340 Mr. II. W. Bates's Contributions 



a still f'jrther divaiicntion from ll)e type, viz., the P. Childrena-, Gray CGriff. An. 

 King. pi. 38, f. 1, 2 ; (Edippiis, Lucas, Voy. de Cast. Lep. pi. 2, f. 4), and also 

 with the typical Setostvis. P. Chitdience in the valleys of tiie Andes near HogoiA, 

 becomes the prevailing form .; indeed, I have seen lar^e numbers of it in collections 

 from there, unaccompanied by a single individual of the type. Another varieiy, 

 ditfering from ChildreiKt, occurs furlher northward in Honduras, the J of which 

 only has been figured {ZesUis, Gray, loc. cit.).* The female varies a little in the 

 breadth of the crimson belt of the hind wing, in the presence or absence of a spot 

 between the third median nervule and the lower discoidal nervure, and of a 

 similar spot between the upper discoidal and the cosial nervures of the hind win?. 

 'Jhe cream-coloured spot of the fore wing also varies a little in size and shape but 

 not in position. In the Honduras var. Zeilcs, the spot undergoes a more con- 

 siderable alteration (fig. loc. cit.). P. Sesnstris is the boldest flier of the group; 

 but I have never seen him out of the forest shades. 



P. Vertumnus $ Cram. 211, A. B. 



Var. ? Gray, Cat. B, M. p. 48, pi. 11, f. 4 



(as P. Diceros). 

 Var. ? (Bdv.) Lucas, Rev. and Mag. Zool. 



1852, p. 489 (as P. Phron'im). 

 Var. ? Gray, Cat. B. M. p. 48, pi. 8, f. 6 



(as P. C'fxiits). 

 Var. ? Bdv. Sp. Gen. Pap. No. 117 (as 



Ccelns). 

 Local Var. Cutora, Gray, S Gray, Cat. B. M. p. 58, pi. 10*, f. 6. 



If we except the strongly marked variety Cutora, the $ of this is subject to no 

 great variation from Para to the Peruvian frontier. The so-called var. fig. C. of 

 Cramer has not been found on the Ainazon. The true Verlumniis varies only in 

 the presence or absence of a white speck in the green patch of the fore wing, and of 

 a fourth opalescent crimson spot in the hind wing. Hut the 5 varies so much that it 

 is diHicult to find two individuals alike. What I consider to be the typical or most 

 usual form of the sex has not heen desi^ribed ; but it agrees with the figure of P. 

 Diceros of Gray, except that the crimson band is not suh-opalesrent. 'J'he while 

 spot ot the foie wing varies from the large, irregular pa'ch of the var. Cacins, to 

 the small quadrate spot of the var. Cixiiis. The crimson bell of the hind wing, in 

 some examples sub-opalescent, is sometimes narrower sometimes broader ; some- 

 times consists of five spots wi'h indications of a sixth, but generally of only four. 

 'J he dentations of the hind wing, also, vary very much in size, sharpness, and 

 prominence, the central one being sometimes longer than the otheis. The true 

 Vertiimiivs appears to be confined to Guiana and the Amazon region. At Surinam 

 it shows a strongly marked var. (the fig. C. Cram. t. 211), which extends into 

 Columbia, and is P. Telmosis, Bdv. Col. Towaids the frontier of Peru in the 

 Amazon region, it shows a vaiiety of quite a different nature to Telmosis, the 

 Ctitora of Gray. In the Andean valleys of New Granada it is represented by v or 

 perhaps becomes changed to) the P. Purnr/i/ps, Doubled. (Gray, Cat. pi. 9, I. 2), 

 but in soine part of the saine country it shovvj a nearer resemblance to its type, 

 as in P. Phaeiwn, (KoUar, Heitr. N. Gr. t. 1 , f . 5, 6). In the P. Zeiiris and in 

 several undescribed varieties from New Granada, iheie appears to be a transition 

 between the forms resembling Vertumnus and those resembling Proteus, whilst 



* There is a ^ example in the B. M. Coll. from Honduras, which seems inter- 

 mediate between P. Sesoslris and P. Clnldreiiie ; it has a narrow ciimson spot on 

 the hind wing between the abdominal margin and the first median nervule. It 

 may be considered the ^ of Zestos. Examples occur from New Giauada and 

 the Napo. The green spot of the fore wing is as in P. Sesostris, 



