DIADEMA. 



281 



6. DiAD. ANTILOPE.f 



Papilio Antilope Cramer, Pap. t. 183. f. E. F.; Godart, 

 Eur. 31. IX. p. 397. n. l60. 

 Java, Moluccas, Northern India. B. M. 



7. DiAD. VlTELLIA. 



Papilio V'itellia Fabricius, Ent. Sy.it. iii. pt. 1. p. 115. n. 

 3.53.; Cramer, Pap. pt. SiQ. i. E.F.; Godart, Eiic. M. 

 IX. p. 397- n. 101. 

 Amboyna. 



8. DlAD.? SULPITIA. 



Papilio Sulpitia Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 245. n. 

 765.; Jones, Icon. vol. v. pi. 30. f. 1.; Godart, Enc. 

 M. IX. p. 392. n. 149. 

 Africa (Godart), Indies (Fabricius). 



Division **. Wings elongate-triangular. Club of Antennce slender, 

 (Penthema E. Doubl.) 



9. DlAD. LiSARDA. 



D. Lisarda E. Doubleday in Ann. Nat. Hist. xvi. p. 233. 



(1845). 

 Penthema Lisarda E. Doubl. MS., Doubl. Westw. &; 



Hewitson. Gen. Diurn. Lep. pi. 39- f. 3. 

 Nymphalis Euphrone Westw. Cabinet Orient. Entomol. p. 



55. pi. 27. f. 1. (1847). 

 Sylhet, Assam. B. M. 



Subsection b. Wings thickly marked uilh a number of small black spots at 

 the base on the under side. 



Division *. Wings triangular. (Panopea Hiibn.) 



10. DiAD. Semire. 



Papilio Semire Fabricius, Sp. Ins. torn. ii. p. 88., Ent. 

 Syst. HI. pt. 1. p. 114. n. 351.; Cramer, Pap. t. 194. 

 f. B.C.; Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 392. n. 147. 

 ' Papilio Hippolyte Drury, Appendix vol. in. pi. 14. f. 3, 



4. 

 Panopea Semira Hilbner, Verz. bek. Schm. p. 39. n. 340. 

 Guinea, Sierra Leone. B.M. 



11. DiAD. LuCRETIA. 



Papilio Lucretia Cramer, Pap. t. 45. f. C. D. 

 Nymphalis Lucretia Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 392. n. 148. 

 Panopea Lucretia Hiibner, Vers. bek. Schn. p. 39. n. 341. 

 Guinea, Western Africa. B.M. 



12. DiAD. HoSTlI.IA. 



Papilio Hostilia Drury, III. vol. iii. App. pi. 28. f. 3, 3.; 



Jones, Icon. v. pi. 81. f. 1.; Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. 



pt. 1. p. 130. n. 399.; Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 393. n. 



150. 

 Papilio Metea Stall, Suppl. Cram. pi. 25. f. 2. 2 B. 

 Sierra Leone. 



Division 



Wings elongate. (Pseudacraea Westw.) 



13. DiAD. HincE. 



Papilio Hirce Drury, III. m. t. 28. f. 22. 

 Diaderaa Hirce E. Doubleday in Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. xvi. 

 p. 182. 

 Western Africa, Ashanti. B. M. 



14. DiAD. EURYTA. 



Papilio Euryta Linnteus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 221., Syst. 

 Nat. vol. 11. p. 757. n. 69.; Clerck, Icon. t. 31. f. 4. 4a.; 

 E. Doubleday in Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. xvi. p. 232. (not 

 Acrffia Euryta Godart). 

 ^Vestern Tropical Africa. B. M. 



15. DiAD. BoisnuvALii E. Doubleday in Ayui. N'at. Hist. xvi. p. ISO.; 



Doubl. Westw. Sj Hewitson, Gen. Diurn. Lep. pi. 37. f- 

 3. 

 Ashanti. B.M. 



Section B. Discoidal cell not closed in all the wings. 

 Subsection a. Discoidal cell of the hind wings open. (Euralia Westw.) 



16. DiAD. DUBIA. 



Papilio dubia Palisot de Beauvois, Ins. Afr. et Am. Lep. 



t. 6. f. 2. 

 Diadema dubia Boisduval, Faune Entomol. de Madagascar, 



p. 40. 

 Sierra Leone, Congo, Ashanti, Tintingue, Tamatave, St. Marie, 

 Madagascar. B. M. 



17. DiAD. AnTHEDON. 



Diadema Anthedon Boisduval MS.; E. Doubleday in A7tn. 

 A^at. Hist. vol. XVI. p. 1 80.; Doubl. Westw. Sj Hewitson, 

 Gen. Diurn. Lep. pi. 37. f- 2. 

 Sierra Leone, Abhanti. B.M. 



Subsection b. Discoidal cell of all the wings open. (Hestina Westw.) 



Division *. With the second branch of the subcostal vein of the fore 

 wings arising close to the origin of the upper disco-cellular vein, 



18. DlAP. ASSIMILIS. 



Papilio assimilis Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 11. p. 782. n. 194.; 



Cramer, Pap. pi. 154. A.; Esper, Pap. Exot. t. 57. f. 



1.; Fabricius, Ent. Syst. in. pt. 1. p. 39. "• 114.; 



Clerck, Icon. t. I6. f. 1, 2.; Drury, Illust. i. pi. 17- f. 



3, 4.; Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 393. n. 157- 

 Hestia ass. Hiibner, Vers. bek. Schm. p. 15. n. 70. 

 China. B.M. 



19. DiAD. PERSiMiLis Westw. nov. sp.if 



Northern India. Coll. East Ind. House, B. M. 



20. DiAD. coNsmiLis Westw. nov. sp.J 



Northern India. Coll. East Ind. House. 



21. DiAD. Nama. 



Diadema Nama Boisduval MS.; E. Douiileday in Ann, 

 Nat. Hist. XVI. p. 232.; Doubl. Westw. 6j Hewitson, 

 Gen. Diurn. Lep. pi. 39. f. 2. 

 Assam, Sylliet, and Northern India. B. M. 



Division **. With the second branch of the subcostal vein of the fore 

 wings arising at a considerable distance beyond the extremity of the 

 discoidal celt. 



22. DiAD. Nyctelius E. Doubleday in Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. xvi. p. 182.; 



Doubl. Westw. Sj Hewitson, Gen. Diurn. Lep. pi. 37. f. 1. 

 Sylhet. B. M. 



23. DiAD.? PlJIPLEA. 



Cynthia Pimplea Erichson in Acta Acad. Nat, Cur. xvi. 

 Suppl. p. 405. pi. L. f. 5. 

 Island of Luzon (Manilla). 



t The male of D. Antilope has the fore wings on the upper side glossed all over with rich dark purple, and the white markings are less decided than in the 

 female. 



X Diadema nigra, albo-maculata, D. assimili valde affinis, at minor, alls anticis longioribus, maculis intermediis magis rotundatis, serieque subapicali obsoleta; 

 alls posticis maculis parvis albis in loco macularum rubrarum, alis omnibus subtus multo pallidioribus absque maculis rubris. Exp. alar, antic, unc. 2|-. 



\ Diadema alis albis, anticis costa, venis, strigis tribus obliquis limboque apicali nigris ; posticis albis venis anguste limbo apicali (albo-maculato) nubilaque 

 transversa abbreviata pone medium, nigris ; his subtus ad basin macula parva chermesina notatis. Exp. alar, antic, unc. 3jL. 



Obs, In the two new species here described, the second branch of the subcostal vein arises about the length of a line beyond the anterior extremity of the 

 discoidal cell. 



