CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 01 



latter name may be a corruption of P. Dioctppus, Cramer, which re- 

 presents the P. Misippus of Linnaeus. There is one good specimen 

 of P. ArcJiippus in the Banksian Collection in the British Museum. 



Genus 14. ABROTA, Moore, 

 Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. Comp. p. 170 (1857). 



1. Abrota Mirus. 



2 - Papilio (F.) Mirus, Fabricius, " alis repandis fuscis testaceo 



subfasciatis : posticis subtus basi fuscis apice variegatis : habitat 







Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 48. n. 146 (1793). 

 North India. (Obtained 1858, from Mr. Stevens) B.M. 



The description of A. Mirus is exactly applicable to the female of 

 Mr. Moore's Abrota Ganga. In the ' Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptcra ' 

 the Fabrician species is referred to the genus EurypJiene. 



Genus 15. ATHYMA, Westwood, 

 Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 272 (1850). 



1. Athyma Leucothoe. 



Papilio (N. P.) Leucothoe, Linnceus, " alis dentatis, supra fuscis, 

 fasciis tribus albis : subtus luteis ; fasciis tribus albis, nigro notatis : 

 habitatin Asia." P. Erosine, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 203. figs. E, F 

 (1782). 



Fabridus, Syst. Ent. p. 508. n. 272 (1775). 



Leucothea (sic), Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 96. n. 421 (1781) ; Mant. 

 Ins. p 52. n. 511 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p, 129. n. 395 (1793). 



China. (Presented 1842, by Mrs. Mason) B.M. 



Mr. Swinhoe describes this species as common on bushes and 

 grassy places ; the males are very pugnacious (see P. Z. S. 1866). 



There arc two specimens of P. Leucothoe in the Banksian Collec- 

 tion in the British Museum. This is the P. Polyxena of Donovan's 

 < China,' pi. 37. fig. 4 (1798). 



2. Athyma Venilia. 



Papilio (N. P.) Venilia, Linnceus, " alis dentatis, fuscis, fascia 



communi arcuata alba, marginibus caerulescente : habitat in Indiis." 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 509. n. 278 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 98. 



n. 431 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 53. n. 525 (1787) ; Ent. S>/st. 



iii. p. 134. n. 511 (1793). 



Amboina. (Obtained 1858, collected by A. R. Wallace, Esq.) 



B.M. 



