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St. Domingo. (Obtained 1855, collected by Mr. Tweedie) B.M. 



Race. Papilio (D. F.) Orion, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis ; anticis 

 falcatis, rufis apice nigris, macula marginal! alba : habitat Suri- 

 nami." 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 485. n. 183 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 62. n. 

 274 (1781) ; Mant. Ins.p. 29. n. 315 (1787); Ent. Syst. iii. 

 p. 55. n. 170 (1793). 



Brazil. (Presented by Major-General Thomas Hardwicke) B.M. 

 There is one specimen of " P. Orion" in the Banksian Collection. 



Genus 9. MEGISTANIS, Westwood, 

 Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 311 (1850). 



1. Megistanis Aeclus. 



Papilio (E. A.) Aeclus, Cramer, " alis dentato-bicaudatis supra 

 nigris ; subtus cinereis nigro undatis : macula ocellari fulva : habitat 

 in Amboina." Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 317. figs. A, B (1782). 



Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 6. n. 50 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 63. 

 n. 198 (1793). 



Probably, like the other members of the group, this is a New- 

 World species. 



2. Megistanis Acheronta. 



Papilio (N. P.) Acheronta, Fabricius, " alis dentato-caudatis ; an- 

 ticis basi rubris, apice nigris, albo maculatis : habitat in Brazilia." 

 P. Cadmus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. 22. figs. A, B (1779). 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 501. n. 249 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 87. n. 

 383 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 47. n. 463 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. 

 p. 76. n. 239 (1793). 



Brazil. (Presented by Major-General Thomas Hardwicke) B.M. 



There is one specimen of P. Acheronta (probably the type) in the 

 Banksian Collection in the British Museum. 



Genus 10. PEEPONA, Boisduval, 



Suit. Buff. i. pi. 2 B (1836). 

 1. Prepona Amphimachus. 



Papilio (E. A.) Amphimachus, Fabricius, " alis dentatis, atris, 

 fascia cserulea, nitida ; subtus antice albis, postice cinereis : habitat 

 in Indiis." 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 457. n. 59 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 23. n. 

 94 (1781); Mant. Ins. p. 12. n. 110 (1787); Ent. Syst. iii. 

 p. 37. n. 110 (1793). 



Brazil. (Obtained 1843) B.M. 



