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a. P. protesilaus penthesilaus Feld. (1805). 



Papilio peiithesllaus Felder, Vcrh. Zoal. Bot. Ges. Wieu xiv. p. 301. n. 181 (18G4) (Mexico; 7iom. 

 mid.) ; id., Reiw. Novara, Lep. p. 52. n. 40. t. II. fig. C (18G5) ; Staud., Exot. Tagf. i. p. 18 

 (1884) (Mexico): Godm. & Salv,, i?/.-/. Ceiitr. Amer., lihop. p. 214. n. 40 (1890) (Mexico; 

 Atoyac, Oaxaca, Yucatan). 



Piijiilio protesHmis var. c. P. penthesilaus, Kirby, Cat. Viiirii. Lep. p. 55G. sub n. 248 (1871) (Mexico). 



Papilio archesilaiis va.T. peiil!iesiluu,9, Obertliiir, Et. d'Eiil. iv. p. G7. u. 182 (1880) (Mexico). 



S. A large form. Dorsal stripe of abdomen very narrow. First band of 

 forewiijg stopping at SM-, second band reaching a little beyond SM-, strongly 

 tapering behind, fourth band short, triangular, rarely reaching to second cell-fold, 

 sixth band separate from lower angle of cell, slightly narrower from R^ to SC^ 

 than behind R-, posteriorly almost separated from the marginal band in most 

 specimens, there being a semitransparent space behind M- between the two bands ; 

 submarginal transparent interspace bearing very narrow scales which are widest 

 at their apex, the apical sinus being more or less distinct, these scales easily falling 



off. Red anal spot of hindwing large ; black postdiscal lunules R- — M' more 



or less separate from each other ; black admarginal lunules reduced ; edge of 

 wing white, except the very tips of veins C, SO-, R' and M- ; dentition very 

 prominent, especially at Rl 



Vmlerside : second band of forewing broader than above between M and SM'. 

 Subbasal band of hindwing about half the widtli of the median band ; red scaling 

 of the latter more or less extended along cross-veins, often forming a ring in 

 apex of cell ; red bar R^ — M' not much continued along M'. 



? not known. 



Genitalia : S . Apical lobe of harpe acuminate, the apical and ventral margins 

 dentate, dorso-apical deflexed ridge rounded, widened distally of the central 

 process, serrate ; central process long, slender, slightly spatnlate, somewhat 

 denticulate at the apex ; ventral process reaching a little beyond the edge of 

 the valve, non-denticnlate, pointed, applied to the valve, somewhat S-shaped, its 

 curvature corresponding to that of the inner surface of the valve. 



Early stages not known. 



Hab. Mexico : Vera Cruz, Yucatan, Atoyac, Oaxaca. 



Felder's specimens were from Oaxaca. The individuals from East and South 

 Mexico are not always different from the next form. 



In the Tring Museum, 4 cJc? from: Oaxaca (ex coll. Felder); Motzorougo ; 

 Orizalia. 



b. P. protesilaus macrosilaus Gray (1852). 



Papilio proleailaiis var. b Papilio macrusilaus Gray, Cat. Lep. Iiis. Brit. Miis. i. p. 34. sub n. IGO 



(1852) (Honduras) ; id , Li.it Lep. Ins. Brit. Uus. i. Pap. p. 4G. sub n. 168 (185G) (Honduras). 

 Papilio protesilaus, Weidemeyer, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. ii. p. 148 (1863) {partiui) ; Boi.sd., Cons. 



Lip. Guatem. p. 6 (1870) {piarlim ; Guatemala) ; Butl. & Druce, Proc. Zool. Soc. Land. p. 365. 



n. 375 (1874) (Costa Rica) ; Godm. & Salv., Biol. Centr. Amer., Rhop. p. 214. n. 40. t. 68. fig. 7. 



genit. (1890) {parlim; Guatemala: Vera Paz, Cubilguitz, Polochic valley, Cahabon ; Brit. 



Honduras : Corosal, R. Sarstoon ; Honduras ; Nicaragua : Chontales). 

 Papilio protesilaus var.? a. uiaerosilaus, Felder, Vcrli. Zool. Bot. Ges. M'iui xiv. p. 301. sub n. 178 



(1864) (Honduras). 

 Papilio protesilaus var. a. P. macrosilaus, Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 556. sub u. 248 (1871) 



(Honduras). 

 Papilio macrosilaus, Staudinger, Exot. Tarjf. i. p. 18 (1884) (Honduras). 

 Papilio protesilaus rubrocinclus macrosilaus, Eimer, Artb. Verwaiidtseh . ISJim. p. 107 (1889) 



(Honduras). 



