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Hab. North-East Ecuador to East Central Peru ; Upper Amaiioas. 



la tke Tring Mnseuna 30 SS from: Coca, R. Napo, May— August 1800 

 (VV. Goodfellow); E. Chuchuras, affl. of R. Palcazu, 320 m (W. Hoffuiauns) ; 

 Falcazu (Sedlmayr) ; Pozuzo (W. Hoffmanns) ; Icpitos ; Pebas. 



b. P. thyastes zoros subsp. nov. 



$ . Like the preceding ; but first submarginal spot of upperside of forewing 

 sharply defined. In the majority of specimens the upper outer angle of discal 

 patch R^ — M' of forewing not rounded off, the apex of the cell of hindwiug a little 

 less extended black than in I', th. tlii/astiims, and the yellow patch at base of cellule 

 B,3 — M' longer. The individuals of thijastiiuis from the Upper Amazons and the 

 eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes completely connect the Ecuador form with 

 the Bolivian one. 



Jlab. S.E. Pern ; Bolivia {name-ti/pe from Mnshav). 



In the Tring Museum 10 c?c? from: S. Domingo, Carabaya, 4500 ft. 

 (G. Ockenden) ; Mushay, R. Beni, March 1895 (Stuart) ; Mapiri. 



c. P. thyastes thi/astes Drnry (1782). 



PapUlo Equcs Achivus thyasles Drury, I.e. (Rio de Janeiro). 



Iphiclidcs diuphorus Hiibner, I.e. 



Papilio tJnjastes, Godart, I.e. ; Boisd., Spn-. Geii. Lip. i. p. 349. n. 191 (183(5) (Brazil) ; Doubl., Lhl 

 Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. i. p. 17 (1845) (Brazil) ; id., Westw. & Hew., Gen. Diurn. Lip. i. p. IG. 

 n. 163 (1846) (Brazil) ; Gray, Cat. Lep. Lix. Brit. .!/»». i. Pap. p. 38. n. 188 (1852) (Brazil) ; id., 

 List. Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. i. Pap. p. 52. n. 19G (1856) (Brazil); Mc'niitr., Enum. Corp. Anim.Mus. 

 Petr., Lep. i. p. 4. n. 61 (1857) (Brazil) ; Felder, Vcrh. Z,ml. But. Ges. Wien xiv. p. 300. n. 173 

 (1864) (Bras, austr.) ; Butl., Cat. Diurn. Lep. deser. Fair. p. 239. n. 20 (1869) (BrazU) ; Kirby, 

 Cut. ninrn. Lep. p. 555. n. 243 (1871) (Brazil) ; Oberth., Et. d'Ent. iv. p. 75. n. 234 (1880) 

 (Brazil) ; Staud., Exot. Tagf. i. p. 18 (1884) (Southern Brazil) ; Haase, Untersuch. Mimlery i. 

 p. 83(1893). 



Iphielides tlnjustes, Kirliy, in Hiibn., Sanunl. Exot. Sehnielt. ed. ii. p. 94. L 307. 6g. 1. 2 (190-?). 



S ■ Paler than tlie Amlesian forms, with a sliglitly greenish tint in the yellow 

 colour ; discal baud of forewing not interrui)ted at R^, or only the vein itself black, 

 submarginal spot R- — R^ merged together with the respective discal spot, or 

 (rarely) the two spots separated by a very narrow black line. Black distal border 

 of hiudwing not entering cell ; most specimens with a minute red dot M' — M- on 

 npperside, which is rarely marked in the Andesian forms. 



Genitalia : Central dentate ridge of harpe smaller than in the other forms ; 

 dorso-apical ridge more densely hairy on jjroximal side. 



Hab. Brazil. 



No representative of P. thyaste.i is known from Paraguay, Matto Grosso, the 

 Middle and Lower Amazons and the Guianas. 



In the Tring Museum \Q S S from: Bitalha, S. Paulo; Castro, Parana 

 (E. D. Jones) ; S. Catharina ; Blumenau. 



150. Papilio dioxippus Hew. (Is55). 



Papilio dioj-ijijiux Hewitson, Exot. Butt. i. Pap. t. 2. fig. 3. 4. J (1855) (N. Granada) ; Gray, Lji.it 

 Lep. Lis. Brit. .I/k,?. i. Pap. p. 52. n. 198 (1856) ; Felder, Vcrli. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien xiv. p. 300. 

 D. 170 (1864) (Bogota) ; Kirby, Cat. Diimi. Lep. p. 555. n. 240 (1871) (•' var." excl.) ; Hopff., 

 Stelt. Ent. Zeit. xl. p. 47. n. 2 (1879) {partin ; N. Granada) ; Oberth., Et. d'Ent. iv. p. 75. 

 n. 233 (1880) (Muzo ; Carare) ; Stand., Exot. Tayf. p. 17 (1884) ("Poru bis Columbien' 

 errore) ; Haase, Untersuch. Miinierij i. p. 83 (1893). 



