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 106. Papilio ascolius Feld. (1865). 



Papilio znrjreus, Gray {nnn Doubleday, 1847, err. det.), Cal. Lep. Ins. Brll. .l/«s. i. Pnp. p. H. ii..30 



(1852) (pnrtrm ; Quito, in coll. Hewitson). 

 Papilln aHndiiix Felder, Verli. Zool. Bot. Gfs. Wimi.'xiv. p. 312. n. 323 (1SC4) (nom. iudescr. ; Quito ; 



Bogota) ; id., Pelsc Nuvam, Lep. p. 82. n. G3 (1865) (Bogota, ^) ; .Staud., Exot. Tag/, p. 15 



(1884) (Ecuador ; Colombia; Chiriqui). 



cJ ? . Differs from P. zagreits especially in the Iiintlwing, the basi-discal area 

 bearing no black patches in the cell and between W and abdominal mar<;-in ; 

 besides the black subcostal streak, which is always present, the wing bears only 

 one black discal spot SC-— R' either on both sides or only below, this spot being 

 absent from many specimens; the black distal border of the hindwing is usually 

 broader than in P. zagreus, often touching cell, but in Panama individuals the 

 border does not surpass in width that of P. zagreu.'i. The abdomen of the female 

 is on the back either entirely ochraceous or blackish brown, there being no sharply 

 defined dorsal black mesial stripe as in the male. 



Genitalia : S. The processes of the tenth tergite short, the dorsal lateral edge 

 of the tergite irregnlarly dentate and sinuate, the two sides not being exactly 

 identical ; harpe flattened beyond middle and here broader than in P. zagreus, the 

 apex straight, not curved inward. — ? . Lobe at vaginal orifice slightly acuminate, 

 narrower and longer than in P. zagreus ; lateral flap not so large as in that 

 species, its posterior edge continuous with the low transverse ridge standing 

 behind the vaginal orifice. 



Early stages not known. 



Hab. Chiriqui to Western Ecuador. 



The four snbspecies differ only in pattern, each form varying considerably. 

 There are in a long series of species all intergradations from one snbspecies to the 

 other. 



a. P. ascolius zalates Godm. & Salv. (1890). 



Papilio zalates Godman & Salvin, Biol. Ceiilr. Amer., Lep. Pimp. ii. p. 233. n. 68. t. 71. fig. 1. 2. cj, 

 3. genit. (1800) (Chiriqui). 



<?. Upperside. — Forewing : cell-patch more or less densely shaded with black ; 

 subapical cell-spot narrow ; discal spots short, spot R' — R- as large as the next 



one or larger ; no spots R' — M- at cell or only traces of them. Hindwing : 



distal marginal border narrower than in the other forms ; no black discal spot 

 SC2— Ri. 



Underside. — Hindwing, deeper orange than in the other forms ; snbmargiual 

 spots smaller ; no black spot SC^ — R'. 



? not known. 



Hab. Panama; Chiriqui; Bugaba ; Veragna. 



In the Tring Museum 3 c? c? from Chiriqui. 



b. P. ascolius daguanus subsp. nov. 

 c?. Upperside. — Forewing : basal cell-patch as in zalates, subapical cell-jiatch 

 as in zalates or larger ; discal spots as in ascolius, spot R' — R- large, but much 



shorter than the next one ; slight traces of spots R= — M- at cell. Hindwing : 



basi-discal area of the same colour as the spots of forewing, slightly washed with 

 orange distally, but much less so than in the palest specimens of ascolius, agreeing 

 in this character best with pale individuals of rosenbergi from West Ecuador ; 

 black subcostal streak broader than in zalates and ascolius, invading cell a little ; 



