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tVoni one another, tlie spot before tlie I. median ])eing tlie lari^est. Bolivia. — bolivar Heir. C-'a) inhabits bolivar. 

 the Upper Amazon and the Orinoco. The red area on tlie iiindwini;- of the o'' is small, and is whitish yellow 

 on the nnder snrface. Forewing of the V' black, with white spots on the tVinges; In'ndwing with a whitish 

 3'ellow area. 



P. dardanus Fnhr. (= tros Fnhr.: o])lens (io(/l.) (•2c). Tailed. Forewing in the cr" with a green danlarnis. 

 spot before the hindniargin; the red area of the hindwing not opalescent. ? with a white area on the 

 forewing, with obsolete margins. — An exclusively Brazilian species, which hitherto is only known from 

 the province of Rio de Janeiro. 



P. orellana Har. (2 c). The most beautiful species of the amfan-gronii. Forewing in both sexes oiellana. 

 black, bluish in a side-view, with white spots on the fringes. Hindwing in the cf with a very large red 

 area, not opalescent: in the ? with a broad red band. — Upper Amazon, from Ega to bpiitos. 



P. sesostris. Forewing in the o' with very large green area which touches the cell; hindwing either 

 black or with a red s]M)t before the hindniargin. Forewing of the ? with at least two white spots; the red 

 band on the hindwing generall}- broad. Scent-organ of the cf with Avhite wool, except at the base, which 

 is black. Mexico to the Amazon, in three subspecies. — The northern form is zestOS <'i'itii (3a). The cT zestos. 

 has always a red spot on the hindwing. In the ? the band on the upper surface of the hindwing is bright 

 red. South Mexico to Costa Rica. - tarquinius Boisd. occurs from Panama to Ecuador and North Venezuela, tarquinius. 

 The upper surface of the hindwing of the & has mostly a red spot as in zestos, but the band on the under 

 surface is more obliquely placed. In the ? the second white spot on the forewing is somewhat larger than 

 in 2<'st(K, and the band on the under surface of the hindwing is nearer to the cell. — sesostris ''f- sesostris. 

 (? = tullus ^V.) (2d) has very rai-ely a red spot on the uj)per surface of the hindwing of the t/, and the 

 spots on the under surface are placed somewhat nearer to the margin. In the ? the two white spots on 

 the forewing are widely separated from the cell- Orinoco; Guiana; Para to Peru; Bolivia; Goj-az. 



This species is a strong tlier, which appears never to leave the woods. 



P. childrenae. The green area of the a' is larger than in F. ne^oHfri.<, covering also a part of the 

 cell. The ? has a tiansverse row of spots before the apex of the forewing, as well as two spots on the 

 disc posteriori}'. Distributed from Guatemala to Ecuador in two subspecies. — childrenae (irai/ (3a) is the childrenae. 

 Central American form, which is found from Guatemala to Panama. Forewing of the d" with a white spot 

 before the apex. Band on the hindwing of the ? bright red. — oedippus Luc. has in the cf no white spot oedippus. 

 before the apex of the forewing, or only a very small one. In the $ the band on the hindwing is a some- 

 what yellowish red on the inner side. Colombia and Ecuador. 



P. erlaces. Palpi always black. Fringes of both wings sjiotted with white. Forewing of the cf 

 with a gray-green spot before the hindniargin; hindAving A\ith three red, strongly opalescent spots. In the 

 S the margin of the 8. abdominal segment red all round; forewing with large cell-spot and 2 or 3 discal 

 spots. Ecuador to Bolivia. — lacydes Hciv. (? =^ ecjuestris Oherfh.) (3 b) has rareh' a white spot on the lacydes. 

 forewing of the o^, the s]iots on the undo' surface of the hindwing small, almost entirely \\hite. In the ? 

 the cell-spot of the forewing large; band of the hindwing white. In Eastern Ecuador. — xanthias li. & J. xanthias. 

 (3b). Forewing of the cT almost always with one or two white spots; spots on the under surface of the 

 hindwing varying from white to red. Cell-spot of the ? triangular, second discal spot larger than the first; 

 band on the hindwing pale yellow. North-east Peru, southwards to Huanuco. — erlaces (■iynj (3aj is the erlaces. 

 most southerly form. It inhabits South-ea.st Peru, Bolivia and North Argentina. Forewing of the o" rarely 

 without large white spots ; hindwing on the underside with 5 — 7 red spots. Forewing of the ? usually with 

 3 white spots besides the cell-spot; band on the hindwing red. 



P. burchellanus Wrstir. (=r socama Hchaus). Sexes similar. Palpi black. Forewing black, onl.\ with imrchellanas. 

 fringe-spots. Hindwing with a row of separated red discal spots. Resembles P. pmitlioiniH Cr. (3 b), which 

 however has red marginal spots. — In the interior of Brazil; Farinhapodre, Goyaz; rare in collections. 

 On pi. 3 a specimen of pmithiiHiis is figured b}' oversight as hurchclldiiii.-f. 



P. drucei />///■. (? = opalinus Btlr.) (3 b). Palpi generally black, sometimes red. Forewing in the cf drucei. 

 with a green spot, separated from the cell; in the 2 unicolorous, but the fringes spotted. Hindwing in the d' 

 with 3, occasionallv 4, opalescent spots; in the ? with a band composed of 5 — 7 spots, sometimes rather 

 strongly opalescent. Eighth abdominal segment of the ? edged with red all round. — Upper and Middle 

 Amazon, and the eastern slopes of the Andes from Ecuador to Bolivia. 



P. cutorina Sfi/r. (? =: mazeppa flrotfe-Smith) (3 c). Palpi red. Forewing of the (/ with a green cutorina. 

 spot; in the ? without spot, the fringes spotted with white. Hindwing in the cf with two contiguous red 

 spots on the upper surface, the spots on the under surface yellowish white; in the ? the wing has a 

 yellowish white band on both surfaces; 2. and 3. radials close together, the transverse vein between them 

 not oblique. — Upper Amazon and slopes of the Andes of Ecuador and Peru. 



P. phosphorus. Palpi red. Forewing somewhat transparent distally; cf with dirty-green spot; hind- 

 wing rather strongly dentate, the red spots remote from the cell. Tibiae armed with spines, not thickened. 



