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836. Perisama. 

 1849. Doubl, Gen. Diuru. Lep. 240: Bonplandii, Lebasii, D'Or- 

 bignyi (D'Orbignii), Euriclea, Humboldtii, Oppelii, 

 Philiuus ? and a MS. species. 

 1861. Feld., Neues Lep. 20: no species are cited. 

 1871. Kirb., Syn. Cat. 208 : follows Doubleday and adds other 

 species. 

 Bonplandii may be taken as the type. 



837. Perophthalma. 

 1851. Westw., Gen. Diurn. Lep. 455 : tenera. Sole species, and 

 therefore type. 



838. PerrhtbeIis. 

 1816. Hiibn., Verz. 91 : Pyrrha (Eueidias), Medusa (Epimedusa). 



1867. Herr.-Schaeff., Prodr. ii. 10: employs it for a large number of 



species, including Pyrrha, but not Medusa. Pyrrha is 

 therefore the type. 

 1871. Kirb., Syn. Cat. 478: follows Ilerrich-Schaeffer. 



839. Petavia.* 



1828. Horsf., Descr. Cat. Lep. E. Lid. Co. 59, expl. pi. 2 : Petavius 



(Sakuni). 

 This name falls, because derived from the species on which the genus 

 is grounded. Moreover, we have nothing to do with it here, as it is not 

 a butterfly. 



840. Petreus.* 



1832-33. Swains., Zool. 111. ii. 110: Peleus (Thetys). Sole species, 

 and therefore type. 

 The plate consists solely of the earlier stages of a butterfly, belong- 

 ing to the Tribimi. The characters of the group are drawn up partly 

 from the perfect insect (represented on pi. 59, and referred to Marius, 

 while here to the subgenus Petreus, — a nymphalideous insect) and half 

 from the caterpillar, belonging, as stated, to a totally difierent group ! 

 The name therefore must be dropped altogether. Moreover, Petreus is 

 one of the synonymes of Peleus. See also Athena. 



841. Ph^dra.* 



1829. Horsf., Descr. Cat. Lep. E. Ind. Co. 123: TJietys (terricola, 



insularis). Sole species, and therefore type. 



1868. Herr.-Schaeff., Prodr. iii. 19: employs it for a large number 



of species, including Thetys. 

 The name is taken from one of the synonymes of the species upon 

 which the genus is grounded, and therefore it must be dropped. See 

 Curetis, Anops, and Candalides. 



