( 672 ) 



a. P. arkirathcii ariarathex Esjier (1788). 



Pnplllo Eqncs TrojnnKS nriamthcs'EspeT, l.r. J (ITSS). 



rajiiUo ilii.i, Godart («o« Fabr., 17'J3, err. det.), Eiic. Melh. ix. p. 33. n. 21 (l«l',l) (syn. excl. ; ^, 



"America"); Boisd., Kpfc. Ghi. Lep. i. p. 280. n. 104 (183()) (-'America"); Oberth., Et. 



(VEiil. iv. p. 81. p. 264 (1880) (partim ; Cayenne). 

 Papilio ariaratlies, Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. i. p. 287. n. 14 (1836) (Surinam ; ? ) ; Doubl., Westw. 



& Hew., Gci. Diimi. Lep. i. p. 18. n. 207 (1846) (Guiana) ; Gray, Gil. Lep. 7».s-. DHl. Mux. 



i. Pajj. p. Gl. n. 275 (1852) (descr. of (J ; '' N. Granada '■"' error) ; Felder, Verh. Zool. Bol. 



Ge.i. Wien xiv. p. 298. n. 136 (18G4) (^parlin,) ; Kirby, Gil. Dium. Lep. p. 523. n. 35 (1871). 

 Papilio acesles Boisduval, I.e. p. 288. sub n. 14 (1836) (nom. maxime superfluum). 



<J. Forewing : a ratlier narrow patch from inner margin to M", nearl}- as large 



lelow as above. Hindwing : fonr to six red sjiots, separated from one another, 



distant from cell. 



? . Forewing with white patches, or these patches vestigial. Five or six red 

 spots on hindwing, spots R-— M- being long, touching cell or nearlj-. 



a'. ?-f. ai-iarathes Esp., I.e. — Forewing with one to three white patclics on disc 

 and often a narrow patch posteriori}* in cell. 



h'. ?-f. eumelea uov. — White markings of forewing vestigial (name-type from 

 Surinam). 



Hub. French and Dutch Gniana. 



In the Tring Museum 4 ¥ 5? from Surinam. 



b P. ariarathes menes sabsp. nov. (Plate VIII. tig. 57). 



Pupilio ariarathes, Erichson, in Schomb., F. F. Brit. Guiana p. 593 (1848) (descr. of ^) ; Bates, 

 Trans. Ent. Sue. Land. (2). v. p. 336 (1861) (partim) ; Brit. Guiana). 



(J. Forewing, above, with band from inner margin to M' or M-, tiie jiosterior 

 s];ot often much reduced, patch i\l- — SIM- sometimes alone distinct, 4 to G mm. 

 wide ; this patch alwaj's present on underside, where it is a little smaller than 

 above, the spot behind SM- and the one before M- also present below in the 



si)ecimens which have them clearly marked on the npperside. Hindwing rather 



strongly dentate, tooth W prominent; three or four red spots on npperside, standing 

 about halfway between cell and distal margin ; five, seldom four, spots on underside, 

 spot R^ — M' being pale proximally. 



?. Forewing with a large patch W — M', a smaller one M' — M'-, often reduced 

 to a streak, a vestigial spot in cell and occasionally another vestigial one before 



R^ {type). Hindwing : five or six red spots, all well separate from cell, spots 



II'— M- longer than the others. 



llah. British Guiana ; type : ? . 



In the Tring Museum 5 (?cJ, o ? ?, from: C'hristianburg, R. Demerara ; 

 liartica, 26. February 19U4 (R. Haensch) ; Upper Ileal Berbice R. 



c. P. ariarathes evagoras Gray (1852). 



Pupilio iltis, Doubleday (mm Fabr., 1793, err. det.), List Lep. Ins. Brit. .l/«s. i. Ajip. p. 3 (1848) 

 (partim ; Venezuela) ; Oberth., El. d'Eut. iv. p. 81. n. 264 (1880) (partini ; Paril). 



P.ijilio evarjoras Gray, Git. Lep. Tint. Bril. Miis. i. Pap. p. 61. n. 276. t. 9. fig. 3. cj, 4. ? (1852) 

 (Venezuela) ; id.. List Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. i. /'u/a p. 72. n. 292 (1856) ; Feld., Verh. Zoul. Bol. 

 Ges. Wien xiv. p. 298, n. 132 (1864) (parlim ; Venezuela) ; Oberth., El. d'Enl. iv. p. 81. n. 265 

 (1880) (Caracas); Stand., E.ti,l. Taijf.l p. 13 (1884) (Venezuela); Haase, Unlersiuh. .Uimicri/ 

 i. p. 97 (1893) (" Xew (iranada" errore). 



Papilio ariarathes local var. evagoras, Bates, Trans. Ent. Sm: Land. (2). v. p. 336 (H61) { parti in ; 

 Venezuela). 



P.ipilio ariarathes var. P. evagoras, Kirby, Gil. Dium. Lep. p. 523. sub n. 35 (1871). 



