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Show 1890.] LEPIDOPTERA P R O M BRAZIL. 555 distance finally descended it to Par*. My only chance of collecting on the homeward voyage was during the short time that we landed for meals, as m y friend was very ill with fever, and every day's delay, without proper nourishment and medicines, lessened his chance of getting out of the country alive. "The greater portion' of the specimens I collected on the way back 1 lost by the upsetting of our canoe in the rapids; but I managed to get out, after about six months and a journey of some 4000 miles, with some 1300 specimens, amongst which I a m glad to find several new ones. In addition to m y Butterflies and Indian curiosities, two panther-skins were all we brought out, though at different parts of our journey we had collected all sorts of skins. As I have said before, m y journey was an exploring one, and it would be unfair to judge of the country as a field for a naturalist from the results of m y collecting ; but I a m sure that if any naturalist, who could afford the time and money, and could endure the thought of his body furnishing food during many months for every imaginable species of insect, would make the expedition properly, he would be amply rewarded." Fam. PAPILIONID_E. [Cf. Bates, H . W., " Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the Amazon Valley-Papilionidce," Journ. Ent. vol. i. (1861).] 1. PAPILIO POLYDAMAS. Papilio polydamas, Linn.; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Diurn. Lepid.p. 521 Bates, Journ. Ent. vol. i. (1861), p. 224. Province of Goyaz. 2. PAPILIO SESOSTRIS. Papilio sesostris, Cram.; Kirby, t. c. p. 525 ; Bates, t. cp. 225. Province of Goyaz. 3. PAPILIO PARSODES. Papilio parsodes, Gray; Kirby, t. c. p. 529. Province of Goyaz. The type is in the British Museum, from Para (cf. Gray, Cat. Lepid. pt. i. p. 54, pi. viii. fig. 3). 4. PAPILIO THOAS. Papilio thoas, Linn.; Kirby, t. c. p. 541 ; Bates, t. c. p. 228. River Araguaya. 5. PAPILIO PROTESILAUS. Papilio protesilaus, Linn. ; Kirby, t. c. p. 555 ; Bates, t. c. p. River Araguaya. 6. PAPILIO AGESILAUS. Papilio agesilaus, Boisd. ; Kirby, t. c. p. 555. River Araguaya. |