14. PAPILIO. By Dr. K. .Iueuax. 



dependent upon chance in this respect. — /'. Inrlmc/i has not been again discovered; Init so many Amazon 



species are represented in collections b>- only a few sjiecimens that it must be assumed that the real 



haunts of this insect are not \e\ known. 



P. triopas. Forewing with two bands. Hindwing small, recalling the Did World Troides {= Orni- 



thoptera). The form from the Lower Amazon and Dutch and French Guiana is the commoner in collections ; 

 triopns. this is triopas Gucit. (ic). — The form from British Guiana, which is called mithras Grose-Hmitli, has smaller 

 i.<;itnras. and paler sjiots. — A woodland species like its allies. The ? tlies slowly near the ground, whilst the <f has 



a swifter flight and generally remains at a considerable height. 



dmbrias. P, chabrias Bca: (Ic). The forewing in both sexes has a row of submarginal spots, which however 



are often wanting in the ?. The central area of the hindwing is situated somewhat further towards the 

 margin than in P. triopas, conse([uently the cell-spot is smaller. — Upper Amazon, from Ega to Ecuador 

 and Peru. Neither this nor the preceding species has so far been found in the large district between 

 Obidos and Ega. 



coehis. P. coelus Boisd. (o" = vercingetorix Oherfh.) (id). Forewing with a white spot, obsolete at the 



margins, which tills up the extremity of the cell, and extends on to the disc. Hindwing with red band on 

 the "disc, in the cf composed of four spots, in the ? of six. — French Guiana, the cf in Oberthur's Col- 

 lection, one ? in the Paris Museum. 



P. quadratus. Forewing long; hindwing in both sexes with a Itaml consisting of yellowish white 



spots on the disc close to the cell, and on the under surface in addition with a red spot at the hind angle. — 



quadratus. In the name-typical form quadratus .S7///-. (ib), of which only one 6" is known, the forewing has a yellowish 



spoliatus. white spot before the 2. median, 'i'he specimen was taken near ilanicore on the Rio Madeira. — In spoliatus 



Stgr. neither sex has a spot on the forewing. Upper Amazon; rather rare, near Iquitos, Pebas, S. Paulo de 



()li\enca and other jilaces. 



pizarro. P. pizarro St(ir. Abdomen in the cf" quite black, in the ? with a red spot before the apex on the 



underside. Forewing without spots, also none in the fringes. Hindwing with whitish yellow area, which in 

 the (f consists of three or four spots, in the ? of three to six. — Upper Amazon. 



steinbachi. p, stcinbachi Kofhsch. (2 a). This tine species has recently been discovered by J. Steinbachi in the 



eastern part of Bolivia. Forewing in both sexes with a large W'hite spot before hindmargin; hindwing with 

 a red band. Santa (h'uz de la Sierra, between the end of February and June; also received frona Mapiri. 



klagesi. P. klagesi Ehrm. (2a). The o"" of this peculiar little Papdio is not known; only four ?? have been 



found. The hinder angle of the cell on the forewing is quite rounded ; neither the fore- nor the hindwing 

 has distinct fringe-sj)ots. Forewing with a white band before the hindmargin; hindwing with a band com- 

 posed of red spots. AI)doraen entirely black, even at the tip. — Suapure, on the Gaura, Orinoco, taken 

 by S. M. KlaCtEs and his brother in February and March, 1899. Perhaps the species belongs to the 

 //y.sYmc/fr-group. 



P. aeneas. Palpi black , as in the preceding species. Abdomen in the ¥ with a small red spot 

 beneath before the tip. Sexes very ditfei'ent. cT with green spot on the forewing; hindwing with red non- 

 opalescent central area, not extending further towards the base than to the middle of the cell. In the ? 

 the forewing is either entirely black, or bears one or more white obsolete spots on the margins. Guiana; 

 Upper Orinoco; Amazon from Para upwards; eastern slopes of the Andes of Peru and Bolivia. Several 

 aeneas. geographical forms. A woodland species, about whose earlier stages nothing is known. — aeneas L. 

 (—- gargasus Hhii.; aeneides Esp.: bochus Lnc.) (2 b) inhabits the three Guianas. The green spot of the cf 

 is removed from the cell, and is usually wider before than behind the submedian vein. The $ occurs in two 

 spemlaris. forms: $-f. specularis P. d- J. has on the forewing a large white spot liefore the 1. median, and usually 

 (lido, several smaller ones, of which one is in the cell. In the second form, ?-f. dido It. d- ./., the forewing has 

 marcius. no white spots. — marcius Him. (2 b) is the subspecies from the Lower Amazon. The cf is similar to that 

 of aeneim, but the last red spot but one on the under surface is larger. We know only one form of the ?; 

 in this the white spot of the forewing usually extends to the 2. median, and the median red spots of the 

 litms. hindwing are close together. — linus /.'. (('■ ,/. from the Middle Amazon (Santarem, Obidos, Massauary) was 

 unknown to Bates. The red spots on the underside of the hindwing of the cf are paler than in the last 

 subspecies, and stand closer together and nearer to the cell. In the ? the red spots are united into an 

 damis. uninteri'upted band. — damis //. r& ,/. inhabits East Peru. The green spot of the d is larger than in the 

 preceding forms, and the spots on the under surface of the hindwing are reddish white. The ? occurs in 

 pyromelas. two forms: ?-f. pyromelas P. (& ■/. (2b) has entirely black forewing^ the red si)ots of llu' hindwing are 

 eiicharia. confluent, forming a band. In ?-f. eucharia /.'. d J. the forewing has a large while area wilh inidetined 

 locris. margins. — locrls /.'. d- ./. is in the o' similar to the last subspecies, but Ihe red sjuils on Ihc hindwing 

 are larger. The ? has ahvays a white area on the forewing; the red spots on I lie hiiulwing are separated 



