1877.] MR. H. DRUCE ON THE GENUS PAPHIA. 647 



Hub. New Granada, Ecuador. Mus. Staudinger, Smith, Druce. 

 A very distinct and beautiful species ; the specimen in Mr. Smith's 

 collection is the smallest I have seen. 



7S. P. oDiLiA, Cram. {Pap. o.) Pap. Ex. iv. t. 329. f. C, D. (1 782). 

 Papilio polycarmes, Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 484 (1775). 

 Nymphalis poiycarmes, Godt. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 367 (1823). 

 Nymphalis odilia, Feld. Wien. ent. Mou. vi. p. 120 (1862). 

 Hah. Ega and St. Paulo {Bates). Mus. S. & G. 



Bolivia {Buckley). _ Mus. Hewitson! 



This is still a rare species. 



7Q. P. NENiA, n. sp. (Plate LXIV. fig. 4.) 



Upperside dull black, slightly shaded with purple at the base of 

 the wings, and on the outer margin of tlie posterior wing. Under- 

 side glossy grey-brown, thickly irrorated with white scales. 



Exp. 3 inches. 



Hab. St. Paulo {Rogers). Mus. Hewitson & Smith. 



On (he upperside this species closely resembles P. odilia ; but its 

 greater size and very different underside at once show that it is a 

 distinct species. 



80. P. LAURA, n. sp. 



Upperside dark greenish black, brightest at the base of the anterior 

 whig. Underside rich chestnut-browu irrorated with silvery white 

 scales; a large silver-white spot on the costal margin of the posterior 

 wing nearest the apex, from which a waved band of white scales 

 crosses the wing to the inner margin, and a submarginal row of minute 

 white spots. 



Exp. 2| inches. 



Hab. Veragua (Arce). Mus. S. & G, 



On the upperside this is the darkest-coloured species with which 

 I am acquainted. 



81. P. ANASSA, Feld. {Nymph, a.) Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 120 

 (1862). ■ ^ 



P. ada, Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xv. p. 222 (1875). 



Hab. Veragua {Arce), New Granada {Chesterton and Birchell). 



Mus. S. & G., D. 

 A very distinct species. 



82. P. LiNEATA, Salv. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. iv. n. 179 

 (Sept. 1869). ^ 



P. vestina. Hew. Equat. Lep. p. 31 (Dec. 1869). 

 P. betillina, Hopff. Stett. ent. Zeit. vol. xxxv. p. 354 (1874). 

 Hab. Apolobamba, N. BoUvia {Pearce). Mus. S. & G. 



Ecuador {BucJdey). Mus. Hewitson. 



Chanchamayo {Thamm). Mus. Staudinger. 



This is still a rare and little-known species. 



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