( 599 ) 



Palamades Group shows close affinities with the Dauiitis Group") ; Eimer, Arlb. Vcrivauiludi. 

 Schmelt. ii. p. 145. t. 8. fig. 3. jj, fig. 4. ? (1895) ("closely related to aalci-iokks, axlei-iax and 

 hrevimuda on one side and to halrdi $ on the other") ; id., Orthogcn. p. 34. fig. 13 (1897) ; 

 Christ, Mill. Sfhwei::. Eiil. Gr.i ix. p. 270 (1897) ("near relative of zolk-ann") ; Holland, Ball. 

 Book p. 315. n. 19. t. 42. fig. 1. ? (1899) ; Dent., Mollis Bull. U.S. p. 353. 354. fig. (1898— 

 1900) ; Comst., Eiit. News .xiii. p. 75 & 77 (1902) (L. Josephine, Fla., quite common, Feb. 20 

 to March 25) ; Dyar, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. Hi. p. 3. n. 12 (1902) (S. Atl. States). 



Papilio chalcas, Morris, Syii. Lep. N. A met: p. 7. n. 9 (18C2). 



Pterurus palamedes^ Kirby, in Hiibn., Snminl. Exot. Schmelt. ed. ii. p. 101. t. 115. fig. 3. 4 (190- ?) 



t? ? . The discal spots on the underside of the bindwing on the whole Itss 

 extended orange in Florida specimens than iu individnals from other places, and the 

 orange portion of the spot R^ — M^ often reduced. 



IJab. Florida to Philadelphia, westwards to the Mississipi plains. 



In the Tring Museum 34 <?(?, 14 ? ?, from : Te.xas ; New Orleans, April H)02 

 (A. Hall) ; Titnsville, Florida, August— September 1894 and 1895. 



b. P. pala?nedes leontis subsp. nov. 



J ? . A small form. Upperside. — Forewing : discal spots smaller than iu the 

 previous, in the female being smaller than the submarginal ones ; streak in front of 



SC absent or vestigial ; cell-bar absent or faintly ve.stigial. Hindwiug : discal 



band narrower than in P. p. palamedes, the spots R^ — M^ better defined. 



Underside. — Forewing : cell-bar smaller than in the preceding form, often 

 reduced to two small dots ; discal s])ots also smaller ; no subbasal baud across cell. 



Hiudwing : discal baud narrower and on the whole more extended orange, and 



the glossy blue spots larger, than in P.j). palamedes. 



Hah. Monterey, Mexico. 



In the Tring Museum G <?<?, 1 ?. 



VIII. Ancliisiades Group. 



Pronotum, or underside of thorax, or both, spotted with red or orange ; abdomen 

 black, at base with a lateral dot or short streak which is of the same colour as the 

 thoracical spots, no yellow or buff lateral line on abdomen. Cell of forewing 

 beneath not streaked with yellow. Hiudwing without blue spots. 



Nenration : SC- of forewing very much nearer SC than SC^ ; D- longer than 

 D^ ; lower angle of cell very obtuse ; PC of hiudwing long and gradually carved. 



Genitalia : cJ. Tenth tergite spatulate ; sternite laterally in middle incrassate to 

 form a small double ridge or two teeth, of which the proximal one is hairy. Harpe 

 long and (with the excej)tion of P. bjppason) fiat, being apically produced into a 



long and nearly straight point. ?. Edge of vaginal orifice proximally raised into 



a prominent curved process, which is bicarinatc or channelled iu front and deeply 

 grooved on posterior side ; behind the orifice a membranous tubercle clothed with 

 minute hairs ; laterally a spatulate and dentate lobe or a pointed process, and farther 

 proximad a ridge which is shell-like laterally. 



The larvae are gregarious, feediug chiefly on Citrus. 

 A. Sexes dissimilar ; SC- of hindwiug much more proximal than 



M^ ; a red basal patch on underside of bindwing behind cell ; 



spots of pronotum rufous red, those on underside of thorax 



and at base of abdomen pale buff Species No. 87. 



