84 CATALOGUE OP DIURNAL LEPIDOPTEHA. 



Fabricius quotes Drury's P. Pelarga (a Junonia) as a synonym of 

 P. Laoihoe. 



3. Myscelia Orsis. 



Papilio (N.) Oisis (sic), Fabricius [P. Orsis, Drury~\, " alls angulatis 

 caeruleis ; margine anticarumque macula atris, subtus obscuris : ha- 

 bitat in Indus." III. iii. pi. 16. fig. 3 (1782). 



2 . Papilio (N.) Blandina, Fabricius, " alis dentatis atris albo ma- 

 culatis ; anticis stria baseos, posticis striga marginali caBruleis : 

 habitat in Indiis." Donov. Ins. Ind. pi. 30. fig. 3 (1800). 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pp. 124, 129, n. 378, 397 (1793). 



Brazil. (Obtained 1844, from Mr. Argent) B.M. 



Genus 38. EPICALIA, Westwood, 

 Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 256 (1850). 



1. Epicalia Medea. 



Papilio (N. P.) Medea, Fabricius, " alis dentatis, falcatis, nigris ; 

 fasciis tribus macularibus flavis, angulo ani rubro : habitat in 

 India." P. Chione, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. 90. figs. E, F (1779). 

 Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 508. n. 273 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 96. n. 

 422 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 52. n. 512 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 129. n. 396 (1793). 

 Para". (Presented 1845, by Mrs. J. P. G. Smith) B.M. 



The type specimen of P. Medea (not quoted by Fabricius) is in the 

 Banksian Collection ; the genus Epicalia seems in some respects to 

 come near Diadema. 



2. Epicalia Antiochus. 



Papilio (D. F.) Antiochus, Linnceus, " alis integerrimis, rotun- 

 datis, nigris ; supra fascia communi fulva ; habitat in China." P. 

 Eupalemon, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 143. figs. B, C (1779) ; P. 

 Antiochus, Donovan, Ins. China, pi. 33. fig. 2 (1798). 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 480. n. 164 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 53. n. 

 233 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 26. n. 270 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 44. n. 134 (1793). 



Ega, Upper Amazons. (Obtained 1851 ; collected by H. W. Bates) 



B.M. 



There is one shattered specimen of P. Antiochus in the Banksian 

 Collection. 



3. Epicalia Numilia. 



<$ . Papilio (D. F.) Numilius, Fabricius [Numilia, Cramer], " alis 

 integerrimis atris, anticis maculis duabus, posticis unica fulvis : ha- 

 bitat in Brasilia." Pap. Exot. i. pi. 81. figs. E, F (1799) ; Donovan, 

 Nat. Rep. ii. pi. 55 (1824). 



