78 CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTEEA. 



Europe ; Cape of Good Hope. (Presented 1842, by E. W. Town- 

 send, Esq.) B.M. 



Frequents fields, gardens, hill-sides, and waste places (Trimen in 

 Khop. Afr. Austr. p. 121). 



There are two good specimens of P. Cardui in the Banksian Col- 

 lection. This species appears to be common everywhere all over the 

 world. 



3. Pyrameis Atalanta. 



Papilio (N. P.) Atalanta, Linnceus, " alis dentatis, nigris, albo 

 maculatis .... omnibus fascia arcuata coccinea : habitat in Europa, 

 Asia, America." 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 504. n. 258 (1775); Sp. Ins. p. 90. 

 n. 397 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 49. n. 479 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 118. n. 362 (1793). 



Germany. (Obtained from Herr J. J. Becker) B.M. 



There are two specimens of P. Atalanta in the Banksian Collection. 



4. Pyrameis Gonerilla. 



Papilio (N. G.) Gonerilla, Fabricius, " alis dentatis, nigris, albo 

 maculatis, fascia communi rufa, posticis ocellis quatuor : habitat in 

 nova Zelandia." Donovan, Ins. New Holland, pi. 25. fig. 2 (1805). 

 Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 498. n. 237 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 82. 



n. 361 (1781). 



P.Generilla (sic), Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 44. n. 437 (1787); Ent. 

 t. iii. p. 103. n. 317 (1793). 



Rangitauharuru, New Zealand. (Presented 1853, by the Rev. 



W. Colenso) B.M. 



The type specimen of P. Gonerilla is in the Banksian Collection. 



5. Pyrameis Itea. 



Papilio (N. G.) Itea, Fabricius, " alis dentatis, nigris ; anticis 

 fascia punctisque flavis, posticis disco rufo, ocellis quatuor : habi- 

 tat in nova Zelandia." Donovan, Ins. New Holland, pi. 26. fig. 1 

 (1805). 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 498. n. 238 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 82. 

 n. 362 (1781); Mant. Ins. p. 45. n. 438 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. 

 p. 103. n. 318 (1793). 



New Holland. (Presented 1821, by Lieut. Mountnorris) B.M. 

 The type specimen of P. Itea is in the Banksian Collection. 



1. Vanessa lo. 



Genus 34. VANESSA, Fabricius, 

 Illiger's Magaz. vi. p. 281 (1808). 



Papilio (N. G.) lo, Linnceus, " alis angulato-dentatis (fulvis), ni- 

 gro maculatis, singulis ocello caeruleo : habitat in Urtica, humulo." 



