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the 1. median vein, either on both sides or only beneath, on i\\v underside also a spot before the 1. median, 

 rarely jiresent above, and sometimes one before the 3. radial. In otlier s]ieciniens the white sjuits are 

 wanting abo\e: the forewiuL;- is dark fi'om the base to the apex of the eell and 1hen paler, and lias a row 

 of white spots beneath. From Colombia to Para and Bolivia. — capys Jfbii. (~ evander Gadt.) ( lOfi. cm/jv-v. 

 Forewing without white s[iots on the upperside; the disc jialer, the dark proximal ai-ea rounded: on the 

 underside a row of white si)ots, one of which is placed in the cell. East Bolivia. North Argentina, Paraguay 

 and Brazil. 



P. isidorus. Foi'ewing on the under surface either without white cell-spot, or the spot small, mil 

 extending transx'ersely across the cell. Hindwing posteriorly shoi'ter than in uncli/.-^/adis, the tail short, 

 narrow: the last snbinarginal spot more distal than the large spot placed before it. The liarpe of the cf 

 not dentate. Larva not known. Paimma to Bolivia; a s]iecies of the Andes. — chironis /•'. <('■ ./. Fore- (/;/ni»/.v. 

 wing above with 2 white spots between the "2. radial and "2. median and a small cell-sjiot; the s[iots beneath 

 much larger, the spot between the 8. radial and 1. median the largest. Ghiriqui. — brises A'. ((■ •/. Fore- tn'srs. 

 wing above without spots, beneath with 2 or 3 spots, but without cell-spot. In Bogota-collections, probably 

 from the Magdalena and Catica \'alle\s. — flavescens Ohcrth. The white spots on the underside of the flavcsccns. 

 forewing reduced. The spot jilacex:! between the 2. and H. radial of the hindwing usually white above oi' 

 beneath or on both sides. East side of the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and North Peru. — isidorus Doiihl. isidorus. 

 (TOd). The white patch on the under surface of the fm-ewing usually enters the cell and is dflcn also 

 indicated above; the red spots of the hindwing on the whole larger than in red-spotted s]ieciniens of 

 Hapcfcciis, the two s|iots placed between the 2. I'adial and 2. median separated also on the upjier surface. 

 Eastern slopes of the Andes of Bolivia and Peru, northwards to Huauuco. 



P. rhodostictus. Differs from isir/oy/ia chiefly in that the white cell-spot of the forewing at least 

 beneath extends across the cell, the spots on the upjier surface of the hindwing are merged in pairs 

 into 3 or more rartdy 2 lai-ge |iatches, and the harpe of the cT is almost symmetrical. Costa Pica to 

 Ecuador. Larva not known. — rhodostictus B/h: rf- Dntcc (10 d), from Costa Rica and Chiriqui. has n rliodostirtus. 

 narrow cell-spot and the discal spot placed before the 3. radial is the largest or the most clearly developed. — 

 pacificus /.'. cf- J. The discal spot between the 3. radial and 1. median is larger than the preceding one; pacificus. 

 cell-spot large. West Colombia and West Ecuador. — nymphius It. d- J. Forewing on the upper surface nympliius. 

 without cell-spot, the sjiot between the 3. radial and 1. median on the under surface larger than the 

 preceding spot. Central and East Colombia, not rare in Bogota-collections. The sjiots on the hindwing ai'e 

 sometimes whitish. 



Torquatus-Group. 



In the specie.? of the /orq/tofi/.^-groui} the palpus is yellow; the thorax is likewise yellow or at least spotted 

 with yellow and the abdomen has at least a yellow lateral line. Both sexes are tailed, but the tail in the ? is 

 sometimes short and pointed. In colour the d'd' and ?? are always different; on the whole the ?? are more black, 

 the cTcf more yellow. The larvae are similar in colour to bird-ilrojipins's and bear 4 rows ot rather long tubercles. 

 The thoracic hump of the pupa is large. 



P. himeros. Both wings with yellow band, which is broader in the cf than in the ?; tail with 

 yellow apical spot; submarginal s]iots of the hindwing in the cT yellow, in the V red except the 2 anterior 

 ones. Brazil: a rather rare species. — baia //. rf' •/. The yellow markings I'educed or narrowed. Bahia. — bnin. 

 himeros Jl"i>ff'. (= mentor Boiad, herodotus Obnili.). The yellow band on the forewing is contiguous to himeros. 

 the cell and is broader than the black marginal area. Minas Geraes ; Rio de Janeiro. 



P. lamarchei >V.'/r. (llai. ()idy the o^ know. The yellow liand narrower than in hiiin-ros, hvvwmii lan'urclici. 

 without yellow- spot distally of the anterior angle of the cell; hindwing very strongly dentate, tail without 

 yellow- spot at the tip. Harpe short and rounded, whilst in lihiieros it is long and pointed. — In Northern 

 Argentina and Boli\ia, not rare. 



P. hectorides E^^p. {= tonjuatinus K»p., jiandrosus (ioilt., chirodamas IIIdi.) (I la). In the & the 

 band is still narrower than in kutiarchei. Hindwing with red spots on the disc. In the ? the band is absent 

 or is w-hite: on the forewing it is curved anteriorly tow-ards the costa and on the hindwing does not extentl 

 to the abdominal margin; the submarginal spots of the hindwing are red and narrow. The ? occurs in 

 tln-ee jirincipal forms: ?-f. hectorides E»p. (-^^ mecentins Douhl., argentus (tfatj) (11a) has a white band on hectoiides. 

 both wings: in ?-f.' catamelas U. <('• ./. the band is developed on the hindwing. but on the forewing merely catamclas. 

 indicated; in ?-f. melania lUirrth. it is slightly indicated on both wings or entirtdy absent. These forms mclania. 

 occur together. — Larva on Citrus and Piperaceae, resting gregariously on the upperside of leaves. The 

 buttertly is common. It is a swift tlier, which is found especially at the edges of w'oods and in the neigh- 

 bourhood of thickets. Brazil and Paraguay. 



