June, igoi.] SWAINSON : LePIDOPTEROUS LaRV^ FROM JAMAICA. 77 



to reddish on the outer margin ; fringe dark at the base, terminally pale. Expanse, 

 33 mm. 



Habitat : Castro Parana. 



Cibyra poltrona. 



Head and thorax ochreous brown. Abdomen buff. Primaries ochreous brown 

 on costa and inner margin, the intermediate space more ochreous ; on terminal half 

 some indistinct transverse lines, darker than the ground color, inwardly edged with a 

 paler shade ; these lines do not form spots. Secondaries reddish brown, somewhat 

 roseate in the cell. Expanse, 40 mm. 



Habitat: Castro. Parana. 

 Cibyra dormita. 



Head and thorax dark brown. Abdomen light brown. Primaries reddish brown 

 shaded with gray on basal half of inner margin, and within the outer line, especially 

 towards costa ; an oblique darker shade from base of subcostal to middle of inner 

 margin ; the outer line fine, dark gray, shaded with lighter gray, and followed by a 

 broad reddish brown shade ; subterminal grayish spots between the veins ; some 

 silvery white spots outlined with black, one at base of cell, a larger oblique spot at 

 end of cell, some minute spots on veins 5 and 6 beyond the outer line, a minute spot 

 at vein 2. Secondaries blackish brown ; the outer margin and fringe light brown. 

 The female has a terminal white spot between veins 7 and 8, and 8 and 9. Expanse, 

 $ 40 mm,, 9 68 mm. 



Habitat: Petropolis. 

 Cibyra brunnea. 



Body brown. Primaries light brown ; the costa spotted with black ; a basal, 

 and a geminate inner oblique row of dark brown spots ; a median row of large brown 

 spots, elongated below costa, and above inner margin shaded on either side with fawn 

 color ; three silvery spots at origin of vein 6 ; a broad outer brown shade, forming 

 spots below vein 5, these spots edged on either side with dark brown and then fawn 

 color ; a subterminal row of dark lunular spots outwardly edged with fawn color ; 

 the fringe light brown with darker blotches. Secondaries dull blackish brown. Ex- 

 panse, 31 mm. 



Habitat: Aroa, Venezuela. 



NOTES ON LEPIDOPTEROUS LARV^ FROM 

 JAMAICA, B. W. I. 



By Mrs. E. M. Swainson. 



Papilio homerus Fabr. 



The caterpillar is most peculiar, and differs from the rest of the 

 larvse of the Papilionidse in not having the two fleshy retractile ten- 



