174 Mr. Westwood on the 



in Thaide, instructi. Antennce vix clavatae, articulis circiter 

 30, sensim incrassatis, articulis 10 ultimis paullo brevioribus. 

 Alee anticae triangulariter ovatae, apice rotundatae; vena post- 

 costali 4-ramosa ramis simplicibus, lmo et 2do ante apicem 

 areae discoidalis emissis, 3tio ad ejus apicem emissa, 4to in 

 medio spatii inter apicem areas discoidalis et apicem alae ; 

 vena disco-cellulari supera brevissima ; media multo longiori 

 in medio angulata, angulo versus basin alarum spectanti; vena 

 disco-cellulari infera breviori, cum apice venae medianae fere 

 continua, et spatio inter hujus ramos 2dum et 3tium longitu- 

 dine fere aequali. Alee posticae subovales, margine externo 

 vix repando, ramo tertio venae medianae in caudam longissi- 

 mam, et valde angustam producto ; vena precostali apice 

 furcata ; venae costalis basi, cum basi venae postcostalis con- 

 nexa, cellulam parvam prediscoidalem efficiente. Abdomen 

 fceminae absque lobis membranaceis Doritidum. 



Typus Papilio Telamon, Donovan, Ins. of China, PI. 26, 

 fig. 1, la; Boisduval, Sp. Gen. Lepidop. 1, p. 250, n. 74. 



Hab. China, Shanghai. (D. Fortune.) 



In Mus. Britann. et Westw. 



Thaumantis Howqua, Westw. 



T. alis supra fulvis, omnibus serie subapicali lunularum nigra- 

 rum valde curvatarum ; maculis hastiformibus nigris, in alis 

 posticis majoribus, antice adjectis ; alis infra luteo-fulvis, 

 strigisduabus obliquis irregulariter sinuatis, lma ante et 2nda 

 pone medium alarum anticarum, ilia ante et hac per medium 

 posticarum, extensis, externa e costa fere ad angulum analem 

 ducta ubi recurvat ; nubila recta obliqua fusca submedia ad 

 angulum analem extensa, macula grisea terminata ; alis an- 

 ticis ocellis tribus, posticis quinque rufis, pupilla alba iride 

 tenui nigra strigisque duabus parallelis vix angulatis prope 

 marginem apicalem. (Mas.) 



Expans. alar, antic, unc. 5. 



Habitat Shanghai, China. (D. Fortune.) 



In Mus. Britann. 



At first sight this butterfly might be regarded as the female of 

 Thaumantis Nourmahal, Westw. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 337, but it 

 proves to be of the same sex as Mr. W. W. Saunders's unique 

 male of that species. It is difficult without figures to describe 



