( 577 ) 



Fapilio Vicophron (!), Hewitson, Jx. p. 97 (1851) (Brazil) ; Mabilde, Guia Pract. Bnrlnl. Rio Granile 



do Snip. 40 (1891'.) 

 Papilio perithotii^ (!), Hewitson, l,€. (sub synon.). 

 (J ? . Papilin jii/rithoiis (!), Lucas, in Sagra, Hist. Cuba vii. p. 267 (1857) (•' Cuba " false) ; Felder, 



Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien xiv. p. 311. n. 307 (1864) (" Cuba" false). 

 $ . Papilio lyrophron var. a. P. pii-ithoiis, Kirby, Cal. Diurii. Lep. p. 540. sub n 150 (1871) ("Cuba " 



error loci). 

 (J. Calaiiles hjtopliroii, Kirby, in Hiibn., Samml. Exot. Sckmelt. ed. ii. p. 97. t. 313. fig. 1. 2 



(190-?). 



(?. Upperside, forewing : siibmarginal spots often present ; snbapical spots 

 SC^ — SC^ seldom absent; veins SC to R- narrowly black. flindwing: sub- 

 marginal spots variable in size, bat their centres always farther away from margin 

 than in the other South American subspecies. 



Underside, forewing : snbmarginal spots usually large, often joined to the 



marginal spots. Hindwing : extent of black discal area very variable, often 



hardly any black scaling left ; submargiual spots large, contiguous, sometimes 

 joined to the marginal spots, but in most specimens the black marginal border 

 continuous and broader than in 7'. I. Idppomedon and phanias \ occasionally some 

 yellow scaling in centre of tail. 



¥ . Dichromatic. 



«'. ?-!'. oebalus Boisd., ^.<^. Hindwing from near base to black discal band 



pale creamy buff, this colour extending on to forewing as far as cell, there being 

 .1 spot of the same colour in the apex of the cell ; in the palest specimens the 

 biiffish band reaching to costal margin. 



h'. ?-f. pirithous id.. I.e. Both wings almost uniformly brown above, with 



a row of pale buff snbmarginal spots, which are often much shaded with brown. 



liab. Brazil ; Paraguay ; Argentina. 



A common insect. 



In the Tring Museum: 100 SS, 34 ? ? and some larvae and pupae from: 

 Tucuman (J. Steinbach ; P. Girard) ; Tapia, Tucuman (Baer) : Sapucay, Paraguay 

 (W. Foster) ; Patino Cu6, February (Montforts) ; Yhu, Paraguay, September — 

 December 1896 (Andeer) ; Corricntes ; Blnmenau ; S. Catharina ; Castro, Parana 

 (E. D. Jones) ; S. Paulo ; Rio de Janeiro ; Espiritu Santo; Minas Geraes ; Bahia. 



T8. Papilio androgeus Cram. (1775). 



Merian, Tin. Surinam, t. 31 (1705) (cj, ?, larva, pupa). 

 cJ. Papilio Eques Trujauus uiidrngeux Cramer, Pap. E.rot. i. p. 24. t. ICi. fig. C. D (1775) (Surinam). 

 Papilio {orestes), Meerburgb, Afb. Zeklz. Gew. t. 20. 30. ^ (1775). 



(J. Fapilio Eques Achirus pohjcaoii Cramer, I.e. iii. p. 17. t. 203. fig. A. B (1779) (Surinam). 

 $ . Papilio Eques Achimis piranthus Cramer, l.r. iii. p. 18. t. 204. fig. A. B (177'j) (Surinam). 

 Papilio Eques Trojanus ainosis, Stoll, in Cramer, l.i: Siippl. p. 1. t. 1. fig. 1 .\. v.. larva, pupa (1787) 



(this species ?). 

 {J ¥ . Papilio pohjcaoii^ Boisduval, Spee. Gen. Lip. i. p. 361. n. 205 (1836) ( = ajidro/jeus = j'l/ranthus ! 



= laodocu.s) ; Ilaase, Untevsuch. Miiniery i. p. 97 (1893). 

 Papilio piranthous (!), Weidemeyer, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. ii. p. 148 (1863) (sub synon.). 

 g ? . Papilio androgeus, Felder, Verh. Zool. Bol. Ges. Wien xiv. p. 311. D. 312 (1864) (West Indies ; 



Central and South America) ; Hopfl., Stett. Ent. Zeit. xl. p. 52. n. 21 (1879). 

 cJ ? . Papdio androgens (!), Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 539. n. 147"" (1871) (South and Central 



America); Staud., Exot. Tagf. p. 15. t. 10. (J J (1884)(Chiriqui ; Surinam ; Amazons ; Brazil). 



(J ? . Sexes dissimilar in colour, the females being dichromatic in certain 

 districts. Snbmarginal spots absent from upperside of forewing or vestigial, 

 thill and linear on underside. Hindwing : tail narrow, non-spatulate, teeth R- 



