( 7ir, ) 



of the clasper. Ventral process of harpe simple, pointed, not reaching ventral edge 

 of clasper ; central process spatulate, strongly dentate at apex, tiie teeth mure or 

 less curving dorsad. 



Ilab. Sta. Marta, North Colombia : 2 S S \a coll. Godmau ; type from 

 Manaiire (F. Simons). 



(L P. protesilaus dariensis siihsp. nov. 



Pajiil/u prnti'xilnux var, macrosilaiis, Boisduval, Cons. Le.p. Guatrm. p. G (1870) (Costa Rica ; 



= aychesihuis ~ Flantbe du Perou ex errore). 

 Pnjiilin archrsilauK var. macnisilmis, Oberthur, Et. d'Eiit. iv. p. 07. sub n. 182 (1880) (Costa Rica). 

 Pajillio pcnthexilanx, Godman & Salvin {noii Felder, 18(15, err. det.), Biol. Ceiilr. Amci:, Ithnp. 



p. 214. n. 40 (1890) l^parlim ; Chiriqui ; Panama). 



Nearest to archi'silaus, with which it agrees in the hhiolv dorsal stripe of the 

 abdomen being broad, in the distal edge of the liindwing being entirely or almost 

 entirely black between C and R', iu the ventral process of the harpe being 

 denticulate, etc. 



Wings less pnre white than in an-Jiesilaus, a little more extended green at 

 base, slightly broader ; bands of forewing on the whole thinner, first baud always 

 stoj)ping short at SM-, second band tapering behind, seldom reaching a little beyond 

 SM-, often not extending to this vein, fourth band short, triangular, rarely attaining 

 second cell-fold, sixth band usually well separate from lower angle of cell, evenly 

 curved, not narrowed before R- or only a little, white scaling of cell denser than iu 

 macrosilaus, the scales being larger both on ujiper- and underside, hair-scales in 



submarginal transparent space also broader. Tooth R- of hindwiug on the whole 



less prominent than in arc/iesilaus, the greyish blue admarginal lunnles smaller ; 

 black admarginal spots C — R- not separated from edge of wing, there beiug only a 

 small white spot in front of SC- and R' appearing as an anterior prolongation of 

 the white lunnles standing behind these veius, the fringe remaining usually black 

 also at these small white spots. 



On the viulersiile, the subbasal band of the forewing narrower than iu 

 archesilaus ; red median line forming a more or less complete ring in apex of cell, 

 as in archesilaus, the line continued along M\ joining the red transverse halfring 

 W—W. 



?. Wings pervaded with yellow, es])ecially iu anal region of hindwing. 



Genitalia: i . Harpe on the whole a little shorter than in archesilaus; deflexed 

 dorso-apical edge widened proximally, the dilated j)ortion ending distally in a 

 triangular tooth, which is more distal in position than the respective tooth of 

 archesilaus ; ventral process more or less denticulate on the distal side from 

 base to apex. ? not dissected. 



Length of forewing : c?, 43 to 53 mm. ; ¥ , 47 to 56 mm. 



Ilab. Costa Rica ; Panama : Chiriijni, type ; islands near the west coast of the 

 Isthmus of Darien : Gobernador, Brava, Jicaron, Cebaco. 



The specimens from those islands are jiartly a transition to archesilaus, while 

 the Costa Rica individuals approach marrosilaux. 



In the Tring Museum 29 JcJ, 2 ? ?, from: Carillo, Costa Rica, 3UU0 ft., 

 October 19U4 (A. Hall) ; Chiriqui ; Boquete, Chiriqui, 3500 ft. (Watson); 

 Gobernador I., Jicarou I., Brava I., and Cebaco I., January and February 1902 

 (J. H. Batty). 



