( 560 ) 



/. P. thoas cinyras M6adtr. (1857). 

 Papil/ii himpednnGny, List Lip. Ins. Brit. Miis. i. Pd/j. p. 54. n. '206(1850) (Villa Nova; tiom.mtdum !). 

 Papilid cinynis MenetriiSs, Eniim. Corp. Anim. .!/««. Pi-trop., Lep. i. Suji/il. p. G8. n. 1124. t. 7. fig. 3. 



(1857) (" Bahia" error loci); id., I.e., Descr. p. 111. n. 1124 (1863); Gerst., Stflt. Ent. Zi'it. six. p. 302 



(1858) ("is aberrat. of /'. tlwax") ; Felder, Wieii. Ent. .Uun. iii. p. .393. note (1859) (" distinct 

 from thoas ") ; Bates, Trims. Ent. Sm: Lond. (2). v. p. 347 (18(51) (from Villa Nova upwards) ; 

 id., Journ. E/ttom. i. p. 228. n. 29 (I8C2) (Upper Amazons ; ■' interior of province of Bahia " 

 error of local, or of identif.) ; Felder, I'erh. Zuul. Rot. Gex. Wien -xiv. p. 310. n. 29U (18G4) 

 {pnrlim ; Ega ; Villa Nova) ; Butl., Ann. Mug. N. II. (4). xx. p. 127. n. fi2 (1877) (R. Mairo, 

 Peru) ; Hopff., .S7e». Ent. ZHt. xl. p. U% n. 19 (1879) (Peru) : Oberth,, /■;/. d'Ent. iv. p. 7(i. 

 n. 209 (1880) (Teffe, Obydos) ; Mil., Nat. Sci. v. p. 243 (188(5) (Monaco !) ; Hahnel, Iris iii. 

 p. 240 (1890) (Villabella, Amaz.) ; id., I.e. p. 283 (1890) (Pebas). 



rapilio llioas L. var. eimjras, Staudinger, Exol. Tagf. p. 16. t. 11. ^J (1884) ; Michael, Iris vii. p. 213 



(1894) (Sao Paulo de Oliven^a). 

 Piipilio thoas, Maassen & Weym., in Stiibel, Reisen 8. Amer., Lep. p. 82. n. 50 (1890) (Upper Amazons); 

 Dognin, Lep. Loja p. 37 (1891); Holland, Bntt. Book t. 42. fig. 4 (1899); Weeks, lUiislr. Dium. 

 Lep. p. 20 (1905) (Chulumani). 

 Papilio eyniras (!), Eimer, Orlhogen. Sehmett. p. 137 (1897). 



In the south iatergradiug with the next subspecies. 



(??. Vjtperside, forewiug : cell-spot pre.sent, sometimes small ; spots in front 

 of apex of cell usnallj' large, sometimes minute, patch SO' — R^ entire, sometimes 

 bearing a black spot, seldom deeply sinuate ; submargiual spots absent or small, 



usually present in Bolivian specimens. Hindwing: yellow band broad, upper 



bubmarginal spots usually much smaller ;than the others ; red anal crescent absent 

 or (in southern specimens) small, blue halfmoon distinct. 



Hah. Eastern Ecuador, Amazons (except delta district), southward to Bolivia. 

 In the Tring Museum 79 c? c?, 9 ? ? , from : Obidos ; R. Uaupes, Upper R. Negro ; 

 Iquitos (Stuart) ; R. Cachyaco, affl. of R. Huallaga (Stuart); R. Napo, E. Ecuador 

 (R. Haensch) ; Zamora (0. T. Baron) ; R. Chuchnras, affl. of R. Palcazu, 320 m. 

 (W. Hoffmanns) ; Chanchamayo (Schnuke) ; Palcazu (Sedlmayr) ; Per(jn6 R„ 

 March 1900 (Simons) ; R. Mixiollo, Loreto (Baer) ; R. Toro, Ija Merced, August — 

 September 1901 (Simons); Pozuzo, Huauuco (W. Hoftmanns) ; La Union, R. 

 Huacamayo, Carabaya, 2000 ft, November and December 1904 (G. Ockenden) ; 

 Chirimayo, Carabaya, July 1901, 1000 ft. (Ockenden) ; Oroya, R. Inambari, 3500 ft., 

 November 1901 (Ockenden); Caradoc, Marcapata, 4000 ft., February 1901 

 (Ockenden); R. Slucuri, S.E. Peru, 25(Mi ft., June 190l (Ockenden); Salampioni, 

 Bolivia, September 1900 (Simons) ; Charuidaya, 13iX) m., June 1901 (Simons) ; 

 R. Songo (Garlepp); Sorata (Guenther) ; Mapiri ; Salinas, R. Beni, July 1895 

 (Stuart) ; Prov. Sara, S. Cruz de la Sierra (J. Steiubach). 



g. P. thoas bra.siliensis subsp. nov. 



Papilio thoas, Mt'ndtriKS, Mini. Sor. Imp. Moseou vii. p. 188. n. 3 (1829) (Brazil, larva) ; Doubl., 

 Westw. & Hew., Gen. Dinni. Lep. i. p. 17. n. 170 (184(5) (Brazil) ; Gray, Cat. Lep. Ins. Brit. 

 Mux. i. Pap. p. ,39. n. 196 (1852) {partiin ; Brazil) ; id., List Lep. Ins. Brit. Mas. i. Pap. p. 54. 

 n. 2(M'i (185(5) (jiarliin ; Brazil) ; Me'nutr., Ennm. Corp. Anim. .Uns. Petrop., Lep. i. p. 4. n. 63 

 (lS.^i7) (Brazil); Felder, Verh. Zool. Hot. Ges. Wieti xiv. p. 310. n. 295 (1864) (partim; Brazil); 

 Piillw., Stetl. Ent. Zeit. xxvi. p. 129 (18G5) (Corcovado); Butler, Cat. Dium. Lep. deser. Fabric. 

 p. 24C.. n. 44 (1869) (Brazil) ; Capronn., Ann. Sor. Ent. Behj. xvii. p. 9. n. 12 (1874) (partim ; 

 Botafogo, August; Rio, Entre Rios ; very common); Burm., Deser. Rep. Argent. V. Lfp., 

 Atlas p. 3. t. 2. fig. 1. 2. larva (1879) (Bio do Jan.); Oberth., Et. d'Ent. iv. p. 70. n. 210 (1880) 

 (partim; Brazil); Jones, Proe. Lit. Phil. Sue. Lirerp. p. 41 (1883) (metamorph.) ; Seitz, 

 Stett. Ent. Zeit. li. p. 98 (1890) (Corcovado) ; Weym., ihid. Iv. p. 315. n. 14 (189.'.) ; Mabilde, 

 Guia Prart. Borbol. liio Grande do Sid p. 49 (1896) ; Peters, Illnstr. Zeitsehr. Ent. ii. p. 51 

 (1897) (Nova Friburgo ; larva). 



Papilio eresphontes, Felder, Verh. Zool. But. Ges. Wien xiv. p. 310. n. 294 (1864) (partim ; Brazil). 



