( 598 ) 

 86. Papilio palamedes Drury (1770). 



Piip'ilin Equrs Arliiviix jialameiks Drury, JUustr. E.O't. Ins. i. p. 37. t. ID. fig. 1. 2. & Index (1770) 

 (Carolina). 



S ? . Antenua tawnw Tibiae and tarsi pale greenisli, as in P. fkoas and allies. 

 In neuratiou and genitalia similar to 1'. troiliis. 



Discal band of hindwing, above, xisnally distal of cell, often touching cell, many 

 sjiecimens bearing a small pale yellow cell-spot. Cell-bar of forewing sometimes 

 vestigial on uj)perside ; yellow subbasal band of underside of hindwing often con- 

 tinued across cell of forewing. 



Genitalia : <?. Tenth tergite longer and narrower than in P. troilus ; harpe as 

 in that S])ecies, but the ventral tooth shifted towards the apex, standing close to the 



apical process. ?. Mesial process standing at vaginal orifice sinuate apically, 



Bon-dentate, lateral lobe less strongly dentate than in P. troiliiis, lateral ridge non- 

 dentate, but the edge irregular. Bristles on inner snrfiice of anal segment as in 

 P. troilus. 



For early stages see Boisd. & Lee. (1833). 



Hab. Southern Atlantic district of the Nearctic Region, extending into 

 Mexico. 



Two subspecies. 



a. P. jialamedes palamedes Drury (1770). 



Seba, Thesaur. iv. p. 51. t. 43. fig. 3. 4 (1764). 

 PapiJin Eques Achirus palamedes Drury, I.e. ; Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. p. 14C. t. 03. fig. A. B (177G) 

 (N. York) ; Goeze, Ent. Beijir. iii. 1. p. 73. n. 11. (1779) {parlim) ; Jung, Alphah. Verz. p. 77 

 (17',l-2) (= cUalcus). 

 Papilio Eqiies Achinis clialcas Fabricius, Si/st. Ent. p. 453. n. 44 (1775) ; Goeze, Eiil. Bei/lr. iii. 1. 



p. 73. n. 10 (1779) ; Fabr., Si/sf. Enl. iii. 1. p. 31. n. 90 (1793). 

 Papilio Eqiies AcJi i rns Jlaroiitaculatus Goeze, Ent. Beijtr. iii. 1. p. 87. n. 72 (1770) (nom. pro Sebae 



t. 43. fig. 3. 4). 

 Papilio Eques Achirus clialncs Fabricius, Sjiec. Ins. ii. p. 18. n. 70 (1781) ; id., Mnnl. Ins. ii. p. 9. 

 D. 80 (1787); JaU. & Herbst, Nat. Schmett. iii. p. 1.39. n. 94. t. 42. fig. 1. 2 (1788) {=■- jmlamedes 

 Drury) ; Gmelin, Syst. Xat. i. 5. p. 2230. n. 315 (1790). 

 Papilio Eques Achirus calchas Esper, Aiml. Schmett. p. 229. n. 10(1. t. 5G. fig. 3 (1798) (nom. nov. 



loco chalcas). 

 Papilio oiM«.v, Godart, Eiic. MM. ix. p. 59. n. 92 (1819) ; Boisd. & Lee, Fliaf. Gen. Lip. Amh. 

 Sejil. p. 17. t. 5. fig. 1—4 (1833) (larva, pupa. (J) ; Boisd,, Spec. Gen. Lep. i. p. 337. n. 178 

 (1836): Doubl., List Lep. Ins. Brit. JIus. i. p. 16 (1845) (E. Florida; Georgia); id..Westw. & Hew., 

 Gen. Diurn. Lep. i. p. 13. n. 91 (1846) (U.S. ; Mexico ; " Jamaica'' false) ; Gosse. Letters from 

 .■!M-anm p. 169. 272 (1859). 

 Papilio palamedes, Drury, ed. West;!'., Illuatr. E.rnt. Ent. i. p. 36. t. 19. fig. 1. 2 (18:i7) ; Poey, .Mem. 

 Hist. Xat. Cuha i. p. 197. n. 12 (1851) (Cuba? ; palamedes has priority) ; Gray. Cat. Lep. Ins. 

 Brit. Mm. i. Pap. p. 25. n. 113 (1852) ; id.. List Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. i. Pap. p. 33 n. 120 (1856) 

 (E. Florida ; Georgia); Lucas, in Sagra, Ilisff. Cuba vii. p. 203 (18r)7) (" Cuba" false); Weidem., 

 Proc. Ent. Sue. Pliilad. ii. p. 147 (18C3) (U.S. : " West Ind." false) ; Felder, Verh. Zool. But. 

 Ges. Wien xiv. p. 316. n. 364 (1864) ; Jaeg., Life N. Am. Ins. p. 210 (18C1) ; Butler, Cat. 

 Diurn. Lep. flescr. Fabr. p. 260. n. 53 (18C9) ; Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 543. n. 166 (1871) ; 

 Edw., Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 11. n. 20 (1877) (Florida to Virginia; Gulf States; 

 = calchas) ; Gerh., Macro-Lep. N. Amer. p. 25. n. 439 (1878) ; Streck., Butt. Moths N. Amer. 

 p. 73. n. 19 (1878) (Virginia southward, south-west to Louisiana) ; Oberth., Et. d'Ent. ir. 

 p. 69. n. 199 (1880) (Florida) ; Edw., Canad. Ent. xiii. p. 119 (1881) (life hist.) ; id.. I.e. xvi. 

 p. 115 (1884) (habits of Larva) ; Aaron, Papilio iv. p. 172 (1884) (S. Texas) ; Edw., I.e. xviii. 

 p. 15 (1886) (Glencoe, Nebraska) ; French, Butt. East. U.S. p. 95 (1886) ; Edw., Bull. U.S. 

 Nat. .Mas. x.kxv. p. 11 (1889) (liter, on metam.) ; Skinn., Ent. A'eu-s i. p. 110 (1890) (Phila- 

 'V- delihia, one fpecimpn); Mayn.. ^fan. N. Amer. Butt. p. 10. n. 14. fig. 8. a (1891); Jones, Ent. 

 Kius iv. p. 1£0 (181 3 (EichmoLi. Co., N.C.) : Haasc, Unlenuch. Mimicry i. p. 90 (1803) (■' the 



