1877.] MR. H. DRUCE ON THE GENUS PAPHIA. 641 



placed with the Glauce group, though in form it resembles P. pasi- 

 bula without tails. 



45. P, PRAXiAS, Hopff. Stall, ent. Zeit. vol. xxxiv. p. 35;-) (1874). 



Hab. Peru. 



I hare not seen this species. 



46. P. M(ERis, Feld. {Nymph, m.) Reise Nov. Lep. iii. p. 449, 

 t. 60. f. 2 (1867). 



Hab. New Granada. Mus. S. & G., D- 



Also in the collection of Dr. Staudinger, from Columbia. This 

 species is a well-marked one ; and so far as we know, it only occurs 

 in New Granada. It is allied to P. {phis, but very distinct. 



47. P. BEATRIX, Druce, Cist. Ent. vol. i. p. 28/ (18/4). 



Hab. Chiriqui (Arce). Mus. S. &"G-. 



I have only seen a single specimen of this species ; but it is very 

 distinct from any other that I am acquainted with. 



48. P. CLEOMESTRA, Hcw. Ex. Butt. iv. Paph. t. 2. f. 8, 10 

 (1869). 



Hab. Nicaragua {T. Belt), Yeragua (ArcS). Mus. S. & G., D. 

 This fine species is still rare ; I have only seen a few specimens. 



49. P. iPHis, Latr. {Nymph, i.). Humb. & Bonpl. Obs. Zool. ii. 

 p. 80 (1833). 



Nymphalis thamyris, Latr. /. c. t. 36. f. 3, 4 (1833). 



Hab. Guatemala (Salvin), Nicaragua {T. Belt), Costa Rica (Fan 

 Patten), Chiriqui and Veragua (Arce), Panama (Boitcard), New 

 Granada (Birchell), E. Peru {Whitely), Bolivia (Pearce), Upper and 

 Lower Amazons {Bates and Smith). Mus. S. & G., D. 



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

 have examined a very large series i'rom the above-given localities, 

 and find that the specimens from Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Costa 

 Rica are small, and in most instances the blue spots near the apex 

 of the anterior wing are indistinct. Those from Chiriqui and Veragua 

 are larger and become more like the typical form from New Granada, 

 though they vary considerably in colour and the spots of the ante- 

 rior wing. Three specimens in Dr. Staudinger's collection, labelled 

 Columbia, are on the upperside much darker blue, and the spots 

 almost gone ; but on the underside they are the same. I do not 

 consider this variation of any specific value ; and, unless I were to 

 make species by the score, which I do not think would be advisable, 

 I must look upon them as differences caused by the influence of 

 climate and food of the larva, &c. 



50. P. ATES, n. sp. (Plate LXL fig. 5.) 



Upperside black, the basal third of the anterior wing, a spot on 

 the costal margin beyond the middle, two below, nearest the apex, and 

 two near the anal angle bright green ; posterior wing greenish black, 



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