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HiiptlVr, ill PtjUir's •' Roise mifh Mosaiubiiiuf " i). ;!G5, iinnarks tlmt '• the coltjnr of tlie femah', 

 which P.oistluval entirely passes by in his ilescription, is ipiite ilistiiict from that nf the male, it is mi 

 the uppersiile sometimes pale yellmv, sometimes benutirul gambii','e yeljciw, on the umlersiile always 

 yellow-ochre," there can be iKulimbt that Ilopller has here rel'erreil the female ('. l-'lnnlln to the male 

 C. Pi/iriir. 



In the " Konjjl. Wet. Akad. Forhandl," fur hS'iS, Wallengreii characterizes a iii'W genus uniler 

 the name of Tlii:<i>i'i : but in his paper on the Jvhoiialoceni of (Jall'mria, he describeil the genus 

 uniler the name of Phjchiiplfnjj- : as no reason is assigned for this alteration I cannot follow him. 



In describing the above llenus, AVallengrcn invents a system of nomenclature entirely dilfcrent to 

 th.it in "eiieiid use, and calls each nervure a costa ; the costil- of the frontwings are counted upwards 

 from the inner to the anterior margin of the wing, and are stated to be ten in number, whilst 

 Calliiln/(ix, the most nearly allied genus, is said to have nine; the actual difference in neuration between 

 the two genera is one of position, not of number ; some of the diameters distinguishing I'ti/r/iopti'ii/.i- 

 from Culli'lri/it-i, when put into the usual form, are good, others bad ; for instance, the character of 

 a patch of line bristles at base of hindwings, is common to CalUJri/ut: (See Drury on C. ('hrijKii.i 

 and Trimen on ('. Fliri'lla) ; the costal nervure of hindwings much arched ; the lii-st subcostal 

 arched, emitted from centre of its neryure, and running to apex ; the straight fold from base through 

 whole length of cell and between di.seoidal and third median branches to outer margin, are all 

 cliaract<'rs common to CulUdri/ttx : the following good characters remain : — 



/(. ir. The second subcostal and discoidal branches springing from nearly the .same place so as to 

 reduce disco-cellular to a point. 



/ (f. Upper discoidal not branching from subcostal but emitted close to it at end of cell ; second 

 subcostal nearer to Krst. 



1. Ptychnplerijx Jiohcuuiiii. 



tJ, $ P. Piohemani, Wlhji: Wings above whitish yellow, frontwings deeper coloured, aj)e.\ 

 bioaiUy black-brown intersected by five orange yellow spots, a discoidal black point ; hindwings below 

 with very many short striolations of a i)ale reddish grey colour and a longitudinal deeper streak upon 

 the fold. Caifi-aria. 



The following must 1 think be a .second species of this CJcnu.s. 



~'. Pti/cho/itrryx Lttcanii. 

 Callidryas Lucasii, Gniiidldii-r, l.'evue et Mag. de Zool., ind .S., t. 27:i (Aug 18(J7.) 

 Male. Frontwings above falcate, whitish towards base ; with black a[(ex exhiliiting a roundeil 



yellow spot ; discoidal spot elongate, black ; below beautiful yellow, with hind-margin yellowish white 



and apex ferruginous. 



Hindwings above white, exhibiting two marginal rows of bl.ickish spots; b.h.w, yillow witli 

 ferruginous hatchings ; costa and outer margin spotted with same colour. 



Firivilc. Differs in the dentated, not falcated frontwings ; three silver sjiols on uiider surlace »{ 

 hindwings. 



Cape Sainte-Marie ( t^ruwIiiUi;).) 



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