12 catalogue of diurnal lepidoptera. 



Taygetis Laches. 



Papilio Laches, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. in. pt. 1. p. 229. n, 719 



(1793). 

 Satyrus Laches, Goclart, Eric. Meth. ix. p. 485. n. 24 (1819). 

 Oreas marmorea Thamyra (part.), Hilhner, Samml. exot. Schmett. 



i. pi. 88. figs. 3, 4 (1806). 



Para. $ , B.M. 



I am convinced, from a careful comparison of our specimens with 

 Hiibner's figures, that he has figured two distinct insects as sexes of 

 Thamyva. The female figure appears to have been in a measiu'e as- 

 similated to that of the male, yet, notwithstanding, the diff'erence 

 in the ground-colour of the upperside and in the form of the central 

 bands of the underside is at once apparent. The sexes of Andromeda 

 do not thus differ, and I therefore conclude that the insects figured 

 are distinct. 



17. Taygetis Thamyra. 



Papiho Thamyra, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 242. fig. B (1782). 

 Oreas marmorea Thamyra (part.), H'dhner, Samrnl. exot. 



Schmett. i. pi. 88. figs. 1, 2 (not good) (1806). 

 Taygetis Thamyra, Hiibner, Verz. belc. Schmett. p. 55. n. 530 



(1816). 



Brazil, Ega. J , B.M. 



This insect, though it comes near Laches, must, I think, be con- 

 sidered a distinct species ; the deep pitchy colouring of the upper- 

 side, the shorter and more rounded form of the hind wings, the 

 deeper colouring of the underside, the outer band of the hind wings 

 angulatcd and placed much nearer to the middle of the wing, and 

 the more regular ocelli with ochre-tinted puj^ils readily separate it 

 from all the varieties of Andromeda. 



18. Taygetis calliomma. 



Taygetis calhomma, Felder, Wien. entom. Monatschr. (1862) ; 



Diagn. Lepid. p. 48. n. 140 ; Nov. Voy. -iii. tab. 66. fig. 7 



(1867). 

 Bogota. 



19. Taygetis albinotata. 



Taygetis albinotata, ButJer, A7m.6fMay.Nat. Hist. xx. 3rd ser. 

 p. 216, pi. 4. figs. 6, 7 (1867). 



Bolivia. B.M. 



This species is one of the most distinct and beautiful forms in the 

 genus ; we only have one specimen, in bad condition. 



