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P. callinice F/dr. (21c), from Venezuela, Colombia and South Peru, has liitewise^- black antennae, callinke. "^Z 

 The upper surface is black brown, the bluish scaling occupies the whole basal half of the hindwing but is 

 completely wanting on the forewing. The light red median band of the forewing is only represented behind 

 the discocellulars by a very small spot, is distally rounded and does not reach the distal margin. The under 

 surface is as in caUinira, but much lighter. The butterfly flies on forest-paths and is fond of drinking at 

 moist places on the ground. 



P. telthusa Hew. (21c), from Peru and Ecuador, diifers much from the preceding species. Antennae telthusa. ^f^ 

 white. Upper surface black, with subapical 3'ellowish macular band, small light subraarginal spots, bluish 

 white inner-marginal pai't of the forewing and blue-scaled basal part of the hindwing, which also shows 

 small bluish marginal spots. The under surface is black, the forewing has the pattern of the upperside and 

 the hindwing a small yellow stripe at the costal margin and also three red basal spots. — magna subap. magna. ■ ^/^ 

 nov., from the Lower Amazon (Obidos), is larger, the hght area at the inner margin of the forewing is 

 smaller and completeh" scaled with blue, the blue spots at the distal margin of the hindwing are larger, the 

 under surface is darker and the yellow stripes at the costal margin of the hindwing very small. — boli- boliviano. ^j^ 

 viana subsp. nor., from Bolivia, has a broader and more strong!}' yellow subapical band on the forewing 

 above and beneath. The light area at the inner margin of the forewing is larger on both surfaces and only 

 scaled with blue at the margins, the blue spots at the distal margin of the hindwing are smaller, the under 

 surface is somewhat lighter (more brown) and the yellow stripes at the costal margin of the hindwing longer 

 and broader. 



9. C+enus: Arc1ioiiia!>» Hbi. 



The characters of this genus ai-e rather uncertain, the facies of the butterflies forms the best criterion 

 for deciding as to their genus. The subcostal is four-branched, the 2. branch originates beyond the apex 

 of the cell and the 3. and 4. branches form a short fork in the apex of the wing; yet this character is not 

 constant even in one and the same species. It will be advisable to place in this genus only the tereas-like 

 forms which mimic Papilio. 



A. tereas GolH. (^ iulus Hbn., ? = marcius Hhi.). The specimens from Rio de Janeiro and Espiritu tereas. "^//^ 

 Santo may be regarded as the so-called typical form. It can scarcely be separated from uniplaga Fruhst., 

 (21 d), from Rio Grande do Sul and Sao Paulo. This form is said to have only one white median spot on uniplaga. /^^ 

 the forewing. which however among the material before me only occurs in one specimen from Santa Gatharina; 

 the remaining eight specimens from Santa Gatharina and S.^io Paulo have three median spots, one of which 

 is placed in the cell. The ? has always somewhat more white marking on the forewing and more red, of 

 a deeper colour, on the hindwing. — critias Fldr. (21 d), from Venezuela and Golombia, is very variable as critias. 

 regards the white marking on the forewing, the red marking of the hindwing is more extended and of ^ 



a deeper tone than in tereas. To ab. hades Fruhst. belong specimens with the forewing entirelj' black sboY^^fiades 

 and to ab. nigripennis Bth-. entireh' black specimens — approximata Dtlr. is the form from Gentral America, '"gripenms. i^7 

 — papilionides Fruhst., from Honduras, has somewhat modified white spots on the forewing and three "J^^Jipgn'^des A^ 

 intensively carmine-red spots on the hindwing; beneath the spots on the wings are yellowish. — regillus regillus. ^^,^ 

 Fruhst., from Ecuador, is smaller than tereas, the forewing has two white spots placed one under the other, 

 the hindw^ing three small pale red, lighter-margined ones. — archidona Fruhst., from Ecuador (Balzabamba), archidona. -S/t 

 has a completely black forewing or at least but little white marking, and on the hindwing above and beneath 

 yellowish or white instead of red spots. — rosacea Btlr., from Ecuador (Quito) and Golombia, has light red rosacea. ^^ 

 spots on the upper surface of the hindwing. — "In Santa Gatharina tereas begins to fly early in September 

 as one of the first heralds of spring, and animates in well-watered valle3's almost all the sweet-scented 

 flowering shrubs with its quiet beauty and its dehcately coloured garb" (Fbuhstoefeii). 



A. bellona Cr. (= ? erycinia Cr., brassolis /•'., braselis Goelt), from Guiana, although regarded as a bellona ■ ^^^ 

 separate species, is probably really another form of tereas, which is extraordinarily modified in the Avooded 

 west. A. bellona is but little different from negrina Fldr., from the Rio Negro. The cf is black above with negrina. ^^ 

 large light yellow spots on the forewing and red streaks on the under surface of the hindwing, whilst in 

 the ? the upper surface of the hindwing is also for the most part red. — CUtila Fruhst. (21 d), from Ecuador, cutila. -^^7 



has large yellow spots on the forewing and three red streaks on the upper surface of the hindwing. — plialoreia. «^^ 

 phaloreia Fruhst., from Peru, has black upper surface with small .yellow spots on the forewing. — hyrnetho liymetlw. ^/' 

 Fruhst. (2{A), from Bolivia, has more rounded wings than the preceding forms, the spots on the forewing 

 are somewhat lighter yellow and a little largei-, the upper surface of the hindwing is black, but the under 

 surface has narrow red streaks, a yellow stripe at the costal margin and yellow marginal spots. In the ? 

 the hindwing above is for the most part red. — sabrina Fruhst., from Argentina (?), has very intensive j^el- sabrina. -f^^ 

 low spots on the forewing, of which the curved one in the cell is very large; the underside of the hindwing 

 is similar to that of hiirneiho, the yellow marginal spots are very small. Baron G. vox" Plessen observed this 

 species in large numbers and in both sexes in a thicket, so it may be assumed that the butterflies had 

 emerged in this thicket: hence we may further conclude that the larva is gregarious. The butterflies are 

 fond of settling on leaves. 



