( 572 ) 



corres])OD(ling to the first spot of the so-called discal baiul of P. thoan aud 

 P. andraemon. 



Underside, of hindwing yellow from base to middle of disc ; no tawny or red 

 spots at apex of cell. 



Genitalia : c?. Tenth tergite narrow, long, spatnlatc ; sternite feebly chitinised, 

 with a small double ridge on each side ; harps narrow, ending in a long point, 

 angnlate dorsally before middle, bearing a few teeth at the edge distally of this 



angle, there being also a small tooth at the ventral edge near base. ?. Anterior 



edge of vaginal oritice raised into a longitndinal tubercle accompanied on each side 

 by a fold ; these folds diverging laterad, each bearing on the inner side a long, 

 narrow process armed with a few small thornlike teeth ; behind the orifice a 

 glossy, rounded tubercle clothed with extremely small hairs. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilab. Haiti. 



So far this fine species has not been fonnd on the other West Indian islands, 

 where it appears to be replaced by P. andraemon, which does not occur on Haiti. 



In the Triug Museum 4 c?(?, 2 ? ? , from Haiti. 



75. Papilio thersites Fabr. (1775). 



(J. PiijiilioEqiies Aefiivus (AcrsiVesFabricias, Sjs<. £«/. p. 453. n. 43 (1775) (America ; mus. Hunter): 



Gotze, Eiii. Bei/lr. iii. 1. p. 73. n. 9 (1779) ; Fabr., Spec. Jns. ii. p. 18. n. G8 (1781) ; id., Mant. 



Lis. ii. p. 9. d. 78 (1787) ; GmeUn, Sijst. Nat. i. 5. p. 2238. n. 313 (1790) ; Fabr., E»t. Sijst. iii. 



1. p. 30. n. 88 (1793). 

 J . I'miiliii Equea Afhiuis jialaiiiedes Fabricius {unit Drury, 1770), Syst. Ent. p. 454. n. 45 (1776) 



(America ; mus. Hanter) ; Goeze, Ent. Bci/lr. iii. 1. p. 73. n. 11 (1779) (partim) ; Fabr., Spec. 



/)M. ii. p. 18. n. 73 (1781) ; id., Maid. Im. ii. p. 10. n. 84 (1787) ; Jabl. & Herbst, Nalurs. 



Schmett. iii. p. 141. sub n. 94 (1788) ; Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. 6. p. 22.39. n. 320 (1790). 

 5 . Piqiilin Eijues Trojaiius acama.'i Fabriciu.s, Ent. Sij-it. iii. 1. p. 8. n. 22 (1793) (Jamaica ; Drury). 

 ? . Papiliii NiimphaliiiptalamciJes id., Ent. Sysl. iii. 1. p. G8. n. 213 (1793). 

 5 . Papiliii animas, Godart, Em; Aleth. ix. p. 42. n. 60 (1819) ; Donov.. Xat. Repos., Ent. ii. t. 18 



(1823) ; Boisd., Spec. Gen. Up. i. p. 360. n. 203 (18.30) (Jamaica) ; Doubl., List Lep. Ins. Brit. 



Mas. i. 2. p. 17 (1815) (Jamaica?) ; id., Westw. & Hew., I.e. p. 17. n. 170 (1840) (Jamaica). 

 ? . Papiliii palaniedcs, Godart, I.e. Stippl. p. 812. n. 133-4 (1824) ; Boisd., I.e. p. 359. n. 202 (1836 



(=j,irillwus?) ■ Doubl,, Westw. & Hew., I.e. p. 21 (1847) ; Gray, Cat. Lep. Lis. Brit. Mas. i. 



Piiji. p. 72 (1852) (doubtful species) ; id., Li.it Lep. Lis. Brit. .Uns. i. Pap. p. 85 (1850). 

 (J. J'apilia lliersites, Donovan, Nat. Repms., Ent. ii. t. 24 (1823) ; Boisd., /.'•. p. 353. n. 195 (183G) ; 



Doubl., Westw. & Hew., I.e., p. 17. n. lOG (184G) ; Doubl., List Lep. Lis. Brit. Mns. i. Append. 



p. 4 (1848) (Jamaica). 

 <J ? . Papiliu thersites, Hewitson, Trans. Ent. Sue. Loud. (2). i. p. 97 (1851) (cj of ncama-i) : Doubl., 



Westw. & Hew., I.e. ii. p. 529 (1852); Gray, Cat. Lep. Ins. Brit. .Mus. i. Pap. p.SS. d. 191 



(1852) ; id., List Lep. Lis. Brit. Mus. i. Pap. p. 52. n. 200 (1856) (Jamaica) ; Lucas, in Sagra, 



m.'it. Cuba vii. p. 205 (1857) (Jamaica; "Cuba" false) ; Weidem., Pruc. Ent. Sue. P/iilad. 



ii. p. 148 (1863) (" West Indies") ; Kirby, Cat. Diiirn. Lep. p. 639. n. 149 (1871)("Antilles") ; 



Butl., Pruc. Zwil. Sue. Loud. p. 481. n. 38 (1879) (Jamaica) ; Oberth., El. d'Ent. iv. p. 71. n. 213 



(1880) (Jamaica); Haa.se, Untersuch. Mimien/ i. p. 97 (1893) ("Antilles"); Towns., Joimi. 



Inst. Jamaica i. p. 370 (1893) (larva) ; Fox & Johns., Ent. Neirs iv. p. 3 (1893) (Jamaica) ; 



Robins., ibid. xiv. p. 20 (1903) (Jamaica). 

 J?. Papilio aeamas, Felder, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien xiv. p. 311. n. 310 (1804) {partim; 



Jamaica) ; Butler, Cat. Diurn. Lep. descr. Fabric, p. 24G. n. 45 (1H69) (types of 2>'tlaniedes 



Fabr. nun Drury, and tliersilcs in the Hnnterian coll. at Glasgow). 



S ? . Close to /'. li/cophron. The male is easily recognised by the great width 

 of the yellow band of the forewing, the ])rulongation of the cell-patch halfway down 

 to base and the absence of submarginal spots from the upperside of the forewing. 

 In the female there is a curved yellow baud on the forewing ; the submarginal 



