Lepidoptera of the Amozons. 145 



PAPlLIONINiEj Bates. 



PaPILIO, LhlTKBUS. 



223. Papilio gargasiis. 



Parides gargasus, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. 

 p. 87, n. 909 (1816). 



Papilio ceneus, Cramer (nee Linn.), Pap. Exot. iii. 

 pi. 279, A, B (1872). 

 Uricurituba, Rio Tapajos, 17tli March, 1874. 



224. Papilio sonoria. 



$. Papilio sonoria, G. R. Gray, Cat. Lep. Ins. B. M. 



p. 57, pi. 10, fig. 1 (1852). 

 $. Uricurituba, Rio Tapajos, 17th March, 1874. 



225. Papilio opalinus, n. sp. (PI. III. fig. 5.) 



?. Wings above smoky brown; primaries with the 

 apical half, excepting the borders, very pale ; veins black ; 

 secondaries darker, the outer border nearly black; a broad 

 fascia from the second subcostal branch to the anal angle, 

 widest in the middle, rose red with an opaline shot, 

 crossed by black veins, slightly convex internally and sub- 

 angulated and undulated externally ; fringe white in the 

 sinuations of the wings ; body dark brown, head and 

 thorax blackish, a carmine spot on each side of the collar, 

 margins of pectus spotted with rose red, also the two 

 basal segments of the venter ; anus rose red ; wings beloAv 

 nearly as above, but the fascia of secondaries rather paler 

 in the centre and not opalescent : expanse of wings 3 inches 

 9 lines. 



Pedroso, Uttary, Rio Purus, 25th September, 1874. 



I cannot find that this species is anywhere described. 

 It is an interesting species, inasmuch as it possesses the 

 opalescence common to many males of this genus, although 

 in a less marked degree. 



226. Papilio polydamas. 



Papilio jwlydamas, Linnfeus, Mus. Lvid. Ulr. 

 p. 192 (1764) ; Drury, 111. Ex. Ent. i. pi. 17, figs. 1, 

 2 (1773). 

 Obydos, 26th January ; Sta. Cruz, Rio Tapajos, 17th 

 March, 1874. 



227. Papilio belus. 



Papilio belus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 112, A, B 

 (1779). 

 Boa Vista, Rio Jutahi, 2nd February, 1865. 



