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(transition to the next form). — consus /A dr J. cf : the green area between the 2. median longer than consus. L^ 



broad, the white spot before the 2. median rounded, usually smaller than the preceding spot; on the 



hindwing the cell-spot and the part of the discal spot next to the cell are blackish red; the spots on the 



underside smaller than in em-yhates. In the ? the white spots are large; the band on the hindwing is 



usually -separate from the cell. East Bolivia. — olivencius Bates (5 c). White spots on the forewing in olivencius. 



both sexes small or indistinct; the red spots on the hindwing in the c? long on the upper surface, short on 



the under. In the ?-ab. anaximenes Fldr. the spots of the hindwing are very long. East Peru to the anaximenes. y'^ 



CordiUera of Bogota, and on the Amazon downwards to the Rio Negro. -- ecbolius R. <& J. c?: the green ecboUus. ► 



spot behind the 2. median of the forewing about as long as broad, the white spot before this vein distinct 



and transverse as the preceding spot; the red spots on the hindwing shorter than in olivencius. In the ? 



the forewing has a large white spot before the 2. median and another before the 1. median, the outer 



margin of these spots almost parallel with the outer margin of the wing. Lower Amazon, upwards to 



Obidos. — neophilus Hbn. {-= gargasus Hbn. [partim], aeneides Esp. [partim]), the first described form, neophilus. ,,-^ 



inhabits the Guianas. cf : the green area is broader and the red spots on the underside of the hindwing 



smaller than in the cf of ecbolius. In the ? there are no white spots on the forewing, or they are small, 



rarely are they large; the third spot on the hindwing longer than the others, the spots on the upper surface 



further from the mai-gin than in olivencius. — parianus iA d- J. from Trinidad, Gumana and the Orinoco, parianus. ^^■'' 



The green area of the cf behind the 2. median longer than it is broad, enclosing three white spots; the 



spots on the under surface of the hindwing paler than in the Bolivian form, to which parianus comes near, 



the spot before the 2. median placed close to the cell. In the ? the band of the hindwing is somewhat 



more curved than in the other subspecies; the narrow middle spots are placed close to the cell on both surfaces. 



P. zacynthus. Band on the forewing in the cT greenish blue. The spots on the under surface of 

 the hindwing of the ? paler than in P. neophilus. Brazil, from Rio de Janeiro northwards, in two geo- 

 graphical forms. Xot rare in damp localities overgrown with bushes. The larva is grey-brown , with a ^ 

 yellow lateral stripe. — The form from the province of Rio de Janeiro, zacynthus F. (5b), occurs in the zacynthus. 

 neighbourhood of the town of Rio, but is much rarer than P. nephalion. The forewing is not transparent 

 at the apex; the ? has a spot in the cell of the forewing. — The northern form, from Pernambuco, Bahia 

 and Rio Tapajos, is polymetus Godt. (5 b). The forewing is transparent at the apex and the ? has no s]}oi polymetus. i^ 

 in the cell, or onlj- a verj- small one. 



P. areas. In the cf the cell of the hindwing above is red from about the middle; in the ? the 

 forewing has a large white spot placed obhquely across the cell. Mexico to the Guianas and Colombia, not 

 found further south. — mylotes Bates (= docimus Graij, caleli Beak., tonila Beak., alcamedes Fldr., mylotes. 

 aristomenes Fldr.) (5dj. cf : the green spot before the 1. median long and usually enclosing a white spot; 

 the cell mostly also with a white or green spot, no green streak at the hindmargin. The band on the 

 hindwing in the ? separate from the cell and bright red on both surfaces. Mexico to Costa Rica; very 

 common in the lowlands. — mycale Godm. & Salv., from Panama and the small islands on the Pacific coast mycale. 

 of that Republic, forms a transition from the preceding to the following form. In the cf the green area 

 before the 2. median is always large; the cell-spot on the hindwing and the adjoining parts of the discal 

 spot are tinged with brown. The band on the hindwing of the ? is bright red and usually placed close to 

 the cell. — arriphus Boisd. The forewing of the cf has almost always a green spot also before the amphus. 

 1. median; hindwing with a cell-spot on the upper surface, the band sometimes pale and narrow: cf-ab. 

 agathokles Koll. In the ? the band on the hindwing is pale red and includes also the extremity of the agathokles. 

 cell. Colombia, from the Rio Magdalena and Rio Meta; common in "Bogota" collections. — antheas antheas. 

 R. & J. The green band of the cf reduced, no spot before the 1. median; the band of the hindwing 

 usually very pale, in the ? Ukewise paler than in arriphus and mostly shorter. Cauca Valley. — areas Cr. areas. ^^ 

 (cT = eurimedes Cr.) from Venezuela and Guiana. The red band of the hindwing in both sexes is broader 

 than in the other subspecies; in the cf the exti-emity of the cell of the hindwing is red also beneath, and 

 in the ? the cell-spot is much larger than in arriphus. 



P. timias. Both sexes with two large white spots on the forewing, in the cf placed in the green 

 area; red cell-spot on the hindwing in the cT large; ? with a rather small cell-spot or none at all. West 

 Ecuador, from Guayaquil upwards. Many northern species occur in this district which are wanting in East 

 Ecuador and Peru. — Geat's timias (5dj, whose ? was named bimacidatus by Hewitson, occui's about timias. 

 Guayaquil and in the neighbouring districts. The cell of the forewing in the cf has no distinct green spot; 

 the first spot on the under surface of the hindwing is at least as large as the last. In the ? also there is 

 no distinct cell-spot on the forewing and the discal spots are small. — potone B. & J. has in both sexes potone. 

 a distinct cell-spot on the forewing. Paramba and Ambato, taken by Rosenberg at a height of 3500 ft. 



Section B. 



The following Aristolochia-Papilios are very different from the preceding groujjs. The body is never spotted 

 with bright red, and. the wings never have bright red spots or bands. The antennae have no deep sensory grooves 



