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Show 1877.] MR. H. DRUCE ON THE GENUS PAPHIA. 647 Hub. New Granada, Ecuador. Mus. Staudinger, Smith, Druce. A very distinct and beautiful species ; the specimen in Mr. Smith's collection is the smallest I have seen. 78. P. ODILIA, Cram. (Pap. o.) Pap. Ex. iv. t. 329. f. C, D. (1 Papilio polycarmes, Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 484 (1775). Nymphalis polycarmes, Godt. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 367 (1823). Nymphalis odilia, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 120 (1862). Hab. Ega and St. Paulo (Bates). Mus. S. & G. Bolivia (Buckley). Mus. Hewitson. This is still a rare species. 79. P. NENIA, n. sp. (Plate LXIV. fig. 4.) Upperside dull black, slightly shaded with purple at the base of the wings, and on the outer margin of the posterior wing. Underside glossy grey-brown, thickly irrorated with white scales. Exp. 3 inches. Hab. St. Paulo (Rogers). Mus. Hewitson &.Smith. On the upperside this species closely resembles P. odilia ; but its greater size and very different underside at once show that it is a distinct species. 80. P. LAURA, n. sp. Upperside dark greenish black, brightest at the base of the anterior wing. Underside rich chestnut-brown irrorated with silvery white scales; a large silver-white spot on the costal margin of the posterior wing nearest the apex, from which a waved band of white scales crosses the wing to the inner margin, and a submarginal row of minute white spots. Exp. 2f inches. Hab. Veragua (Arce). Mus. S. & G, On the upperside this is the darkest-coloured species with which I am acquainted. 81. P. ANASSA, Feld. (Nymph, a.) Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 120 (1862). P. ada, Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xv. p. 222 (1875). Hab. Veragua (Arce), New Granada (Chesterton and BirchelT). Mus. S. & G., D. A very distinct species. 82. P. LINEATA, Salv. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. iv. p. 179 (Sept. 1869). P. vestina, Hew. Equat. Lep. p. 31 (Dec. 1869). P. betillina, Hopff. Stett. ent. Zeit. vol. xxxv. p. 354 (1874). Hab. Apolobamba, N. Bolivia (Pearce). Mus. S. & G. Ecuador (Buckley). Mus. Hewitson. Chanchamayo (Thamm). Mus. Staudinger. This is still "a rare and little-known species. |