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the 1. median vein, either on both sides or only beneath, on the underside also a spot before the 1. median, 

 rarely present above, and sometimes one before the 3. radial. In other specimens the white spots are 

 wanting above: the forewing is dark from the base to the apex of the cell and then paler, and has a row / 



of white spots beneath. From Colombia to Para and Bolivia. — capys Hhn. (— evander Godt) (10 cj. capys. ' 

 Forewing without white spots on the upperside; the disc paler, the dark proximal area rounded; on the 

 imderside a row of white spots, one of which is placed in the cell. East Bolivia, North Argentina, Paraguaj' 

 and Brazil. 



P. isidorus. Forewing on the under surface either without white cell-spot, or the spot small, not 

 extending transversely across the cell. Hindwing posteriorly shorter than in ancltisiad.es, the tail short, 

 narrow; the last submarginal spot more distal than the large spot placed before it. The harpe of the (f 

 not dentate. Larva not known. Panama to Bolivia; a species of the Andes. — chironis li. & J. Fore- diironis. 

 wing above with 2 white spots between the 2. radial and 2. median and a small cell-spot ; the spots beneath 

 much larger, the spot between the 3. radial and 1. median the largest. Chiriqui. — brises B. & J. Fore- brises. i/^ 

 wing above without spots, beneath with 2 or 3 spots, but without cell-spot. In Bogota-collections, probablj- 

 from the Magdalena and Cauca Valleys. — flavescens Oberth. The white spots on the underside of the flavescens. y 

 forewing reduced. The spot placed between the 2. and 3. radial of the hindwing usuallj^ white above or / 



beneath or on both sides. East side of the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and North Peru. — isidorus DoiM. isidorus. -^ 

 (10 d). The wliite patch on the under surface of the forewing usuall}^ enters the cell and is often also 

 indicated above; the red spots of the hindwing on the whole larger than in red-spotted specimens of 

 liavescens, the two spots placed between the 2. radial and 2. median separated also on the ujjper surface. 

 Eastern slopes of the Andes of Bolivia and Peru, northwards to Huanuco. 



P. rliodostictus. DiflPers from isidorus chieflj^ in that the white cell-spot of the forewing at least 

 beneath extends across the cell, the spots on the upper surface of the hindwing are merged in pairs 

 into 3 or more rarely 2 large patches , and the harpe of the cf is almost sj'mmetrical. Costa Rica to 

 Ecuador. Larva not known. — rhodostictus Btlr. & Driice (10 d), from Costa Rica and Chiriqui, has a rhodostictus. ^ 

 nan-ow cell-spot and the discal spot placed before the 3. radial is the largest or the most clearly developed. — 

 pacificus II. & J. The discal spot between the 3. radial and 1. median is larger than the preceding one; pacificus. 

 cell-spot large. West Colombia and West Ecuador. — nymphius It & J. Forewing on the upper surface nymphius. 

 without cell-spot, the spot between the 3. radial and 1. median on the under surface larger than the 

 preceding spot. Central and East Colombia, not rare in Bogota-collections. The spots on the hindwing are 

 sometimes whitish. 



Torquatus-Group. 



In the species of the torquatus-gvovi^ the palpus is yellow; the thorax is likewise yellow or at least spotted 

 with yellow and the abdomen has at least a yellow lateral line. Both sexes are tailed, but the tail in the ? is 

 sometimes short and pointed. In colour the cfcf and $? are always different; on the whole the ?? are more black, 

 the cfcf' more yellow. The larvae are similar in colour to bird-droppings and bear 4 rows of rather long tubercles. 

 The thoracic hump of the pupa is large. 



P. himeros. Both wings with yellow band, which is broader in the cf than in the ?; tail with 

 3'ellow apical spot; submarginal spots of the hindwing in the cf yellow, in the ? red except the 2 anterior 

 ones. Brazil; a rather rare species. — baia B. & J. The yellow markings reduced or narrowed. Bahia. — baia. 

 himeros Uopff. (= mentor Boisd., herodotus Obert/i.). The yellow band on the forewing is contiguous to himeros. 

 the cell and is broader than the black marginal area. Minas Geraes ; Rio de Janeiro. 



P. laraarchei Sfc/r. (11 a). Onh' the cT know. The yellow band narrower than in himeros, forewing lamardiei. 

 •without yellow spot distally of the anterior angle of the cell; hindwing very strongly dentate, tail without 

 )-eIlow spot at the tip. Harpe short and rounded, whilst in himeros it is long and pointed. — In Northern 

 Argentina and BoHvia, not rare. 



P. hectorides Esp. {= torquatinus Esp., pandrosus Godt., chirodamas Hbn.) (11a). In the cf the 

 band is still narrower than in lamarchei. Hindwing with red spots on the disc. In the ¥ the band is absent 

 or is white; on the forewing it is curved anteriorly towards the costa and on the hindwing does not extend 

 to the abdominal margin; the submarginal spots of the hindwing are red and narrow. The ? occurs in 

 three principal forms: ?-f. hectorides Esp. (= mecentius Doubl., argentus Gray) (11a) has a white band on hectorides. 

 both wings; in ?-f. catamelas B. & J. the band is developed on the hindwing, but on the forewing merely catamelas. 

 indicated; in 2-f. melania Obertit. it is shghtly indicated on both wings or entirely absent. These forms melania. 

 occur together. — Larva on Citrus and Piperaceae, resting gregariously on the upperside of leaves. The 

 butterfly is common. It is a swift flier, which is found especially at the edges of woods and in the neigh- 

 bourhood of thickets. Brazil and Paraguay. 



