CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. f> 



Group 5. Timetides. 



Genus 24. GYN^ECIA, Westwood, 

 Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 248 (1850). 



1 . Gynaecia Dirce. 



Papilio (N. P.) Dirce, Linnceus, " alis angulatis fuscis, fascia 

 anticarum flavescente ; subtus nigro undulatis : habitat in . Indiis 

 (Syst. Ent.}, Caiennae (Mant. Ins.)" Donovan, Ins. Ind. pi. 34. 

 fig. 2 (1800). 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 506. n. 264 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 93. 

 n. 407 (1781) ; Mant. Lis. p. 50. n. 492 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 123. n. 376 (1793). 



Jamaica. (Obtained 1845, from Mr. Gosse) B.M. 



Settles on trunks of trees in the forests (see Mr. Bates in Journ. 

 Entom. no. x., 1864). 



There is one worn specimen of P. Dirce in the Banksian Collec- 

 tion in the British Museum. 



Genus 25. TIMETES. 



1. Timetes Crethon. 



Papilio (E. A.) Crethon, Fabricius, " alis caudatis, supra fuscis, 

 subtus glaucis, fascia utrinque alba : habitat Surinami." 



Fabricius, Gen. Ins. p. 252. n. 40, 41 (1776). 

 P. Crithon, Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 16. n. 61 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. 

 p. 8. n. 69 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. p. 27. n. 79 (1793). 



Rio Negro, Amazons. (Obtained 1851 ; collected by A. R. Wal- 

 lace, Esq.) B.M. 



2. Timetes Orsilochus. 



Papilio (E. A.) Orsilochus, Fabricius, " alis caudatis fuscis ; an- 

 ticis fasciis duabus, posticis unica albis, subtus basi albis fascia 

 fulva : habitat Surinami." P. Cinna, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 200. 

 figs. F, G (1782). 



Fabricius, Gen. Ins. p. 252. n. 40, 41 (1776) ; Sp. Ins. p. 16. 

 n. 62 (1781); Mant. Ins. p. 8. n. 70 (1787); Ent. Syst. 

 p. 27. n. 80 (1793). 



Para. (Obtained 1852 ; collected by H. W. Bates, Esq.) B.M. 



3. Timetes lole, 



Papilio (N.) Furcula, Fabricius [lole, Drury], "alis caudatis 

 fuscis basi fulvis, anticis fascia caerulea : habitat in Indiis." HI. 

 iii. pi. 38. fig. 2 (1782). 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 79. n. 245 (1793). 



West coast of America. (Presented 1850, by Capt. Kellet, C.B., 



and Lieut. Wood) B.M. 



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