Dr. W. J. Holland on African Lepidoptera. 247 
(see Kirby, Syn. Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 132. no. 19). 
Mr. Butler, in his ‘Catalogue of the Fabrician Diurnal 
Lepidoptera,’ p. 131, states emphatically that the Papilio 
bonasva of Fabricius is identical with Cramer’s P. eponina, as 
evidenced by the type in the Banksian Collection. This 
view is confirmed by Mr. Trimen in his ‘ South-African 
Butterflies,’ vol. i. p. 174, footnote. 
Mons. Oberthiir quotes Trimen, ‘ Rhopalocera Africe 
Australis,’ as favouring the view that A. eponina, Cram., is a 
synonym of A, cynthius, Drury. Had Mons. Oberthiir con- 
sulted Mr. Trimen’s recent work ‘ South-African Butterflies,’ 
vol. i. pp. 174 and 175, he would have seen that the recent 
studies of the learned Curator of the South-African Museum 
have led him to greatly modify the views expressed in his 
work published in 1862. The synonymy of the various 
species of the group which have been confused with one 
another in this genus may be worked out as follows, and will, 
I think, be found correct :— 
1. Acreea (Papilio) cynthius, Drury. 
Acrea (P.) cynthius, Drury, Il. Exot. Ent, iii. pl. xxxvii. figs. 5, 6 
(1782). 
Acrea (P.) cynthia, Herbst, Naturs. Schmett. iv. pl. lxxx. figs. 1, 2 
(1790). 
Acrea cynthia, Godt. Enc. Méth. ix. p. 234. no. 13 (1819). 
Acrea cynthius, Trimen, South-African Butt. vol. i. p. 175 (1887). 
Acrea cynthius ?, Oberthiir, Etudes d’Entom, xvii. p. 28, pl. i. fig. 5 
(1893). 
Telchinia serena (Fabr.), Butl. (pars), Cat. Fabr. Diurn. Lep. p. 130 
(1869). 
Acrea bonasia (Fabr.), Kirby, Syn. Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 132 (1871). 
2. Acrea (P.) serena, Fabr. 
Acrea (P.) serena, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 461. no. 76 (1775). 
Acrea (P.) eponina, Cram., 2, Pap. Exot. iii. pl. eelxviii. figs. C, D 
(1782). 
Acrea serena, Herbst, Naturs. Schmett. iv. pl. Ixxxii. figs. 8, 9 (1790). 
Telchinia serena, Butl, Cat. Fabr. Diurn. Lep. p. 130 (1869) (pars). 
3. Acrea (P.) bonasia, Fabr. 
Acrea (P.) bonasia, Faby. Syst. Ent. p. 464. no. 96 (1775). 
Acrea (P.) eponina, Cram. Pap. Exot. ili. pl. eclxviii. figs. A, B (1782). 
Acrea (P.) serena, Faby. Mant. Ins. pp. 14, 16. nos. 183, 164 (1787) 
Acrea (P.) serena, Herbst, Naturs. Schmett. iy. pl. lxxxii. figs. 6 
(1790). 
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4. Acrea Buxtoni, Butl. 
Acrea Buxtoni, Butl. Ann, & Mag, Nat. Hist. (4) xvi. p. 395 (1875). 
Acrea serena (Fabr.), Boisd. App. Voy. de Deleg. p. 590 (1847) 
