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Subfamily Xymphalin.e. 

 Genus Colaenis Hubner. 



3. Colaenis julia cillene (Cramer). 



Papilio cillene Cramer, Papillons Exotiques, III, 1782, pp. 38, 174, PL CCXV, 

 figs. Z?, E. 



In his paper published in 1907, as Fascicule 63 of Wytsman's 

 "Genera Insectorum," Stichel treats Colcenis delila Fabricius as a 

 form of Colcenis julia Fabricius. He gives to the insect figured in 

 "The Butterfly Book," Plate VTII, fig. 4, the varietal name moderata. 

 It may be mentioned in passing that the specimen delineated in 

 "The Butterfly Book" was taken in Jamaica and was utilized by 

 the present writer because no specimen of C. julia var. delila in his 

 possession from either Florida or Texas was sufficiently perfect to 

 admit of reproduction by photography. 



The collection made by Mr. Link contains a male and a female 

 taken in coitu, June 12, 1912, belonging to the form figured by Cramer 

 as P. cillene. The female agrees exactly with the female figured by 

 Stichel ("Genera Insectorum," Fasc. 63, PI. 2, fig. i) and the male 

 agrees with the figure of that sex given by Cramer, as cited above. 

 Of this form we have thirty-five males and four females taken on the 

 Isle of Pines at various localities from June 12 to September 3, 1912. 

 It is the prevalent form in the Isle of Pines, and also is at hand from 

 Cuba, and in a modified form from Haiti. The ground-color of the 

 wings is "lustrous golden ochraceous," as stated by Stichel. The 

 Bolivian form, to which Stichel applies the subspecific name titio, is 

 characterized by having the wings deep "fiery red" according to 

 that author. The present writer would call them "pale vermilion." 

 We have a good series of specimens of this race taken in the Province 

 del Sara, Bolivia, and some from Colombia. 



The form nudeola Stichel from Cuba is very like C. moderata from 

 Jamaica, and according to the author of the species is simply dift'er- 

 entiated from the latter form by having the wings "golden ochrace- 

 ous." But the wings of C. moderata of Jamaica are "golden och- 

 rceous," as the type before me, and a long series of other specimens, 

 show. I am of the opinion that nudeola Stichel is a synonym of 

 moderata Stichel. The form differs from typical delila merely in the 



