( 632 ) 



iijiical portion of the barpe somewhat resembling a shark's tail. ■?. Edge of 



vagiual orifice anteriorlj- raised into a rather broad, deeply sinuate flap, each lobe 

 of which is pointed ; lateral edges of orifice continned beyond the orifice as a mesial 

 di)ul)le fold; behind the orifice a ronnded, densely folded, tubercle, which is glabrous, 

 bearing minute hairs only posteriorly at the base ; in front of this tubercle, within 

 the orifice, there is a transverse ridge ; behind the orifice there is on each side 

 of the double mesial fold a deep impression, at the side of which there stands a 

 long, pointed, somewhat scythe-shaped process ; the whole lateral area of the 

 vaginal depression strongly chitiuised, the edge projecting free, being continuous 

 with the anterior surface of the sinuate vaginal flaj). 



Early stages not known. 



Eab. Panama ; Colombia ; Argentina. 



The last locality requires confirmation. 



Two subspecies. 



a. P. birchalU godmani subspec. nov. 



rapilio hirchalll, Godman & Salvin, Bio!. Ceulr. Amer., Lep. lilinji. ii. p. 2,37. n. 74. t. 71. fig. 8. 9. <^, 

 10. geiiit. (1890) (parltm ; Chiriqui ; Bugaba). 



This form stands in some collections as godmani ; wc fail to find the description, 

 but accept the name. 



tj. Discal band of upperside of hindwiug posteriorly obsolete, anteriorly broader 

 than the black distal marginal area. 



? . Uiscal baud of hindwiug very broad, including apical third of cell, irosteriorly 

 irrorated with black, the greenish scaling not being dense. 



Genitalia: c?. Harpe angulate at apical two-fifths. ?. As described 



above. 



Hab. Panama : Chiriqui ; Bugaba. 



In the Tring Museum 2 t?c?, 1 ?, from Chiriqui (received from Messrs. 

 Staudinger <& Bang-Haas). 



b. P. birchalU birchalU Hew. (1863). 



Papilio birchalU Hewitson, I.e. (Bogota); Felder, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien xiv. p. 312, n. 327 

 (18G4) ; Kirby, Gil. Dinni. Lep. p. 538. n. 13fl (1871) (paiiim) ; Staud., Exol. Tagf. p. 15 (1884) ; 

 Obeith., Fa. (XEni. xii. y. ?,. t. 2. fig. Ci.$ (1888) (Muzo) ; Godm. & Salv., Binl. Centi: Amer., Lep. 

 Ulinji. ii. p. 237. n. 74 (1S'.I0) [partiiu ; Colombia ; Cauca valley ; R. Quarto, Cordova, 

 Argentina) ; Maass. & Weym., in Stiibel. Reiseii S. Amer., Lep. p. 11. n. 39 (189U) (Colombia) ; 

 Haase, Unterstich. Mimirri) i. p. 94 (1893). 



c?. Discal band of hindwiug narrower than in the preceding, extending to 

 abdominal margin ; cell-spot smaller. 



? not known. 



Genitalia : Harpe somewhat shorter than in the preceding, dorsally angulate 

 at ajiical fourth. 



Ilah. Colombia : Magdalena and Cauca valleys. 



In the Tring Museum 7 c? c? from " Bogota." 



111. Papilio xanthopleura Godm. & .Salv. (18U8). 



Papilio xanthopleura Godman & Salv., Ann. .Vag. N. II. (4). ii. p. 150. n. 25 (18G8) (R. Huallagn) ; 

 Hew., Exot. Butt. iv. Pap. t. 10. fig. 32. ^ (1869); Kirby. Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 538. n. 140(1871); 

 Druce, Proc. Zool. Soc. Land. p. 246. n. 19 (187G) (Lower Huallaga) ; HopfiE., Sictt. Ent. Zeit. xl. 

 p. 53. n. 25 (1879) (Peru) ; Godm. A Salv.. Binl. Centr. Amer.. Lep. Rhop. ii, p. 238. sub n. 74 



