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Show 1877-] MR. H. DRUCE ON THE GENUS PAPHIA. 635 and length. One of the specimens sent by Dr. Staudinger is almost without tails, and the red band at the apex of the anterior wing is very much smaller than usual, also the posterior wing is slightly dentated on the outer margin. I think it quite likely, when we know the larva and can get bred specimens, we shall find that P. ryphea and P. phidele are the same. 9. P. PHIDILE, Hiibn. Ex. Schmett. Zutr. f. 905, 906 (1837). P. erythema, Bates, Journ. Ent. ii. p. 343 (1865). Hab. Costa Rica (Van Patten); Veragua (Arce); Panama, New Granada, East Peru (Whitely); Santarem (H. H. Smith); North Brazil (Beske) ; S. E. Brazil (Rogers and Youds). Mus. S. & G., D. This species has a very wide range and varies to some extent. The specimens named by Mr. Bates I cannot distinguish in any way from Hiibner's species. The specimens from Central America have the most colour on the posterior wing ; in those from Peru and South Brazil the posterior wing is almost a dark brown. Some few specimens show indication of the tail on the posterior wing in the males, the same as P. ryphea. In fact it is difficult to say where one species stops and the other begins. I have a female from Pernambuco with a band of white spots across the underside of the posterior wing, but not differing in any other way. 10. P. HELIE, Linn. (Pap. h.) Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 773 (1767) ; Clerck, Icones, t. 34. f. 3 (1764). Nymphalis helie, Godt. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 365 (1823). I know nothing exactly agreeing with the figure Helie in Clerck's Icones ; I believe it to be a female either of P. ryphea or P. phidile ; but for the present I think it better to keep them separate. 11. P. EURYPHILE, Feld. (Nymphalis e.) Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 119 (1862). Hab. Cameta and Bahia. Mus. S, & G. A very distinct species. 12. P. SOSIPPUS, Hopff. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1874, p. 352. Hab. E. Peru. I have not seen this species. 13. P. ANDRIA, Scudd. (Aneea,a.) Bull. Buff. Soc. ii. p. 248. n. 59. I have not seen this insect. 14. P. CRATAIS, Hew. Desc. Bolivian Butt. p. 9 (1874). Hab. Bolivia (Buckley). Mus. Hewitson. This species is close to P. glycerium, but differs from it by its smaller size and by having a band of white spots across the underside of the posterior wing. |