78 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



Pseudopontia, Plotz, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxxi. p. 348 (1870); 



Butler, Cist. Ent. i. p. 57 (1870) ; Kirby, Cat. Diurn. 



Lepid. pp. 438, 638 (1871); Schatz, Exot. Schmett. ii. 



p. 65 (1886). 

 Gonophlebia, Felder, op. at. i. p. 95 (1870). 



This genus has been formed for a very curious insect from 

 West Africa, an insect so remarkable that it has always been dis- 

 puted whether it should be considered as a Butterfly or a 

 Moth; and Dr. Staudinger observes that it looks like a sur- 

 vivor from some former creation. It will be best to give full 

 references to the only known species, and then to discuss the 

 genus and species together. It may be well to mention that 

 although the name Pseudopontia was published in the part of 

 the "Stettiner Zeitung" for "July-Sept., 1870," it is referred to 

 in the " Petites Nouvelles " for June i, whereas Felder's name 

 Gonophhbia was only published in " Petites Nouvelles" for 

 June 15 of that year, and is therefore necessarily posterior to 

 Pseudopontia. The name Globiceps had been previously used 

 for a genus of Hemiptera. 



PSEUDOPONTIA PARADOXA. 

 (Plate LXXIX. Fig. 3.) 



Globiceps paradoxa, Felder, Pet. Nouv. Ent. i. p. 30 (1869); 



Kirb. op. cit. p. 54 ; Hewitson, op. at. p. 57 (1870). 

 Pseudopontia calalarica, Plotz, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxxi. p. 348, 



pi. 2, figs. la-f(iS'jo). 



Gonophlebia paradoxa, Felder, /. c. i. p. 95, cum fig. (1870). 

 Pseudopontia par adoxa, Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lepid. p. 438 (1871); 



Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. i. p. 26, pi. 16; ii. 



p. 65, pi. 4(1884-1886). 



It is a curious circumstance that while all the German authors 

 have considered this insect to be an aberrant Butterfly belong- 

 ing to the Pieridce, all English authors have regarded it as a 



