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 115. Papilio aristeus Gram. (1781). 



? . PapiUo aristeus Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. p. 139. t. 361. fig. A. B (1781) (Surinam). 



Since the /'. aristeus of Cramer's plate 318 belongs to the Kite-Swallowtails, 

 and therefore will stand in another genns when the Swallowtails are genericall/ 

 revised, there is no objection against retaining the name aristeus also for the present 

 insect. There is no reference to this species in the Inde.K of Cramer's volnme. 



We have explained above, nnder P. cleotas, onr reasons for regarding P. aristeus 

 as being doubtfnlly distinct as a species from P. cleotas. 



(S. Cell-patch of forewing very large ; discal patches W — M- very long, 



contignoiis with the cell-patch, sometimes patch M' — M- obsolescent. Hiiidwing 



with or without broad creamy discal band. 



? . Dichromatic. One form resembling the male. In the second form the 

 markings of npperside bluish, snbmarginal dots the same colour or partly creamy; 

 forewing with band of ill-defined patches on disc ; hindwing with broad discal band, 

 widening behind, entering cell. 



Cell-patch of forewing below more or less distinct, large. 



Genitalia similar to those of P. cleotas ; tenth sternite of male always with 

 mesial apical tooth or several teeth standing one behind the other ; harpe with two 



apical processes and some teeth. • ? . Nearly the same as in P. cleotas cleotas ; 



lobe in front of vaginal orifice short, broad, dentate, carinate on hinder surface. 



Early stages not known. 



Hah. Dutch and French Guiana; Upper Aiiiazous ; Ecuador to Bolivia; Sao 

 Paulo (S.E. Brazil) ; Bogota and Chiriqui. 



We doubt the correctness of the record from the last two localities. 



a. P. aristeus aristeus Cram. (1781). 



$ . PapiUo aristeus Cramer, I.e. (Surinam). 



$ . CalaiJes menalius Hiibner, Verz. bete. Sc/imelt. p. 8G. n. 804 (1818 ?) (nom. nov. loco ari.'itevs). 



? . Papilio hitias a. Papilio aristeus. Godart, En-, .\fetli. ix. p. 39. sub n. 43 (1819). 



$ . Papilio coristlieus Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lip. i. p. 323. n. 166 (183G) (nom. hov. loco aristeus) ; 



Doubl, Westw. & Hew., Geu. Diurn. Lep. i. p. 20. n. 246 (1847) ; Gray, Cat. Lep. Ins. Brit. 



Mus. i. Pup. p. 67 D. 298 (1852) ; id.. List Lep. Ins. Brit. Mas. i. Pap. p. 77. n. 315 (18o6) ; 



Felder, Yerh. Zool. But. Ges. Wicn xiv. p. 312. n. 325 (1864). 

 5 Papilio aristiieus (!), Boisduval, I.e. (sub syn.). 

 ?. PapiUo memitiiis, Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 538. n. 141 (1871) (Surinam) ; Haase, Untersueli. 



Mimicry i. p. 94 (1893). 

 cj. Papilio ctesias var. (geographica ? An species distincta?), Imri Oberthur, Et. il'Ent. iv. p. 72. 



sub n. 217. t. 5. fig. 3 (1880) (Guyane frangaise). 



(?. Upperside. — Forewing : cell-patch rliombiform ; discal spot R- — R' long, 

 patch R^ — M' nearly reaching snbmarginal spots, ill-defined distally, patch M' — M- 



rcpresented by a narrow shadowy streak situated along M'. Hindwing : discal 



band represented by two creamy patches M' — SM- and vestiges of the other spots. 



Discal patch M' — M^ of underside of furcwiug much larger than above, 

 extending to M-. 



? . The figure of Cramer appears to be all that is known of this sex. A row 

 of long, ill-defined, greyish blue streaks on disc of forewing from costal to inner 

 margin ; blue band of hindwing very broad. 



Hab. French and Dntch Guiana. 



One (J in coll. Oberthtir. We have not seen this insect in other collections. 



