102 CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL Lp;riDOrTERA. 



Geuus 29. H^ETERA (sic), Fahricius (1807). 

 Typical Species Hoetera Piera. 



1. Hsetera Piera. 



Papilio Piera, Linnmis, Mas. Lad. Ulr. p. 220. n. 39 (1764); 



ISifst. Nat. \i. 754. n. 52 (1760) ; Glerck, Icones, tab. 36. fig. 



43 (1759-64). 

 Oreas dubia Piera, Hilhner, Samml. exot. Schmett. i. pi. 82. 



figs. 1-4 (1806). 

 Cithserias Piera, Hiihner, Verz. beJc. Schnett. p. 53. n. 494 



(1816). 

 Satyrus Piera, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 483. n. 17 (1819). 

 Haetera Piera, Westwood in Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 365. n. 1 



(1851). 

 Papilio Pierra (sic), Sulzer, Gesch. Ins. tab. 15. fig. 5. 

 5 . Papilio Anacardii, Fahricius, St/st. Ent. p. 467. n. 105 



(1775); and (part.), Lin7i(Bus,Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 236. n. 55 



(1764) ; Mcrian, Ins. Snrin. 1. 16. fig. sup. sinistr. (1705). 

 Papilio Piera, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 291. figs. C-E (1782). 



Surinam (Merian, Cramer), Brazil ? B.M. 



Linnaeus quotes Madame Merian's figure of this insect as a repre- 

 sentation of Salamis Anacardii ; Fahricius, in the ' Systema Ento- 

 mologiaj,' not only repeats the error, but alters the description to 

 suit Merian's representation : they both quote Clerck's figure, which 

 well illustrates the Linnaean species. 



Para, Peru. B.M. 



Local form. ? ET. Vi'era. of Boisdnval. 



Haetera Piera, Boisduval, Sp. Gen. Lep. pi. 13 (9 B). fig. 4 

 (1836). 

 Ala3 posticae fascia integra hand fulvo tincta. 



Brazil, Ega. B.M. 



Our copy of Boisduval's work is uncoloured, but his figure has 

 quite the character of this form. 



Local form. H. diaphana. 



Haetera diaphana, Liicas, in Ramon de la Sagr-a''s Hist, de Vile 

 dc Gnha (Insectes), p. 587 (1857). 



Cuba (Lucas). 



This is probably identical Avith the i^receding form from Brazil 

 and Ega ; at any rate the description is applicable to it. 



Local form. H. htmen^a. 



Haetera hymensea, Feldcr, Reise der Fregatte Novara, iii. p. 459. 

 n. 771 (1867). 



Bahia (Felder). 

 The description of this form agrees with that of diaphana ; and it 



