PAPILIO PoJybius. 



Generic Character. — See PI. 92. 



Specific Character. 



P. alls ?iigris ; anticis maculo albo centrali ; posticis dentato-caiidatis 

 macula rubro centrali nervis diviso ; abdomine strigd laterali ; 

 thorace ptinctisjlavis subtus, ornafis. 



P. CTr. caud.J wings black; anterior with a central spot of white ; 

 posterior dentated and tailed, with a central red spot, divided 

 by the nerves ; stripe on each side the abdomen and spots on 

 the thorax beneath, yellow. 



An insect neither described nor figured by any author. To 

 my liberal friend, Dr. LangsdorflP, I am indebted for the two 

 specimens in my own cabinet, collected by himself in the 

 interior of Minas Geraes, or the Diamond district of Brazil. 

 I am not aware of the insect having been found in any other 

 part of that vast country. 



An unusual character is presented in this species, alone 

 sufficient to distinguish it from any other contained in 

 the division to which it belongs. This consists in the tho- 

 rax beneath being spotted with yellow, and the body, on 

 each side of the under surface, having a narrow yellow 

 stripe ; the basal margin of the inferior wings is also yellow. 

 Strictly speaking, these yellow spots would remove it from 

 the section Trojatii, but it would then be improperly separated 

 from P. Lysithons, Agavus, and others to which it is, in every 

 respect, closely allied. 



PI. 137. 



