( 661 ) 



base ventrally ; rounded apical lobe rather small, bearing only very few teeth on its 

 nnder surface ; apex of central process obliquely truncate, its ventral apical angle 

 acuniiuate. 



Early stages figured by Burmeister, I.e. 



a.' P. protodamas f. protodamas Godt. (1819). 



Papilio protodamiH Godart, I.e. (1819) (Brazil ; "(J" excl.). 



Ithobnhis hyperion Hiibner, Ir. (after 18UI) ; Kirby, ibid. ed. ii. p. 92. t. 327. fig. 1. 2 (I'JO— 1). 



Papilioii hi/pei'ion. Hoisduva], Spec. Geii. Lep. i. p. 319. n. 159 (183G) (Brazil); Doubl., Lint Lep. 



Ins. BrH. Mus. i. p. 14. (1845) (S. Amer.) ; id., Westw. & Hew., Gen. Diiirii. Lep. i. p. 20. 



n. 236 (1846) (Brazil) ; Gray, Cat. Lep. Lis. Brit. .Mus. i. Pap. p. 69. n. 310 (18.'i2) ; id., List 



Lep. Lis. Brit. .Mus. i. Pap. p. 79. n. 327 (1856) (Rio de Jan.) ; Felder, Verh. ZanL Bol. Ges. 



Wien xiv. p. 299. n. 150 (1864) (Brazil) ; Kirby, Cat. Diui-n. Lep. p. 521. n. 26 (1871) (Brazil) ; 



Staud., Exul. Tarjf. i. p. 12 (1884) (Brazil) ; Haase, Vntersucli. .Mimicry i. p. 87, and ii. p. 69 



(1893) ; Biinningh., Ver/i. Ver. Xal. Unterli. B'amburij ix. p. 28 (1895) (Rio de Janeiro ; 



S. Theresa and Nictheroy) ; Mabilde, Guia Pract. Borhol. R. Grande do Sul p. 44 (1896). 

 Pajnlio zonaras, Perty, Del. .\niw. Artie, p. 152. t. 29. fig. 3. 3b (1830-34) (Amazon, false?). 

 Papilio zmiaros{l) Kirby, I.e. (1871) (sub syn.). 



c?. Forewing with two rows of spots, the upper oues merged together into 

 streaks ; an ill-defined patch in cell, more or less vestigial. 



?. Streaks of forewing less distinct than in S, cell-patch absent from npper- 

 side (always ?). 



Known from Bio Grande do Sul northward to Minas Geraes. 



b'. P. protodamas f choridamas Boisd. (1836). 



Papilio cJioridanias BokdaT^l, Sjjec. Gen. Lep. i. p. 318. n. 158 (1836) (Rio de Janeiro); Doubl., 

 List Lep. Ills. Brit. .Mus. i. p. 14 (1845) (" West Indies, Demerara," error loci) ; id., Westw. & 

 Hew., Gen. Diurn. Lep. i. p. 20. n. 237 (1846) (Brazil ; " Guiana " error loci) ; Gray, Cat. Lep. 

 Ins. Brit. Mus. i. Pap. p. 68. n. 309 (1852) ; id., List Lep. Ins. Brit. .Mus. i. Pap. p. 79. n. 326 

 (1856) ("Demerara, West Indies," error loci) ; Felder, Verh. Zool. But. Ges. Wien xiv. p. 299. 

 n, 152 (1864) (Brazil ; "Demerara, Ind. occid.," error loci); Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 5^4. 

 n. 51 (1871) (Amer. mer.) : Capronn., Ann. Soe. Ent. Belij. xvii. p. 9. n. 8 (1874) (Copa Cabana, 

 Sept. ; Botafogo. Sept.) ; Burm., Deser. Rep. Argent, v. Lgp. p. 7. sub n. 14 (1879) (var. of 

 hjperinn) ■ Uberth., El. dEnt. p. 97. n. 297 (1880) (Brazil) ; Stand., Exot. Tag/, i. p. 12 (1884) 

 (N. Brazil ; Surinam) ; Haase, Untersuch. Mimicry i. p. 87, and ii. p. 69 (1893) ; B6nningh., I.e. 

 p. 28 (1895) (Corcovado). 



S ?. Forewing with a large patch in cell and two on disc ; snbmarginal dots 

 variable in size and number, occasionally absent ; the streaks found in ajiical third 

 of wing of the preceding form usually absent from choridama.s or only vestigial. 



This form is known to us from the provinces of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Geraes. 



Hab. of P. protodamas : Minas Geraes southward to Rio Grande do Sul. 



In the Triug Museum 11 SS, 1 ? , of f }jrotodamas, from : Minas Geraes; 



S. Catharina ; Castro, Parana (C. D. Jones); Blumenan. 8 S S , '2 ? ? , of 



f. choridamas from : Minas Geraes ; Copa Cabana, September ; Alto de Theresopolis ; 

 Rio de Janeiro (E. May). 



125. Papilio phaon Boisd. (1836). 

 Papilio phuon BoisduvaJ, Spec. Gen. Lep. i. p. 319. n. 160 (1836) (Mexico ; Peru ;— coll. Oberthiir) 



S ?. Sexes similar. Spots of breast and abdomen red, posterior segments of 

 abdomen with red lateral patches ; spot on palpus creamy. Pattern of wings very 

 variable; markings of uppergide of forewing usnally straw-colour or creamy, the 



