868 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXV. 1918. 



(I) Sematura lunus. 



Phalaenae lunus Linn., Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 508 (1758) ^ ; Clerck, Icones, pi. 52. ff. 3. 4 ; Cram., Po;). 



Exot. pi. 200. f. A. 

 Lars IJeroica empcdorlaria Hiibn., Samml. ex. Srhmell. i. pi. 201 (? 1819) $. 

 Mania caudUunnria Hiibn., Yerz. p. 290 (1827). 

 t Sematura actaem Feld., Eeis. Nov. pi. 121. f. 5 (1875) (J. 



Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Biica, Panama, Trinidad, Br. Guiana, 

 Brazil, Amazons. 



(2) Sematura empedocles. 



Papilia empedocles Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 199. ff. A. B. (1779) $. 

 Sematura eelene Guen., Ur. it- Phal. i. p. 18 (1857) (J. 



Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Ccsta Rica, Panama, Trinidad, 

 Colombia, Venezuela, Br. Guiana, Brazil, Amazons. 



(3) *Sematura diana. 



Sematura diana Guen., Ur. <t- Phal. i. p. 18. pi. i. f. 4 (1857) (J. 



Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, <? 9 in Coll. Rothschild ; the subterminal line 

 of the forewing is slightly sinuous but incurved and with a minute pale spot on 

 it below vein 4. 



(4) Sematura aegisthus. 



Papilio lunus Cram., Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 2C0. ff. B.C. (1779) nee. Liim. 

 Papilio aegisthus Fabr., Spec. Ind. ii. p. 20 (1781). 

 Mania lunigeraria Hiibn., Verz. p. 290 (1827). 

 t Ni/ctalemon excavatus Wlk., i. p. 9 (1854). 

 Sematura phoebe Guen., Ur. & Phal. i. p. 19 (1857). 



Jamaica, Haiti. 



Genus Coronidia. 



Coronis Latr., Fam. Nat. p. 470 (1825), French, no t.vpc, nondescr., nee Latr. Crust. 1824. 

 Coronis Latr., Cuvier, Regne Anim. v. p. 389 (1829), no tj-pe, nee Hiibn. Verz. p. 265 (1827). 



Larunda- Hiibn., Verz. p. 289 (1827), nee Leaeh, Cnist. 1815 orithca 



Coronis Blanchard, Cuvier, R&gne Anim. Ins. p. 234. pi. 145. f. 2 (1849) . . . evenus 



Coronis Guen., Ur. <b Phal. i. p. 20 (1857) orithea 



Coronidia Westvf., Tr. Zool. Soc. X. -p. 52S (ISIQ); Kirby, Cat. icp. Hist. i\ IS . . orithea 



Homidia Stvand, Deutsch. Ent. Zeit. 1911. p. 635, nee Borner, Colemb. Idoa . . . canace 



Prof. Poulton has kindly brought me all the ty])cs and other material from 

 the Hope Museum at Oxford to examine, and Lord Rothschild and Mr. J. J. 

 Joicey all their material. 



Sect. I. {Coronidia). Antennae of male with minute serrations ending in 

 bristles, of female with short branches ; forewing of male on upperside with 

 tuft of long upturned hair from inner margin near ba'^e. 



(1) * Coronodia hyphasis. 



Coronis hyphasis Hopff., Neuc Srhmett. ii. p. 3. pi. iii. ff. 2. 3 (1856) $. 



The male differs from the female in having the blue band of the hindwing 

 expanding towards the apex as in the males of all this group, and with less white 

 on its inner edge towards costa. 



Mexico, Costa Kica, Panama, Ecuador. 



