1(1 PAPTLIO. P.v Dr. K. Joedak. 



the black median band only extending to tlie cell; the latter less pointed than in philolmt:^. The scent-scales 

 of the d' long-er. The ? not known. — San Pedro Sula, Honduras (in coll. (Jharlks OberthDr). Our figure 

 is too small. 

 (iir/'silaiis. P. arccsilaus lyiims (= anaxilaus Flifr.) (14d). Antenna black. Forewing with 6 greenish bands 



and a row of submarginal spots, the 6. band short, separated from the discal area. Scent-scales of the cf 

 h)ng. — North Venezuela and Colombia. 



P. epidaus. Antenna black: wings white, semitransparent, distally ahnost glassy. The 2. black 

 band of the forewing extends to the hindmargin beyond the middle and the discocellular band is continued 

 to the 2. median or to the posterior angle of the wing. Larva not known. Mexico to Honduras. — 

 epidaus. epidaus Douhl. (15 c). The 2. black band of the forewing not more than half as broad as the light inter- 

 space between the 2. and 3. bands, generally narrower, the 5. band not extending far beyond the 2. median, 

 not reaching to the marginal band; the posterior part of the median band, on the underside, thin or merely 

 indicated. From East Mexico to Nicaragua, from whence specimens of this form have recently come. — 

 tepictis. tepicus 11. ({• J. 1. and 2. bands of the forewing broader than in the preceding form. 5. band ]iosteriorly 

 joined to the marginal band : hindwing longer and the costal margin shorter than in the other forms. West 

 fenochionis. Mexico : province of Jalisco. — fenochionis Goclm. d- Salr. 5. band of the forewing prolonged to the hinder 

 angle, hindwing much more extended l)lack than in the previous subspecies. South-Western Mexico: (^)axaca. 

 Guerrero. 

 bellerophon. P. bellcrophon DaJiii. (== coresilaus Godt., swainsonius Swains.) (15a). The only Papilio in which 



the 1. subcostal of the forewing is absent. Forewing semitransparent. with 4 black bands. ? similar to 

 the cf , with somewhat broader hindwing. Scent-organ of the cf woolly. — Brazil : Minas Geraes . Parana, 

 Santa Catarina, rather rare. 



Protesilaus-Group. 



The species of tlie following p ro/csil a ii.s - iiroiip with the exception of ngesilnnx are hard to diiiferentiate 

 without the assistance of their genitalia. The red line on the under surface of the hindwing- is only edged with 

 blacli at one side. These white, black-banded butterflies include some of the commonest Papilios of South America; 

 but this applies only to the cfcf', the ?? on the contrary being very rare in collections. The c^o^ often rest in 

 dense clusters on damp sand or mud. The larva of only one of the species (P. sfeinjc/csmiis) is known with certainty: 

 it is green , dorsally spotted with lilack and with transverse bands , sometimes the black markings are absent until 

 a transverse line on the ])rothorax. The dorsal horn of the pupa is very long. The butterflies are tropical. 



P. agesilaus. Easy to recognise by the red line of the hindwing being edged with black distally. 

 Distributed from Mexico to Bolivia and Goyaz in Brazil, not yet known from Nicaragua and Costa Rica, 

 fortis. where, however, the insect certainly occurs. — fortis h'. & J. from South- West Mexico: Guerrero, Atoyac, 

 Oaxaca. The black bands broad, 1. and 2. bands of the forewing about "/s as broad as the interspace, 

 both continued to the hindmargin, or the 2. liand at least extending jjeyond the 2. submedian ; the white 

 submarginal bantl not broader than the black ])o.stdiscal band, the latter not divided longitudinally by a 

 pale line; abdominal margin of "the hindwing black, the two red anal spots surrounded with black. — 

 neosilaiis. neosilaus Hopff. The black iiands narrower than in forfh, the 1. and 2. l^ands of the forewing at most 

 half as broad as the white interspace, the transparent submarginal band broader tlian the black postdiscal 

 band: abdominal margin of the hindwing ])artly white, the red anal spots anteriorly In'oadly edged with 

 white, much less broadl}' surrounded with black than in (oiiis. East Mexico, Guatemala. British Honduras, 

 eimeri. Honduras. — eimeri //. & J. The transparent submarginal band of the forewing between the 4. and 5. 

 subcostal at most as broad as the black postdiscal band which is placed at its proximal side. West Colombia. 

 rt.?M//fl«s. upper Cauca Valley and Panama. — agesilaus (hin-. (= conon Heir., septemlineatus Ehner) (15c). Post- 

 discal band of the upperside of the forewing without light median line, nanower than the costal half of 

 the transparent submarginal band; subbasal band of the upper surface of the hindwing only re])resented 

 by a thin streak placed on the 2. median. Very variable in size. Central and East Colombia. North 

 (mtosilaus. Venezuela. — autosilaus Bafea. Postdiscal band of the forewing divided longitudinally by a pale streak, 

 subbasal band of the hindwing present on the upperside. Orinoco, Guiana, the Amazon, Goyaz, the eastern 

 slopes of the Andes from Ecuador to Bolivia, as well as Paraguay, not yet known from South-East Brazil: 



like the preceding subspecies very common. 



t. ^ " 

 P. glaucojaus. In order to differentiate this and the following species with certainty, it is necessary 

 to compare specimens from the same districts, and at times to take the sexual organs into consideration. 

 [n (jlaucolaus the black postdiscal band of the forewing is widely separated from the lower angle of the cell, 

 or the teeth of the hindwing are very obtuse and the posterior submarginal spots suffused with brown. 

 Scent-scales of the cf as long as in protesilaiis; the harpe has at the dorsal edge a very long tooth and the 

 central and ventral processes are short, the latter not reaching to the ventral edge of the clasper. From 

 Panama to Guiana, Upper Amazon, southwards to Matto Grosso, not yet known to us from South-East Peru. 

 Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil proper and the Lower Amazon. Only cfcf in collections. A connnon species. 

 s^laucolaus. Larva not known. - glaucolaus .Sates floa). Greenish, bands 1 and 2 of the forewing not extended beyond 



