( '^1 ) 



Forewiiig : black patcli across cell oliliqne, continued anteriorly to base ; 



greenish white subapical interspace of cell often washed with black on npperside, as 

 in P. serviUe ; a row of three to six spots distall}' of cell from costal margin to R', 

 rarely a spot behind E^, the spots more or less elongate, separate ; on underside this 

 row of spots replaced by a very broad, glossy, purplish bnif band, which usually 



extends to M^ or beyond. Hindwing broader and shorter than in P. senille, 



costal margin not much shorter than distal margin ; black distal border broad, 

 usually dentate at some of the veins, dilated between SC'-* and Ri in most specimens, 

 a spot of the ground-colour being isolated between these veins ; a row of pale bine 

 admarginal dots, two in each cellule, those between C and R^ usually absent or 

 vestigial ; two rows of such spots on underside ; no red anal spot ; black discal band 

 crossing cell at M", the branch across cell standing at right angles (or nearly) to the 

 costal portion, which is about parallel to abdominal margin ; tail thin, apex buff 

 yellow. 



? like male, larger, black distal areas of both wings and cell-band of forewing, 

 as well as the greenish white discal costal band of sjwts on furewing, reduced. 



Neuratiou : SC of forewing conflaent with C ; SC" free. 



Genitalia: S. Clasper without ventral process, or the process vestigial; 

 proximal ventral angle of harpe somewhat produced basad ; central ridge regularly 

 dentate, the teeth conical, especially those along the proximal edge, a short trans- 

 verse row near ventral angle. ? not dissected. 



Early stages not known. 



IJab. Colombia to Paraguay and Brazil. 



a. P. doUcaoii luhriis snbsp. nov. 

 Pajjilio dolieaon, Staudinger, E.rot. Tagf. i. p. 18 (1884) {partim ; Antioquia, Colombia). 



c?. Black ventral mesial line of abdomen broad. AVings, abore : forewing 



more obtuse at apex than in the other forms ; white subapical cell-band narrow, 

 narrowing costad, sometimes reduced to a point at costal margin or abbreviated ; 

 discal spots long, spot R' — R' always present, rarely a dot behind R' ; veins M' and 



M- more extended black than in the following forms. Hindwing more rounded, 



resembling the wing of P. iphitas ; white spot SC^ — R' within the black distal 

 border always distinct, the black spot or line separating it from the basi-discal area 

 usually smaller than the white spot. 



Undcrsiilr. — Pale distal area of forewing and the hindwing more purple than 



in the other subspecies. Forewing : pale distal area more restricted, the veins 



R' to M' traversing it very heavily black, separating the band into patches, the 



patches M' — M^ being small or vestigial. Hindwing more or less obviously 



washed with ochreous, especially in anal region ; black discal band broad, especially 

 the costal portion and the cell-liand; pale blue admarginal dots large, bnffish 

 patches C — R* outside Hack discal band rather sharply defined. 



Ilab. Colombia ; known to us from the Magdalena valley, and the Llanos of 

 the Rio Meta, east side of the Cordillera of Bogota. 



The form found in " Bogota " collections, usually confounded in collections witii 

 P. (I. deilcon. 



In the Tring Museum 10 c?c? from " Bogota." 



In coll. F. U. (Jodnian from the Llanos of R. Meta. 



