14 PAPILIO. By Dr. K. Jordan. 



dependent upon chance in this respect. — P. hahneli has not been again discovered; but so many Amazon 

 species are represented in collections by only a few specimens that it must be assumed that the real 

 haunts of this insect are not yet kno^vn. 



P. triopas. Forewing with two bands. Hindwing small, recalling the Old World Troides {=^ Oi'ni- 

 thoptera). The form from the Lower Amazon and Dutch and French Guiana is the commoner in collections; 

 triopas. this is triopas Godt. (1 c). — The form from British Guiana, which is called mithras Grose-Smith, has smaller 

 iMithras. and paler spots. — A woodland species like its allies. The ? flies slowly near the ground, whilst the cf has 

 a swifter flight and generally remains at a considerable height. 



diabrias. P. chabrias Hew. (1 c). The forewing in both sexes has a row of submarginal spots, which however 



are often wanting in the ?. The central area of the hindwing is situated somewhat further towards the 

 margin than in P. triopas, consequently the cell-spot is smaller. — Upper Amazon, from Ega to Ecuador 

 and Peru. Neither this nor the preceding species has so far been found in the large district between 

 Obidos and Ega. 



coelus. P. coelus Boisd. (cf ^ vercingetorix Oberth.) (Id). Forewing with a white spot, obsolete at the 



margins, which fills up the extremitj- of the cell, and extends on to the disc. Hindwing with red band on 

 the disc, in the d' composed of four spots, in the ? of six. — French Guiana, the cf in Oberthije's Col- 

 lection, one ? in the Paris Museum. 



P. quadratus. Forewing long; hindwing in both sexes with a band consisting of yellowish white 



spots on the disc close to the cell, and on the under surface in addition with a red spot at the hind angle. — ■ 



"^ quadratus. In the name-typical form quadratus Stgr. (2 b), of which only one cf is known, the forewing has a yellowish 



^.^ spoliatus. white spot before the 2. median. The specimen was taken near Manicore on the Rio Madeira. — In spoliatus 



Stgr. neither sex has a spot on the forewing. Upper Amazon; rather rare, near Iquitos, Pebas, S. Paulo de 



Oliven^a and other places. 



pizarro. P. pizarro Stgr. Abdomen in the cf quite black, in the ? with a red spot before the apex on the 



underside. Forewing without spots, also none in the fringes. Hindwing with whitish yellow area, which in 

 the cf consists of three or four spots, in the ? of three to six. — Upper Amazon. 



"Y steinbachi. p, steinbachi Rothsch. (2 a). This fine species has recently been discovered bj^ J. Steinbachi in the 



eastern part of Bolivia. Forewing in both sexes with a large white spot before hindmargin; hindwing with 

 a red band. Santa Cruz de la Sierra, between the end of February and June; also received from Mapiri. 



^lagesi. P. klagesi Ehrni. (2 a). The cf of this peculiar little Papilio is not known ; only four ?? have been 



found. The hinder angle of the cell on the forewing is quite rounded; 'neither the fore- nor the hindwing 

 has distinct fringe-spots. Forewing with a white band before the hindmargin; hindwing with a band com- 

 posed of red spots. Abdomen entirely black, even at the tip. — Suapure, on the Caura, Orinoco, taken 

 by S. M. Klages and his brother in February and March, 1899. Perhaps the species belongs to the 

 lysander-gvo\i]p. 



P. aeneas. Palpi black, as in the preceding species. Abdomen in the ? with a small red spot 

 beneath before the tip. Sexes verj' ditferent. cf with green spot on the forewing; hindwing with red non- 

 opalescent central area, not extending further towards the base than to the middle of the cell. In the ? 

 the forewing is either entirelj' black, or bears one or more white obsolete spots on the margins. Guiana; 

 Upper Orinoco; Amazon from Para upwards; eastern slopes of the Andes of Peru and Bohvia. Several 

 aeneas. geograpliical forms. A woodland species, about whose earlier stages nothing is known. — aeneas L. 

 {=■- gargasus Hbn. ; aeneides Esj). ; bochus Lite.) (2 b) inhabits the three Guianas. The green spot of the cf 

 is removed from the cell, and is usually wider before than behind the submedian vein. The ? occurs in two 

 specularis. forms: ?-f. specularis R. d- J. has on the forewing a large white spot before the 1. median, and usually 

 \ dido, several smaller ones, of which one is in the cell. In the second form, ?-f. dido R. & ./., the forewing has 



marcius. no white spots. — marcius Hijn. (2 b) is the subspecies from the Lower Amazon. The cf is similar to that 

 of aeneas, but the last red spot but one on the under surface is larger. We know only one form of the ?; 

 in this the white spot of the forewing usually extends to the 2. median, and the median red spots of the 

 linus. hindwing are close together. — linus R. d- J. from the Middle Amazon (Santarem, Obidos, Massauary) was 

 unknown to Bates. The red spots on the underside of the hindwing of the cf are paler than in the last 

 subspecies, and stand closer together and nearer to the cell. In the ? the red spots are united into an 

 damis. uninterrupted band. — damis R. & J. inhabits East Peru. The green spot of the cf is larger than in the 

 preceding forms, and the spots on the under surface of the hindwing are reddish white. The ? occurs in 

 -^ pyromelas. two forms: ?-f pyromelas R. & J. (2b) has entirely black fore\ving; the red spots of the hindwing are 

 eucharia. confluent, forming a band. In ?-f. eucharia R. d J. the forewing has a large white area with undefined 

 locris. margins. — locrls R. d .J. is in the cf similar- to the last subspecies, but the red spots on the hindwing 

 are larger. The ? has always a white area on the fore-wing; the red spots on tlie hindwing are separated 



