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958. SCOLITANTIDES.* 



1816. Hubn., Verz. 68: Battus, Hjlas. 



1869. Bull., Cat. Fabr. Lep. 167 : the same. 



The name falls before Rusticus. See also Lycaeides. 



959. ScoPTES.* 



1816. Hiibn., Verz. Ill: Alphajus (Alpheus), Protumnus [also 

 given ia same work under Thestor!), Cx'otopus [also 

 given in same work under Eusalasia!]. 

 1866. But!., Cat. Fabr. Lep. 176 : employs it for Alphaeus (Alpheus) 

 ouly. 

 Tins, however, cannot be taken as type, as it had been previously 

 selected as tlie type of Capys. Protumnus has been chosen as the type 

 of Thestor, and Crotopus belongs to a distinct subfamily. Owing to 

 the somewhat heterogeneous nature of the group, and the fact that two 

 out of the three species were also placed elsewhere by Hiibner, the 

 name may as well be dropped. See Capys. 



960. SCUDDEKIA.* 



1873 (Aug.). Grote, Can. Ent. v. 144: Antiopa. Sole species and 



designated type. 



Tlie name falls before Papilio, previously restricted to this species, 

 and is preoccupied in Ortlioptera (Stal, April, 1873). 



961. Semelia. 



1844. [Boisd. in] Doubl., List Br. Mus. 64 : Vibilia, Aliphera. 



1870. Boisd., Lep. Gnat. 35 : claims the name, mentioning only 



Vibilia, which therefore becomes the type. 

 The name is very close to Semele (Schum., Moll. 1817). 



962. Semicaudati.* 



1860. Koch, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxi. 231 : Nireus, and a number of 

 other swallow-tails, having no sort of distinctive character 

 but the comparative length of their tails. 



The formation of tlie name is itself objectionable, and the appearance 

 of such divisions as the semicaudati, caudati, and ecaudati of this 

 author, less than half a generation ago, is an extraordinary case of the 

 " survival" of the spirit of medieval science. The group is mentioned 

 here only to make this historical sketch complete. 



963. Semomesia. 



1851. "Westw., Gen. Diurn. Lep. 455: Croesus, geminus. 

 Croesus may be taken as the type. 



