, Orthogrn. Schmett. p. 138. fig. 62 (1897) (Surinam). 

 Papilio thoas var. thoas, Obertbur. Et. d'Ent. iv. p. 70. sub n. 210 (1880) (Guyane). 



J ?. As yellow in tint as tbe large subspecies P. thoas cint/ra.'i. Uppcrside, 



forewing: ajiical spot usually small, sometimes a mere dot; spots before upper 

 angle of cell larger than in tbe other forms, e.x'cept cinijras, there being often a 

 small additional spot within the subcostal fork; discal patch R' — If' smaller than 

 in the other forms ; patch R" — R' as a rule the same in size as patch R-^ — M', rarely 

 a little longer, the veins R- and backwards more narrowly black between the patches 

 than in P. thoas nealces and P. thoas thoantiades ; j)atch SC'' — ^R^ usually without 

 black spot or sinus ; four submarginal spots, sometimes three, small ; cell-patch 

 rarely absent. 



Underside : submarginal spots of forewing corajjaratively small, especially the 

 upper ones; black discal area of hindwing usually broad and the bine halfmoons 

 \mva in colour as a rule, black marginal line wider and submarginal patch S(J- — R' 

 on the whole less projecting liasad than in /'. thoas nealces. 



Ilab. The Gniauas ; Lower Amazons. 



In the Tring Museum 12 J'c?, ? ?, from: Demerara, Esscquibo R., and 

 Berbice R., British Gniana; Surinam. 



