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towards the anal angle whitish in between. A discal and a post- 
basal line cross the wing, the former basally limiting an area of 
dull bluish in which are four white spots, one to each of the 
Rs-Mj-Ms-Ms-Cui interspaces, and a black, white-pupilled 
ocellus (reflecting bluish in some lights), ringed with yellow, 
in the Cux-Cu 2 interspace. The discal line is outwardly bor- 
dered by yellowish scaling, and the inner submarginal line, 
which outwardly borders this bluish area, is sometimes basally 
margined with light scaling. This bluish strip, while normally 
probably always present, appears to be very easily lost, since 
of the type series of 10 specimens, but three (the holotype, 
allotype, and one male paratype) have it; the three most per- 
fect specimens. The remainder of the series consists of speci- 
mens fairly well flown, and all lack it. It is difficult to say, by 
examination of the specimens themselves, whether the absence 
or presence of this bluish is due to wear, but from an inspection 
of the series as a whole, it would appear that it was lost by 
prolonged flight. 
Female. Similar to the male, with the following exceptions: 
the cellular red patch is larger; the ground color is slightly 
lighter; and the marginal area of both wings appears to be 
somewhat more whitish. 
Length of fore wing; male, 14.5-16 mm.; female, 15-16 mm. 
Holotype, male, Buenos Aires, western Trinidad Mts., Prov. 
Santa Clara, Cuba, 3000 ft., June 19-21, 1939 (C. T. Parsons). 
Allotype , female, same data. 
Paratypes , six males and two females, same data. 
Holotype, allotype, and six paratypes, no. 25917 in the 
M. C. Z. A pair of paratypes in the author’s collection. 
Remarks. This race, in common with that of the Bahamas, 
apollinis , 6 is rather indistinct from the typical subspecies. The 
differences are slight, but seem in the specimens examined, to 
be quite constant. In appearance, at least, parsonsi seems to be 
most nearly allied to apollinis. The two may be separated by 
the darker ground color of parsonsi , and the latter’s more dis- 
tinct bluish band (when present). Parsonsi may be distin- 
guished from the typical (described from Habana) 7 in its 
6 Bates, 1934, Occ. Papers Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 8, p. 136 (New Lepidoptera 
from the Bahamas). 
7 Hubner, J., 1823, Zutrage zur Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge, 2nd 
Bund., p. 16, figs. 269, 270. 
