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Show 1877.] MR. H. DRUCE ON THE GENUS PAPHIA. 641 placed with the Glauce group, though in form it resembles P. pasi-bula without tails. 45. P, PRAXIAS, Hopff. Stell. ent. Zeit. vol. xxxiv. p. 355 (1874). Hab. Peru. I have not seen this species. 46. P. MOLRIS, Feld. (Nymph, mi) Reise Nov. Lep. iii. p. 449, t. 60. f. 2(1867). Hab. New Granada. Mus. S. & G., D-Also in the collection of Dr. Staudinger, from Columbia. This species is a well-marked one ; and so far as we know, it only occurs in New Granada. It is allied to P. iphis, but very distinct. 47. P. BEATRIX, Druce, Cist. Ent. vol. i. p. 287 (1874). Hab. Chiriqui (Arce). Mus. S. &]G. I have only seen a single specimen of this species ; but it is very distinct from any other that I am acquainted with. 48. P. CLEOMESTRA, Hew. Ex. Butt. iv. Paph. t. 2. f. 8, 10 (1869). Hab. Nicaragua (T. Belt), Veragua (Arce). Mus. S. & G., D. This fine species is still rare ; I have only seen a few specimens. 49. P. IPHIS, Latr. (Nymph, i.). Humb. & Bonpl. Obs. Zool. ii. p. 80 (1833). Nymphalis thamyris, Latr. 1. c. t. 36. f. 3, 4 (1833). Hab. Guatemala (Salvin), Nicaragua (T. Belt), Costa Rica (Van Patten), Chiriqui and Veragua (Arce), Panama (Boucard), New Granada (Birchell), E. Peru (Whitely), Bolivia (Pearce), Upper and Lower Amazons (Bates and Smith). Mus. S. & G., D. This species has a very wide range, and varies to some extent. I have examined a very large series from the above-given localities, and find that the specimens from Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica are small, and in most instances the blue spots near the apex of the anterior wing are indistinct. Those from Chiriqui and Veragua are larger and become more like the typical form from New Granada, though they vary considerably in colour and the spots of the anterior wing. Three specimens in Dr. Staudinger's collection, labelled Columbia, are on the upperside much darker blue, and the spots almost gone ; but on the underside they are the same. I do not consider this variation of any specific value; and, unless I were to make species by the score, which I do not think would be advisable, I must look upon them as differences caused by the influence of climate and food of the larva, &c. 50. P. ATES, n. sp. (Plate LXI. fig. 5.) Upperside black, the basal third of the anterior wing, a spot on the costal margin beyond the middle, two below, nearest the apex, and two near the anal angle bright green ; posterior wing greenish black, PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1877, No. XLI. 41 |
