( fi70 ) 



VnJerside. — Forewing : jiatcb creamy wliitc, smaller than above, but the streak 

 along hinder margin broader and longer than in any form of P. harmodius, the 



tipper patch not reaching beyond the fold (SM'). Hiudwing with fonr red spots 



on disc, there being here an additional spot R- — R^, which is not present on the 

 npperside ; first and fourth spots small, second the largest, about twice as long as 

 broad, white jjroximally or in centre, or white with red distal border ; third sj)ot 

 one-third shorter than second, with trace of white proximally or in centre, or 

 similarly coloured as second spot ; three white curved snbraarginal bars R- — M-, 

 which are not present above. 



Scent-organ : vein SM- densely covered with greyish brown scales as in 

 P. harmodius, but these scales rather broader than in that species. 



Genitalia as in P. harmodius, the central process of the har))e being a little 

 broader than in most specimens of P. harmodius which we have examined. 



Hab. East Ecuador. 



In the Tring Museum 2 i i from : Rio Napo (R. Haensch), fi/pe ; Rio Curarai 

 (Simson). 



In coll. F. D. Godman 'i S 3 from: Santa Inez and Aguamo. In coll. 

 Oberthiir from Saraya(,'« (Buckley). 



This insect cannot easily be confounded with P. harmodius xeniades from the 

 same district, the sha])e and markings of the hindwing and the different development 

 of the patch of the forewing distinguishing P. trapcza at a glance. 



In coll. H. Grose-Smith there is a male from "Ecuador" which is doubtless 

 an individual of the present si)ecies, though it differs from the specimens described 

 above in several points, the most remarkable difference being the total absence of a 

 patch from the upper and underside of the forewing. The hindwing bears on the 

 npperside three distinct red spots besides the vestige of a fourth, there being on the 

 underside four distinct spots and a vestigial fifth. The white submarginal spots of 

 the hindwing described above are absent. This specimen may be a geographical 

 form or an individual aberration of P. trapeza. 



130. Papilio xynias Hew. (1875). 



Papillo xyttias Hewitson, Ent. .\fo. Mug. xii. p. 153 (1875) (Bolivia) ; id., _B.ro/. Buli. v. Pap. t. 15. 

 fig. 48. (J (1877) ; Kirby, Cat. Diurii. Lep. p. 8U (1877) (Bolivia) ; Haa?e, Unta-sueh. Mimicry i. 

 p. 80 (1893) C'N. Granada" error loci) ; id., I.e. ii. p. 69. t. 9, fig. Gfi (1893). 



cJ. Allied to P. Imrmodius ; hairs of frons as short as in P. trapeza. - 



Wings, npperside : scaling of forewing non-dentate or feebly dentate ; a pale green 

 patch from M- to inner margin, variable in length, apparently never extending 

 beyond M-, always touching hindmargin, the scales entire, while in P. harmodius 



and P. trapeza the scales of the patch are dentate. Hindwing : acutely dentate, 



tooth R^ developed to a more or less distinct tail ; three red spots R'"' — SM'-, the last 

 large, often reaching halfway down to base, the first and second elongate, occasion- 

 ally reduced, rarely absent ; scales of these spots entire or a few of them slightly 

 dentate ; three to five white admarginal bars. 



Underside much paler than upper ; cell-fold and red basal spots as in P. 



harmodius. Forewing : patch of forewing jmler and rather smaller than above, 



but very distinct. Hindwing: four red spots, the second and third longer than 



broad, more or less pinkish white proximally, the last one double, about half the 



