( 639 ) 



np into spots. Such specimens are hardly distingnishable from the next form, 

 except by the genitalia. ' 



?. Only that form of this sex is known to us which is similar to the male. 



Genitalia : S ■ Tenth sternite usually with a small mesial tootli at apex as in 

 /'. aristeus ; harpe ending in a hook which is strongly curved internad, the dorsal 

 prong of the fork reduced to a short dentate projection which is more ])roximal than 

 the dorsal prong in P. c. archytas, the oblique edge between the dentate projection 

 and the apical hook more or less dentate. ? not dissected. 



Hah. Colombia : Magdalena and Cauca valleys, and Cordillera of Bogota. 



No representative is known from the West Coast of Colombia. 



In the Tring Museum 90 c?(?, 1 ? , from : " Bogota " ; Muzo, November 1890 ; 

 Pereira, Canca ; Cauca (Child) ; Guadalite, Cundinamarca July 1903 (M. de Mathan). 



c. P. cleotas coroehtis Feld. (1860). 



(J PapiUo cleolax, Kollar (iion Gray, 1832, err. det.), Silz. Bcr. K. Ak. Whs. Wien, Ulath. Nat. CI. 



i. p. 355. n. 12 (1850) (Angostura, Venezuela ; — locality correct?). 

 $. Papilio curocbiis Felder, Wien. Enl. Mon. v. p. 75. n. 11 (1860) (MiSrida, coll. Kadeu) ; id., 



Verh. Zool. Bot. Gen. Wien xiv. p. 312. n. 326 (1864); id., Reise Novara, Lep. p. 84. n. 64. t. 13. 



fig. a. b. (1865) (Merida) ; Staud., Exot. Tagf. p. 15 (1884). 

 (J. PnpiVin pliilocleon Felder, Verh. Znnl. Bot. Ges. Wien xiv. p. 313. n. 333 (1864) (nom. nud. ; 



Colombia); id., Eeise Novara, Lep. p. 89. n. 68 (1865) (hab. ?); Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 537. 



n. 135 (1871) (Colombia). 

 5 Papilio corehiiK (!), Hewitson, Exot. Butt. iv. Pap}, x. text sub runthupleiira (1869). 

 ? Papilio birehalli var. a. P. roroebus, Kirby, I.e. p. 538. sub n. 139 (1871) (Venezuela — "Yucatan" 



error loci). 

 J. PapiUti 2>liaeton, Hopffer, Stelt. Ent. Zeit. xl. p. 54. n. 28 (1879 {partiin). 

 ^ Papilio lijrortax Felder. ll.ec. ( parti m ■ R. Negro) ; Stand., I.e. p. 15. t. 10. ^ (1884) (Venezuela) ; 



Habnel, Iris iii. p. 194 (1890) (Mrrida) ; Eimer, Orthogeii. p. 221. fig. 169 (1897) (diagr. copy 



of Staud. 's fig. ; neur. of bindw. erroneous). 

 (J. Papilio cleotas var. lycortas, Oberthiir, El. d'Eiii. iv. p. 73. sub n. 219 (1880) (Merida). 



In pattern not sharply separated from the preceding form. 



<S. Disoal spot R^— IP of upperside of forewing more proximal than in 

 P. c. phaeton, the last two spots of this row comparatively larger, the submarginal 

 spots on the whole smaller, cell-patch vestigial or absent, never so sharply marked 



as it is in many phaeton. Hindwing : third and fourth spots of discal band 



smaller than in phaeton, all the spots separated, the third occasionally obsolescent ; 

 submarginal spots small in most individuals. 



? . Dichromatic. 



a'. ?-f. (Hone nov. ; similar to the male, usually with bufHsh blue scaling 

 proximally of discal band of upperside of hindwing. 



b'. ?-f. coroebus Felder, I.e. ; markings of upperside nearly olive-buff or 

 bluish, the spots of forewing reduced or ill-defined ; discal band of hindwing, 

 above, widening behind ; discal band of underside of hindwing narrower than in 

 ?-f. dione, more extended red. 



Genitalia : S- Harpe similar to that of phaeton, broader before apex, the 

 proximal dorsal prong rather longer, pointed, the teeth between this prong and 



the apical hook longer and more regular in position. ?. Vaginal flap broad 



and long, dentate, lateral process armed with several long teeth. 



Hah. Eastern side of the Cordillera of Bogota ; Venezuela. 



In the Tring Museum 33 SS, 10 ? ?, from: Peperital to Buenavista, East 

 Colombia, 400 — 1200 m., January 1897, dry season, forest (Dr. Biirger) ; Merida, 

 Tachira and Mocotond, Venezuela (Briceno). 



