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P. polyzelus. cf ?: forewing without green area, rarely with a small white spot in the cf; band 

 of the hindwing narrow, nearer to the margin than to the cell. Mexico to Honduras ; common. — In polyzelus. 

 polyzelus F/dr. (= candezei Born) (4 a), from East and South Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, the tibiae 

 of the c" ai-e not thickened, resembUng those of the 'i. ~ In trichopus R. & J., from West Mexico, the trichopus. 

 tibiae of the d^ ai-e thickened and bear fine hairs, as well as the 1. segment of the tarsi; the band of the 

 hindwing is on the whole broader than in the preceding. 



P. iphidamas. cf : tibiae and 1 . segment of the tarsi thickened and covered with fine hairs. ? : 

 forewing at the margin less deep black than in P. erithalion. Mexico to Ecuador and North Venezuela. A 

 common species, which is not easy to distinguish from P. erithalion and P. hjcimenes, and is consequently 

 often mistaken for them. — iphidamas F. (= panares Ch-ay, achelous Bopff., incandescens Bflr.) is the iphidamas. ^ 

 Central American form. cT: forewing distallj^ not transparent; the green area usually reduced, always 

 enclosing one or two white spots; often a white spot in the cell; band of the hindwing gradually widened 

 posteriorly, a narrow spot behind the 2. median. $: cell-spot on the forewing large, usually some small 

 spots beyond the cell; the spot before the 2. median smaller than the preceding one, or obliquely cut off 

 towards the base; band of the hindwing almost unicolorous bright red, its inner margin evenly curved. 

 South Mexico to Panama. — phalias B. &• J. (4b). cT: the green area widest posteriorly, reaching to the phalias. 

 hindmargin; hindwing with three red spots separate from the cell. ?: forewing slightlj' transparent at the 

 apex: cell-spot verj" large; the spot before the 1. median much larger than the preceding one; band of 

 the hindwing verj- broad, pale on the inner side. Colombia: Magdalena Valley and Cordillera of Bogota. — 

 elatos B. d- J. cf : the green area smaller than in the preceding subspecies; hindwing with three small elates. 

 red spots. Cauca Valley. — calogyna B. & J. (4b). cf: forewing exteriorly somewhat more thickly scaled calogyna. 

 than in pJialias and elatos, usually a white spot before the 2. median ; hindwing with 3 small red spots, 

 close together. ?: the spot before the 1. median of the forewing larger than the preceding one; band of 

 the hindwing bright red, its inner margin usually white. West Ecuador and west coast of Colombia. — 

 teneates B. & J. cf : the green area narrow, separated from the cell, usually enclosing one or two white teneates. 

 spots. 2 not known with certainty. North Venezuela and North Colombia. 



P. anchises. Apex of the foi-ewing distinctty, though only slightly, transparent, cf: tibiae and 

 1. segment of the tarsi thickened and covered with fine hairs; hindwing blue, strongly iridescent. ?; the 

 spot before the 1. median larger than the preceding spot. Colombia to South Brazil and Paraguay. The 

 black-brown larva has on the first and on the penultimate segment two dorsal spots, and on each of the 

 thoracic segments and the 8. and 9. abdominals one lateral spot; on the 6. and 7. segments is an oblique 

 lateral band, sometimes broken up into spots. The dorsal humps on the pupa are three-edged and rather 

 small. — alyattes FIdr. (4b, c). cf: the green area separate from the cell, enclosing at least one white alyattes. 

 spot, placed before the 2. median, man 3^ specimens with a second spot before the 1. median; the last spot 

 on the inner surface of the hindwing larger than in P. iphidamas phalias. ?: cell-spot narrow; band of the 

 hindwing entering the end of the cell, black outer margin wider than in iphidamas. Colombia, in the 

 Magdalena Vallej- and probablj- on both sides of the Cordillera of Bogota. — serapis Boisd. d: the green serapis. 

 area very long and narrow, onl}- a httle wider posteriorly than anteriorly; band of the hindwing consisting 

 of at least five spots. ?: cell-spot large, almost triangular, the spot before the 1. median very large and 

 the band on the hindwing very broad. North Colombia. The distribution of serapis and alyattes is only 

 very imperfectly known. — osyris Fldr. (= xenares Fldr., toxaris Fldr., severus Fldr.) (4 b). cf: the green osyris.ly^ 

 area of the forewing and the band of the hindwing broader than in serapis. ¥: the cell-spot usually 

 extending transverse^ across the cell; the band of the hindwing very little paler internally than externally. 

 Venezuela. — cymochles Doubl. (= anacharsis Fldr.). cf : forewing with one to three spots; hindwing cymochles. 

 with three, occasionally four, red spots. ?: spots of the forewing purer white than in the preceding sub- 

 species; cell-spot small; band of the hindwing almost unicolorous red, broadest in the middle. Trinidad, 

 Paria Peninsida and Orinoco. — anchises L. (= telmosis Bates, toxaris Fldr.) (4 c). cf : green area narrow, anchises. i, 

 sometimes wanting ; hindwing more strongly dentate than in the other forms , the red spots usually widely 

 separated. ¥: forewing without cell-spot or with merely a cell-streak, often without any spots; hindwing 

 with a row of six or seven red spots, separated from one another. Dutch and French Guiana. — thelios thelios. 

 Gray (= hierocles (rray, aglaope Gray [partira]) (5 a). cf : the green area triangular, enclosing one or two 

 rather large white spots; hindwing with three or four red spots, of which the one before the 2. median is 

 the largest. ?: forewing with at least two white spots, the one before the 2. median the largest; hindwing 

 with seven or eight separated spots. Lower Amazon, from Pard to Santarem; occurs in dry, sandy places 

 in the forest, not in the swamps. — etias B. & J. cf: palpi sometimes almost without red scales; hindwing etias. 

 without a red spot before the 1. radial, or this spot very small. ?: spots on the forewing pure white, cell- 

 spot verj' small, two large white spots before and behind the 1. median. East Bolivia, found by J. Steinbach 

 in December, Januarj- and April-May. — orbignyanus Luc. (4 c). The red band on the hindwing of the cf orbignynnus. 

 is uniformly curved and becomes gradually narrower anteriorly; the forewing has at least one large white 

 spot. In the ? a spot in the cell of the forewing and at least two on the disc; hindwing with a band from 



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