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286. Fapillo Montezuma. 



Papilio Montezuma, Westw. Arc. Ent. pi. 18. f. 3. E. Boubl. Gen. of D. Leji. p. 19. 227. 

 In Collection (Brit. Mus.) from the West Coast of America. 



287. Papilio Photinus. 



Papilio Photinus, E. Doubl. Ann. of Nat. Hist. xiv. (1844) p. 415. Id. Gen. ofD. Lep. p. 19. 229. 



PL XI. f. 2. — "Above, anterior wings black, the apex fuscous, the disc and inner margin with blue and 

 green reflections. Posterior wings dentate, the third tooth prolonged into a short tail, the whole surface with 

 brilliant blue and green reflections. Beyond the discoidal cell is a series of six crimson, rather rounded spots, 

 the first, second and fifth smaller than the others, followed by a second series of markings of the same colour, 

 of which the first is quadrate, the four others lunulate. Cilia of all the wings spotted with white. 



" Below, anterior wings olivaceous, the disc fuscous. Posterior wings greenish olive, with the crimson 

 markings nearly as above, but slightly bordered with black, and in addition two crimson streaks at the anal 

 angle bounding a fuscous spot. 



" Head black, palpi crimson, thorax and abdomen black, the sides below spotted with red. 



" Female fuscous, the markings on the posterior Avings larger and paler, a long dull red spot at the anal angle. 



" From the west coast of America, probably Mexico." — Ann. Nat. Hist. 

 In Collection (Brit. Mus.) from the West Coast of America. 



288. Papilio Rhetus. 



Papilio Rhetus, Boisd. MSS. 



PI. XI. f. 5. — The primary wings fuscous black, with the outer margin slightly bordered with white between 

 the nervules. The secondary wings fuscous black, with two rows of spots of vermilion red, which in some lights 

 show a strong violet reflection between the nervules ; the inner row is short and somewhat oval, while those of 

 the second row are somewhat hmulate ; the outer margin presents a series of prominent lunes between the 

 nervules of a vermilion red, which in some lights has a strong violet gloss ; the lunes are fringed narrowly with 

 white. 



The under surface of the primary wings bronzy black, with prominent white marks on the outer margin 

 between the nervules. The under surface of the secondary wings bronzy black, with the two rows of spots 

 smaller than on the upper side, but they are more or less surrounded vrith deep black, while the lunes on the 

 outer margin between the nervures are similar to those of the upper side. 



The female is similar to the male, but is rather larger in size. 

 In Collection (Brit, Mus.) from Guatimala. 



289. Papilio Thymbrseus. 



Papilio Thymbrseus, £ozs«?. Sp. Gen. Lep. i. p. 302. 136. E. Boubl. ^ Hewits. Gen. ofD. Lep. p. 19. 228- 

 pi. 4. f. 3. 



In Collection (Brit. Mus.) from Mexico. 



290. Papilio Aconophos. 



Female. PI. XI. f. 1 . — The primary wings purpUsh black, with the outer margin very narrowly fringed with 

 white scales. The secondary vrings purplish black, vrith a series of sublunulate marks between the nervures of 

 a pale purplish buff, but the two at the anal angle are partly carmine ; below each is placed a narrow row of 

 white scales, which is also the case on the outer margin between the nervures. 



The under surface of the primary wings is bronzy black, with a carmine spot at the base, and the exterior 

 margin is very narrowly margined with white scales. The under surface of the secondary wings is bronzy black, 

 with four spots and a line parallel vrith the inner margin carmine ; the exterior margin deep black, in which are 



