318 MESSRS. GODMAN AND SALVIN ON [May 6, 



17. Papilio NEODAMAS. 



Papilio neodamas, Lucas, Rev. Zool. 1852, p. 193, t. 10. f. 5. 



Of this species little is known. Lucas, when describing it, gave its 

 locality as "Les Antilles;" and this is the first time its residence 

 has been traced to any particular island. 



Its nearest ally is P. polydomas, from which it differs in having the 

 greenish-yellow transverse band straighter and running further from 

 the outer margin ; beneath, the wings are blacker, the submarginal 

 band of red spots more conspicuous, and the yellow cilia restricted 

 to the indentations of the outer margin. 



18. THYMELE PROTEUS. 



Papilio proteus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 794. 



Many specimens of this very widely distributed species. 



19. THYMELE SANTIAGO 1 



Eudarnus Santiago, Lefebvre, in La Sagra's Hist. Cuba, vii. 

 p. 267. 



Mr. Angas's collection contains several specimens which resemble 

 Cuban examples which we attribute to this species. There are, 

 however, several points of difference which will perhaps be found to 

 be specific when the group is systematically investigated. The 

 secondaries have a more rounded outer margin and a shorter tail ; 

 beneath, these wings are much darker, and there is no paler patch on 

 the outer margin near the apical augle. The vitreous spots of the 

 primaries are very small, and in some specimens entiiely wanting. 



20. Proteides. angasi, sp. i). (Plate XXV. fig. 2.) 



Alis fuscis, ad basin fulvis, anticis valde productis, maculis quaiuor 

 hyalinis in linea transversa a costa unguium analem versus 

 transeuntibus, aliis duobus minutis apici propioribus ; subtus 

 anticis fere ut supra sed fulvo ad basin absente, posticis obscure 

 fuscis, litura irreyulari medium alarum occupante rubro-fusca, 

 marginem externum versus punctis' nigrescentibus notatis. 

 Mr. Angas brought home several specimens of this Skipper, which 

 appears in Dominica to represent P. idas of Cramer. This latter 

 insect has a wide range upon the American continent, and extends 

 to the island of Haiti. P. angasi differs, however, from it in having 

 the fulvous colour at the base of the wings more restricted, in want- 

 ing the white cilia of the outer margin of the secondaries, and the 

 grey mottling of the undersurface is entirely absent, though a faint 

 indication of the pattern on the secondaries exists. The white bands, 

 so conspicuous on the body of P. idas, are obsolete. 



Lefebvre, in La Sagra's ' Historia de Cuba ' (vii. p. 271), under the 

 name of Goniloba mercurius, alludes to certain specimens, which he 

 briefly describes. These would appear to be very like the species we 

 now characterize. 



