( 575 ) 



Hab. Mexico to f'osta Rica. 



In the Tring Museum 18 cJc? from : Mexico ; Sau Pedro Sula, Honduras. 



A series of 8 ? ? , besides males, from San Pedro Sula in coll. Oberthiir. 



h. P. lycophron hippomndoii Feld. (1859). 



cJ. rapiVio hippnmedon Felder, Wie7i. Ent. Man. iii. p. 393. n. 34 (1859) (hab. ?) ; id., Verli. Zool. 



Bnl. Ges. Wicn xiv. p. 311. n. 309 (1864) (Venezuela). 

 (J. PapUio prjlycaon var., or nov. spec, Vollenhoven, Tijflschi: Ent. iii. p. 80. n. 14'2a (18C0) 



(Bogota). 

 cJ. Papilla thenpih-on Felder, Verh. Zool. Bot, Ges. Wien xiv. p. 311. n. 308 (1864) (wom. imiescr. ; 



Bogota) ; id., Brise Norara, Lep. p. 76. n. 59 (1865) ; Godm. & Salv., Tram. Ent. Sar. Loud. 



p. 126. n. 237 (1880) (Sta. Marta) ; Hahnel, Iris iii. p. 201 (1890) (Valera, Venez.). 

 (J. Papilio lycophron var b. P. theopliron Kirby, Cat. Diiint. Lep. p. 540. sub n. 150 (W7i) (N.jw 



Granada). 

 cJ. Papilio lyi'opliron var. c. P. hijipomedoii, id., I.e. (Venezuela). 

 (J. Papilio lycophron, Hahnel, I.e. p. 201 (1890) (Valera) ; Maass. & Weym., in Stiibel, Iln.-!/in 



S. Aiiier., Lep. p. 11. n. 40 (1890) (Colombia). 



c?. A small form, differing from the Brazilian subspecies especially in the 

 hind wing being more rounded, in the snbmarginal spots of the same being smaller 

 and standing much nearer the edge of the wing, and in the tail being short and 

 slender. 



Genitalia : c?. Kasplike ridge of harpe extending in the same direction as the 

 upper edge of the harpe, being longitudinal, not transverse in direction, and being 

 moreover somewhat angulate. 



? not known. 



Hal). Colombia and Northern Venezuela. 



In the Tring Museum S 6 S from ; " N. Granada " ; Venezuela. 



c. P. hjcophron phania.^ subspec. nov. 



cJ. Papilio hjcophron, Bates, Trans. Ent. Soe. Land. (2). T. p. 347 (1861) (Cametit, To^anlins) ; id., 

 Joiirn. Entom. i. p. 228. n. 26 (1862) ; Dognin, Lep. Loja p. 15 (1867) ; id., I.e. p. 37 (1891) ; 

 Weeks, Ilhist. Diurn. Lep. p. 20 (1905) (Ghulumani). 



Papilio theophron, Hahnel, Iris iii. p. 283 (189(1) (Pebas) ; Michael, ihld. vii. p. 213 (1894) (Sao Paulo 

 de Olivenja). 



<?. Larger than P. I. hippomedon. Forewing : band more broken anteriorly 



than in P. I. lycophron, and the cell-spot on the whole smaller ; spot SC — SC 



absent from nearly all specimens. Hiudwing more strongly dentate than in 



P. I. hippomedon, rather shorter posteriorly than in P. I. li/cophron ; submarginal 

 spots almost in the same jiosition as in I. hippomedon, being smaller and more distal 

 than in P. I. hjcophron. 



Underside, forewing : submarginal spots linear, smaller than in /. lycophron, 



costal margin at apex and veins SC to R^ more extended black-brown. 



Hindwing : black discal area bearing the rufous red and the blue spots on the 

 whole larger than in hippomedon and hjcophron ; yellow submarginal spots all 

 separated, the last three or four smaller than in the other South American forms; 

 black marginal border a little wider than in hippomedon, but narrower than in the 

 specimens of lycophron, in which the submarginal spots are not strongly enlarged. 



?. Only one specimen known to us, resembling the dark form of ? P. I. 

 lycophron. 



Upperside : forewing llack-brown from base to apex of cell, then paler, some 

 Hnall ill-defined yellow spots around ajiex of cell; vestiges of yellow submarginal 



