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never nbseiit ; the Lliick streak usnally washed out at the edges ; submarginal spots 

 small. 



¥. Abdomen ocliraceons above. Discal patches W — M° of forewing more 

 proximal than in male ; spots M' — (SM') situated at cell large but ill-defined. 



JJa/j. "West Ecuador. 



In the Tring Mnsenm 11 cJtJ, 1 ?, from : Paramba, 3500 ft., March, April ami 

 May 1897 ; and (Jhimbo, lOoO ft., August 1897 (W. Rosenberg). 



107. Papilio bachus Feld. (1865). 



PapiUo bachus Felder, Verli. Znoh But. Ges. Wieii xiv. p. 312. n. .^24(1864) (nom. indescr, ; Bogota); 

 id., Rehe Nomra, Lep. p. 80. n. 62. t. 14. fig. a. b. (J (1865) (Bogota). 



cJ. The two cell-patches of the forewiiig are usnally confluent behind, the 

 black space at the costal side of the proximal patch being often reduced to a 

 small snbbasal streak ; the discal sj)ots SC — R- are always present, the upper 

 two being sometimes very small, the third reaching occasionally from cell halfway 

 to outer margin ; three long patches from cell to near outer margin, the second and 

 third often imperfectly divided into a proximal portion corresponding to the spots 

 R^ — M- situated in P. ascolius and zagreus close to the cell, and a distal portion 

 homologous to the discal spots of the allied species ; the submarginal series of 

 spots usually absent from upperside, but occasionally the sj)ots partly distinct 



partly vestigial, the last three spots R^ — SM- often rej)resented by minnte dots. 



The hindwing is quite black, except a narrow band separating the basi-discal area 

 from the marginal border, the latter being narrower than in the other species ; that 

 orange band often reduced to some small spots ; creamy submarginal spots distinct; 

 the veins partly creamy in some specimens. 



The underside is somewhat paler than the upper ; the hindwing is more 

 extended tawny-orange, the black area being often divided np into patches by 

 the veins being bordered with tawny. In one of onr specimens of the southern 

 subspecies (Pozuzo, Peru) the marginal baud of the hindwing is creamy for the 

 greater part, sharply defined sj)ots situated in the middle of the cellules between 

 the blue dots being black and therefore very conspicuous on the pale ground ; the 

 same specimen bears on the forewing, above and below, ill-defined creamy streaks 

 at the distal margin from SC to R', the first being the longest and most indistinct. 



? not known. 



Genitalia : S. Tenth tergite similar to that of P. zagreus ; the two apical 

 projections long ; harjie also as in that species, a little broader beyond middle. 



Ilah. Colombia, Peru and Bolivia. 



Two subspecies. 



a. P. bachus bachus Feld. (1,865). 

 PapiUo bachus Felder, I.e. ; Kirby, Cat. Dhu-n. Lep. p. 538. n. 142a (1871). 



(?. Markings of forewing pale above and below; proximal cell-patch and 

 posterior discal patches washed with orange ; discal streaks R- — M- narrowed 

 distally on upper- and underside ; vestiges of three submarginal spots SC^ — R', 

 the first spot standing distally of the fork. Veins of hindwing partly creamy. 



Apparently rare, at least in collections. 



Ilab. Colombia. 



In the Tring Museum 3 tJJ from : " Bogota" (Lindig, type) ; Villavicencio to 

 Monte Redondo, March— April 1897, beginning of rainy season (Dr. Burger). 



