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apice maculisque media nigris ; posticae cyaneae, margine nigro ; 



caliche tres, interiore brevissima, nigrce, margine aureo ; subtus viridi - 



aureae, atomis nigris : habitat " 



Papilio (P. R.) Venus, Fabricius [P. Imperialis, Cramer^, " alis 



bicaudatis ; subtus anticis viridibus, auro irroratis ; posticis aureis 



viridi atroque maculatis : habitat Surinami." Pap. Exot. i. pi. 76. 



figs. E, F (1779). 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. app. p. 829. n. 321, 322 (1776) ; Sp. Ins. 

 pp. 113, 115, n. 494, 507 (1781); Mant. Ins. pp. 65, 67, 

 n. 614, 630 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 268. n. 37 (1793). 



Para, Lower Amazons. (Obtained 1850, collected by H. W. 



Bates, Esq.) B.M. 



Subgenus 2. MITHRAS, ffibner, 

 Verz. bel\ Schmett. p. 79 (1816). 



1. Mithras Pholeus. 



Papilio (P. 11.) Pholeus, Cramer, " alis bicaudatis, caeruleis ; subtus 

 atris, viridi caeruleoque fasciatis : habitat Surinami." Pap. Exot. ii. 

 pi. 163. figs. D, E (1779). 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 115. n. 505 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 66. 

 n. 628 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 267. n. 33 (1793). 



Para, Lower Amazons. (Obtained 1851, collected by H. W. 



Bates, Esq.) B.M. 



2. Mithras Hemon. 



. Papilio (P. R.) Hemon, Cramer, " alis bicaudatis, supra fuscis 

 immaculatis ; posticis subtus angulo ani fasciis tribus caeruleis : ha- 

 bitat Surinami." Pap. Exot. i. pi. 20. figs. D, E (1775). 



c? . Papilio (P. R.) Acmon, Cramer, " alis bicaudatis, caeruleis ; 

 posticis subtus atris, apice strigis viridi-aureis : habitat Surinami." 

 Pap. Exot. i. pi. 51. figs. C, D (1779). 



Fabricius, Gen. Ins. p. 269. n. 325, 326 (1776); Sp. Ins. 

 pp. 115, 116, n. 510, 512 (1781); Mant. Ins. pp. 67, 70, 

 n. 633, 665 (1787); Ent. Syst. iii. pp. 270, 284, n. 42, 93 

 (1793). 



Cayenne. (Obtained 1847, from Herr J. J. Becker's collection) 



B.M. 



This species is in the Banksian Collection in the British Museum. 



3. Mithras Ematheon. 



Papilio (P. R.) Ematheon, Cramer, " alis bicaudatis, caeruleo ni- 

 tidis ; subtus atris caeruleo irroratis : habitat Surinami." Pap. Exot. 

 ii. pi. 163. figs. F, G (1779). 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 114. n. 503 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 66. 

 n. 626 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 266. n. 26 (1793). 



Not in the collection of the British Museum. 



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