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the diseal spots a broad olive band, which narrows anteriorly ; snbmarginal spots 

 sometimes orange on npperside. 



Neuration : lower angle of cell of forewing obtuse ; SO- of hindwing midway 

 between base and R', or more proximal. 



Genitalia: (J. Tenth tergite long, spatnlate, rather narrow before apex; sternite 

 laterally with a transversely divided ridge, the proximal portion acuminate, the 

 distal portion shorter, rounded, its anal edge irregular; beneath this second lobe, 

 on the anal side, a small but distinct tooth ; harpe long, slender, of almost even 

 width from base to near apex, dentate distally, ending in a long tapering process 



which is curved upwards. ?. In front of the vaginal orifice an acuminate or 



sinuate flap ; lateral edges of orifice converging posteriorly, forming behind the 

 orifice a channelled mesial ridge at each side of which there is a deep impression ; 

 laterally of this groove and somewhat more frontad there is a long, sharply pointed, 

 curved, twisted process, which stands on the inner side of a long and strongly 

 chitinised plate, the free edge of which is continuous with the anterior surface of 

 the vaginal flap ; this process often dentate on the posterior side. 



Early stages described by Schaus (see literature below, under P. v. victorinus). 



Hah. Mexico to Costa Rica. 



Three subspecies. 



a. P. uctorinus morelius subsp. nov. 



c? ? . Only one form of female known. Upperside : distal spots of forewing 

 absent or small, those of hindwing also smaller than in the next form. 



Uiidcrside : no spot in cell of forewing ; submarginal spots of hindwing larger 

 and more strongly arched than in the next. 



Genitalia : S. Apical process of harpe longer and more strongly curved than 

 in the next subspecies ; teeth less numerous but larger, one or more long teeth on 

 dorsal side. 



llab. West Mexico : Guerrero ; Oaxaca. 



In the Triug Museum 16 c?<?, 5 ? ?, from: Guerrero (0. T. Baron), type; Los 

 Cojones, 17. August 1904, and Balsas R., near Iguala, Guerrero, 26. August 19U4 

 (Dr. Gadow). 



In the Hope collection at Oxford from Oaxaca. 



b. P. victorinus victorinus Donbl. (1844). 



PainUo vidorhms Doubleday, I.e.; id., List Lep. Lis. Brit. Mas. i. p. 18 (1845); id., Westw. & Hew., 



Gen. Diurn. Lep. i. p. 16. n. 147 (184G) ; Gray, I.e. ; id., List Lep. Ins. Brit. ilus. i. Pap. p. 47. 



n. 177 (1856) (West Coast of America) ; ToUenh., Tijdschr. Ent. iii. p. 87. n. 144 (1800) (Vera 



Cruz) ; Felder, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wieii xiv. p. 313. n. 337 (1864) ; Kirby, Cut. Diiirii. 



Lep. p. 537. n. 131 (1871); Oberth., Et. d'Ent. iv. p. 73. n. 221 (1880) (" Ecuador" error loci); 



Godm. & Salv., Biol Ceiilr. Amer., Lep. Rhop. ii. p. 235. n. 71 (18y0) (Vera Cruz, dxaca , 



Guatemala ; Honduras ; Nicaragua ; = ainphissus = helleri) ; Haase, Untersuch. .Mimicnj i. 



p. 94 (1803). 

 ? . Pajiiliu helleri Felder, I.e. n. 336 (1864) (Mexico ; iioin. indeser.) ; id., Reise Novara, Lep. p. 91. 



n. 70. t. 13. 6g. c. d. ? (1865) (Mexico) ; Schaus, Papilio iv. p. 101 (1884) (descr. of larva and 



pupa). 

 ? . Papiliv ampltissus Hopffer, .S7e</. Enl. Zeit. xxvii. p. 27. n. 8 (1866) (Mexico); Kirby, I.e. p. 567 



n. 329 (1871). 

 Papilio victorinus var. a. P. helleri, Kirby, l,c. 



6- Upperside: diseal row of spots on forewing represented at least by three 

 spots ; most specimens with a row of postdiscal olivaceous buff or bluish blotches. 



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