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This is a genus of handsome, moderate-sized butterflies, allied to Cyrestis, but distinguished from them by the great length of the tail 

 of the hind wings, as well as by the style of the markings of the wings, which for the most part consist of transverse bars of darker and 

 lighter colour. Some of the species, as T. Marias, T. Coresia, and T. Orsilochus, have the basal lialf of the under surface of all the wino-g 

 of a white or pearly tint, contrasting strongly with the darker apical half. Other species have the wings more or less strongly glossed 

 with rich purple in the males, as in T. lole, T. Qilchalia PF. (from Bolivia, very closely allied to lole), T. Corinna, and T. Corita W., 

 a ISIexican species, closely allied to Corinna, but at once distinguished by the white fringe to the hind winn-s. In T. Harmonia the 

 males are rich orange above, whilst the females are dark brown, with black fascia. According to Stoll the female of T. Chiron 

 (ISIarius Cr.) differs from the male iu having several small bluish white spots near the extremity of the fore wino-s, and at the anal 

 angle of the hind ones ; the males have, however, two bluish longitudinal stripes on the under side of the wings, which are scarcely 

 discernible in the females. 



After very careful examination I can find no structural difference (beyond a little more elongation of the fore wings) to separate 

 Thetys and Eleucha from the other species, as has been done by Hiibner and E. Doubleday. The genus thus extended agrees with 

 Mr. Swainson's group Marius, a name which, having the priority, I should have adopted, had it not been established contrary to the 

 recognised rules of nomenclature. The veining of the wings, and the structure of the palpi and legs, are identical; and it is only iu the 

 different style of their markings that a trivial difTcrence can be traced. 



The transformations of T. Thetys are represented by Stoll. The Caterpillar is cylindrical, with two very long, erect, setose, black, 

 horn-like spines on the head, and with a long erect spine on the fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh segments of the body, the last 

 being curved like the tail of some of the Sphingida;. The head is dark yellow, with two black stripes ; the four following segments are 

 red brown, spotted with black; the under surface is white, and the fore legs black. The sixth and five following segments are yellow 

 on the back, and red brown on the sides, which are marked with oblique black and white bars. It feeds on the leaves of a tree called 

 Cachou in Guiana, and is transformed into a perpendicular yellow-coloured Chrysalis, spotted with black, and armed with long black 

 spines on the head and sides of the thorax, and shorter erect ones on the back of the abdomen. When the butterfly is nearly ready 

 to appear, the yellow colour of the chrysaUs becomes white. 



The species are confined to the tropical regions of the New World, including the West Indian islands. 



TIMETES. 



Section I. Tjmetes proper. 



1. Ti5i. Coresia. 



Nymphalis Coresia Godart, Enc. M. ix. 359- n. 31- 

 Megalura Coresia Jilanchard in Laporte, Hist. IVat. Ins. 



III. 447. 

 Marpesia Zerynthia Hiibner, Samml. exot. Schm. Band ii. 



f. — . 

 Brazil, Mexico. B. M. 



2. Tim. Tiiemistocles. 



Papilio Theraistocles Fahricius, Ent. Syst. iii. i. p. 66. n. 

 207.; Jones, Icon. v. t. 70. f. 2.; Godart, Enc. M. ix. 

 360. n. 33. (Nymphalis Th.); Hubner Zutrage, pt. 4. 

 p. 8. f. 607, 608. 

 BrazU. B. M. 



3. Tim. Chiron. 



Papilio Chiron Fabricius, Ent. Syst. p. 452. n. 40., Spec. 



Ins. II. p. 16. 60., Ent. Syst. iii. pt. i. p. 26. n. 78.; 



Jones, Icon. v. t. 78. f. 1, 2.; Godart, Enc. M. ix. 359. 



n. 32. 



Papilio Marius Cramer, t. 200. f. D. E. J> ; Stoll. Siippl. 



Cram. pi. 30. f. 1. la. ? 

 Marpesia Chironias Hubner, Verz. bek. Schm. 47. n. 439. 

 Brazil, West Indian Islands, Guayaquil, Mexico, Colombia, 



B.M. 



4. Tui. Merops Boisduval in Cuv. R. /In. edit. Crochard. Ins. pi. 139. *"• !• 



Colombia, Bolivia. B. M. 



5. Tim. Harmonia. 



Nymphalis Harmonia King, Neue Schmett. t. 2. f. 3, 4. 

 Var. Daubl. Westw. (Sf Hewitson, Genera Diurn. Lep. pi. 

 32. f. 2. 

 Bolivia. B. M. 



C. Tim. Crethon. 



Papilio Crethon Fahricius, Gen. Ins. Mantiss. p. 252., 

 Ent. Syst. iii. pi. 1 . p. 27. n. 79.; Godart, Enc. M. ix. 

 p. 36l. (Nymphalis C). 

 Surinam, Cayenne. 



7- Tim. Orsilochus. 



Papilio Orsilochus Fahricius, Gen. Ins. Mantissa, p. 254. 

 (1776), Ent. Syst. iii. i. p. 27. n. 80.; Godart, Enc. 

 M. IX. p. 360. f. 37. 

 Papilio Cinna Cramer, pi. 200. f. F.G. (1782). 

 Potamis mirabilis Cinna Hiibner, Samml. exot. Sclnn. BJ. i. 

 Marius Cinna Swains. Zool. HI. 2nd. series, pi. 45. 

 Marpesia Cinna Hubner, Vers. bek. Schm. p. 47. n. 440. 

 Brazil. B.M. 



8. Tim. Cobinna. 



Vanessa Corinna Latreille in Hiimli. et Bonpl. Obs. de 

 Zool. II. p. 84. t. 36. f. 5, {].; Godart, Enc. M. ix. 300. 

 n. 11. 

 Nymphalis Corinna Godart, Op. cit. ix. 360. n. 3.5. 

 Var. Doubl. Westw. Sj Hewitson, Genera Diurn. Lep. pi. 

 32. f. 1. 

 Colombia, Bogota. B.M. 



CoHiTA Westw. 



Mexico. B. M. 



9. Tim, 

 10. Tim. 



lOLE. 



Papilio lole Drury, App. vol, iii. pi. 38. f. 2.; Stoll, Suppl. 



Cram. pi. 29. {. 4, 4. D. 

 Papilio Furcula Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. i. p. 79- "• 246.; 



Donovan, Nat. liepos. v. 151.; Godart, Enc. M. ix. 



p. 360. 36. (Nymphalis F.). 

 Jamaica. B. M. 



11. Tim. 



12. Tim. 



13. Tim. 



14. Tim. 



QicHALiA Westw. 

 Bolivia. 



B. M. 



? E. Doubleday, List Lep. Brit. Mus. p. 87. 

 Honduras. B. M. 



PsoPHUs Boisduval MS. 

 Oaxaca. 



Thonis Boisduval MS. 

 Colombia. 



Section II. Marpesia (Athena Hiibner, Petreus Swainson'). 



15. Tim. (Marpesia) Thetys. 



Papilio Thetys Fabr. Ent. Syst. in. i. 77. n. 241.; Godart, 

 Enc. M. IX. 358. n. 28. (Nymphahs Th.); Swainson, 

 Zool. III. 2nd ser. pi. 59. 110. (Marius Petreus Th.) ; 

 Hiibner, Vers. bek. Schm. p. 36. n. 308. (Athena Th.). 



Papilio Petreus Cramer, pi. 87. f- D- E.; Stoll, Suppl. 

 Cram. pi. 2. f. 2a, 2b, 2c. (larva and pupa). 



PapiUo Peleus Suls. Hist. Ins. t. 13. f. 4. 

 Brazil to Mexico. B. M. 



16. Tiji. (Marpesia) Eledcha Hiibner, Samml. exot. Schmett. Band ii. 



pi. — ; Hiibner, Zutrage, pt. 1. p. 32. f. 197, I98,; 

 Hiibner, Vers. bek. Schmett. pt. 48. n. 437.; E. 

 Doubleday, List Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. p. 86. ; Doulil. 

 Westw. S; Hewitwn, Gen. Diurn. Lep. pi. S3, f. 3. 

 Nymphalis Pellenis Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 359. "• 29. 

 Jamaica, Cuba. B.M. 



July 1. 1850. 



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