CHAP. XII.] 



MORPHO : EYE-SPOTS. 



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tion of Mr F. D. Godman and Mr O. Salvin, to whom I am much 

 indebted for permission to examine the specimens 1 . 



Morpho achilles </. Specimen having the spots a and c en- 

 tirely absent (Fig. 78, II) and the spot g very small. This specimen 

 occurred together with two normals from Para. Ten other normal 

 males seen, and also a specimen in Camb. Univ. Mus. having no c, 

 the spot a being also greatly reduced. 



M. montezuma ^ : 15 specimens have all the spots from a to 

 g of fair size. One specimen has a spot in the place a x , as shown 



Fig. 79. Morpho montezuma. Abnormal specimen having an ocellus on both 

 sides in the position a, (where an ocellus normally exists in N. sulkowskii). 

 (From a specimen in the collection of Messrs Godman and Salvin.) 



in Fig. 79. One specimen has a very faint a 1 and g 1 ; another has 

 a 1 as a small ocellus, and g x indicated as a bulging of the spot g. 



In Camb. Univ. Mus. are 4 normal males and one specimen 

 having both a 1 and g x marked somewhat as shewn in the case of 

 the abnormal M. octavia (Fig. 80). 

 ^ '■ M. octavia. Mr Salvin tells me that this form has a very 

 restricted distribution and is probably only a local form of M. 

 montezuma. In addition to 12 normal males the following were 

 seen, all being male. Specimen having g 1 as a spot of moderate 

 size ; another having g x very small. In another a 1 and g x were 

 both present as shewn in Fig. 80. Besides these is one having g 

 very small. All are from the Pacific slope of Guatemala. The 

 specimen figured is from El Reposo in this district, one of the 

 | normals being from the same place. 



1 In each of the figures the faint lines round the ocelli should be shewn as in 

 Fig. 81 ; they are omitted for simplicity. 



