CATALOGUE OF DITJKNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 9 



macula apicis ocellari ; subtus ferrugineis puncto aiiticarum albo, 



posticarum duolms : habitat " 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 72. n. 224 (1793). 



Panama. (One mutilated example) Coll. Salvin. 



This beautiful and remarkable species is figured in Jones's unpub- 

 lished ' Icones,' and has quite the appearance of a clipped and painted 

 specimen of Chorinceus ; but the fortunate existence of a dilapidated 

 specimen in Mr. Salvin's Collection proves it to be a good and well- 

 defined species. 



Genus 2. MELANITIS, Fabiicius, 

 UUger's Magaz. vi. p. 282 (1808). 



1. Melanitis Leda. 



Papilio (N. G.) Leda, Linnceus, " alis angulatis, fuscis : anticis 

 supra ocello geminato : subtus griseo reticulatis, posticis ocellis sex : 

 habitat in Africoe Sierra Leon." 



Papilio (N. G.) Bankia, Fabricius, " alis angulatis, supra fuscis : 

 anticis disco flavesceute, ocello atro, pupilla gemina : habitat in nova 

 HoUandia." Donovan, Ins. New Holland, pi. 25. fig. 1 (1805). 



Papilio (N. G.) Solandra, Fabricius, " alis angulatis, fuscis : anticis 

 ocello sesqnialtero, posticis supra duobus, subtus quatuor : habitat in 

 insula Otaheity." Donovan, Ins. New Holland, pi. 23. fig. 1 (1805). 

 Papilio (N. G.) Ismene, Cramer [Bankia, Fabr. Sp. Ins.'], " alis 

 angulatis supra fuscis, anticis disco fiavescente, ocello atro, pupilla 

 gemina : habitat in nova HoUandia." 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. pp. 499, 500. n. 243, 244, 246 (1775) ; 

 Sp. Ins. pp. 84, 85. n. 370, 371, 376 (1781); Mant. Ins. 

 pp. 45, 46. n. 448, 449, 454(1787); Ent. Syst. iii. pp. 106, 

 108. n. 327, 328, 333 (1793). 



Leda, Ceylon. (Presented 1852, by Dr. K. Templeton ; collected 



by Mrs. Templeton) B.M. 



Ismene, Nepal. (Presented by Major-General T. Hardwicke) B.M. 

 Solandra, Moreton Bay, Australia. (Presented 1856, by Mr. Gib- 

 bons) B.M. 



Bankia, Australia. (Obtained 1850, from the voyage of H.M.S. 

 ' Rattlesnake ' [labelled " Pit, I."J ; collected by Mr. Macgillivray) 



B.M. 



The type of Leda (Ismene form) is in the Linnean Collection ; there 

 are two specimens of Leda, besides the types of Solandra and Bankia 

 (agreeing with Donovan's figures), in the Banksian Collection. 



Genus 3. GNOPHODES, Westwood, 

 Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 363 (1851). 



1. Gnopliodes Pythia. 



Papilio (N.) Pythia, Fabricius, " alis angulato-dentatis fuscis : 



