42 CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTEBA. 



n. 256 (1781); Mant. Ins. p. 28. n. 295 (1787); Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 150. n. 459 (1793). 



Para. Lower Amazons. (Presented 1845, by Mrs. J. P. G. Smith) 



B.M. 



P. Sophorce is in the Banksian Collection, labelled " P. Xanthus, 

 Linn. ; " Donovan's figures (Nat. Repos. iii. pis. 87, 88) represent 

 Dasyoplifhalma Creusa $ , Hiibner. 



Subfamily IV. MORPHINE. 



Genus 1. MORPHO *, Fab rictus, 

 IlUger's Magaz. vi. p. 279 (1808). 



1. Morpho Hecuba. 



Papilio (E. A.) Hecuba, Linnceus, " alis dentatis, anticis rubris, 

 posticis nigris : subtus utrinque ocellatis : habitat Caienna?." Cramer, 

 Pap. Eccot. iii. pi. 217. figs. A, B (1782). 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 495. n. 67 (1775); Sp. Ins. p. 26. 

 n. 104 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 13. n. 122 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 87. n. 273 (1793). 



British Guiana. (Obtained 1839) B.M. 



2. Morpho Perseus. 



<$ . Papilio (E. A.) Perseus, Cramer, " alis dentatis pallide cae- 

 ruleis apice atris ferrugineo maculatis, subtus undatis ocellis tribus 

 quatuorque : habitat Surinami." Pap. Exot. i. pi. 71. figs. A, B 

 (1779). 



. Papilio (E. A.) Metellus, Cramer, " alis dentatis fulvis pos- 

 tice atris, subtus anticis ocellis tribus, posticis quinque : habitat 

 Surinami." Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 218. figs. A, B (1782). 



J , Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 24. n. 99 (1781) ; $ , Fabricius, Sp. 

 Ins. app. p. 503 (1782) ; <$ , Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 13. 

 n. 116, 122 (1787); Ent. Syst. iii. pp. 86, 88, n. 267, 274 

 (1793). 



Not in the collection of the British Museum. 



3. Morpho Iphiclus. 



c? . Papilio (E. A.) Telemachus, Cramer, nee Linnceus [M. Iphiclus, 

 Felder-f]: "habitat Surinami." Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 373. figs. A, B 

 (1782). 



Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 13. n. 117 (1787). 



Brazil. (Obtained 1850, collected by A. R. Wallace, Esq.) B.M. 



In the genera of ' Diurnal Lepidoptera ' this species is considered 



* The genus Morpho, as regards its neuration, exhibits much in common 

 with such genera as Smyrna and Godartia* 

 I Reise der Novara, ii. pis. 64, 65 (186?). 



