1877.] MH. U. DRUCE ON THE GENUS PAPHIA. 635 



and length. Oue of the specimens sent by Dr. Staudinger is almost 

 without tails, and the red band at the apex of the anterior wine is 

 very much smaller than usual, also the posterior wing is slightly 

 dentated on the outer margin. I think it quite likely, when we 

 know the larva and can get bred specimens, we shall find that F. 

 ryphea and P. phidele are the same. 



9. P. PHiDiLE, Hubn. Ex. Schmett. Zutr. f. 905, 90G (1837). 

 P. erythema, Bates, Journ. Ent. ii. p. 343 (1865). 



Hub. Costa Rica ( Van Patten) ; Veragua (Arci) ; Panama, New 

 Granada, East ^evn {Whitely) ; Santarem {H.H.Smith); North 

 Brazil (Beske) ; S. E. Brazil ( Roy ers and Touds). Mus. S. & G., D. 



This species has a very wide range and varies to some extent. 

 The specimens named by Mr. Bates I cannot distinguish in any way 

 from Hiibner's species. The specimens from Central America have 

 the most colour on the posterior wing ; in those from Peru and 

 South Brazil the posterior wing is almost a dark brown. Some 

 few specimens show indication of the tail on the posterior wino- in 

 the males, the same as P. ryphea. In fact it is difficult to say where 

 one species stops and the other begins. I have a female from Per- 

 nambuco with a band of white spots across the underside of the 

 posterior wing, but not differing in any other way. 



10. P. HELiE, Linn. (Pap. h.) Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 773 (1767) ; 

 Clerck, Icones, t. 34. f. 3 (1/64). 



Nymphalis helie, Godt. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 365 (1823). 



I know nothing exactly agreeing with the figure Helie in Clerck's 

 Icones ; I believe it to be a female either of P. ryphea or P. phidile ; 

 but for the present I think it better to keep them separate. 



11. P. EURYPHiLE, Feld. {Nymphalis e.) Wien. ent, Mon. vi. 

 p. 119 (1862). 



Hab. Cameta and Bahia. Mus. S. & G. 



A very distinct species. 



12. P. sosippus, HopfF. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1874, p. 352. 

 Hab. E. Peru. 



I have not seen this species. 



13. P. ANDRiA, Scudd. (Jncea.a.) Bull. Buflf. Soc. ii. p. 248, 

 n. 59. 



I have not seen this insect. 



14. P. CRATAis, Hew. Desc. Bolivian Butt. p. 9 (1874). 



Hab. Bolivia {BiicJdey). Mus. Hewitson. 



This species is close to P. glyceriutn, but differs from it by its 

 smaller size and by having a band of white spots across the under- 

 side of the posterior wing. 



