206 Mr. W. J. Kaye's Catalogue of the 



Family PAPILIONIDiE. 



193. Papilio polydamas. 



Papilio 23olydamas, Linn., Mus. Ulr., p. 192 (1764). 



Range. Mexico to Argentina. 



Not very common. Flies in the sunshine. The true 

 2')olydamas occurs and not the general West Indian form 

 'polycratcs. 



194. Papilio zeuxis. 



Papilio zeuxis, Luc, Rev. Zool., 1852, p. 190. 

 Range. Venezuela. 



Larva on orange. 



The many closely allied species of this group have 

 rendered the identification of this species extremely 

 difficult. Mr. F. W. Urich has bred me a series from a 

 batch of eggs showing considerable variation in the green 

 patch of the fore-wing of the male. Some of these would 

 be called alyattes, Feld., which has a greater lustre on the 

 hind-wing and which has a smaller green patch on fore- 

 wing. Alyattes ^ $ are however very different from zeuxis 

 ^ $. There can scarcely be a doubt that, as set forth by 

 Kirby in his Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera (pp. 525, 

 526), many of these species are only varieties or local 

 forms of vertimmus, Cramer, while some of these in them- 

 selves vary considerably. 



195. Papilio cymocles. 



Papilio cymocles, Donhl., Ann. Mag. N. H., xiv, p. 416 

 (1844). 



Range. Unknown. The species was described from 

 Trinidad. 



This is probably only a form of zeuxis, but cymocles 

 having priority zeuxis would have to be sunk. 



196. Papilio gargasus. 



Papilio gargasus, Hiibn., Verz. bek. Schmett., p 87, 

 n. 909 (1816). 

 Range. Brazil, Amazons. 



Very abundant in many parts of the Island, particularly 

 frequenting bamboo clumps. 



