CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 87 



$ . Papilio Laodamia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 130. fig. A 

 (1776). 



Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 25. n. 266 (1787). 



rf , Brazil (presented 1845, by W. F. Evans, Esq.) ; $ (1844, 

 by the Entomological Club). B.M. 



There are two specimens labelled P. Arethusa in the Banksian Col- 

 lection ; this species is figured by Donovan, ' Nat. Rep.' i. pi. 2. fig. 

 48 (1824). 



2. Peridromia Arethusa. 



c? . Papilio (D. F.) Arethusus, Fabricius, nee Drury [Arethusa, 

 Cramer}, " alis integerrimis atris cseruleo maculatis, posticis subtus 

 punctis sanguineis : habitat in Surinami." Pap. Exot. i. pi. 77. figs. 

 E, F (1779). 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 53. n. 231 (1781) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 43. 



n. 130 (1793). 

 Venezuela, rf . (Obtained 1846-47, from Mr. Dyson) B.M. 



This species is well figured in Dr. BoisduvaFs ' Species General 

 des Lepidopteres,' pi. 23 (7 c), fig. 5; it differs from Cramer's 

 figure of P. Laodamia in the form of the front-wing band. 



Genus 41. DIDONIS*, Westwood, 

 Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 405 (1851). 



1. Didonis Biblis. 



Papilio (N. P.) Biblis, Fabricius, " alae omnes atrae, anticis loco 

 fasciae pallidioribus ; posticis fascia e maculis septem sanguineis, 

 apice emarginatis : habitat in America." P. Hyperia, Cramer, Pap. 

 Exot. iii. pi. 236. figs. E, F (1782). 



Fabricius, Syst. nt. p. 505. n. 261 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 91. n. 

 401 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 49. n. 482 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. 

 p. 119. n. 365 (1793). 



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



The type of P. Biblis is in the Banksian Collection in the British 

 Museum. 



Genus 42. SYMPH^EDRA, Hubner, 

 Verz. beJc. Schmett. p. 39 (1816). 



1. Symphaedra Thyelia. 

 Papilio (N.) Thyelia, Fabricius, " alis dentatis fulvis nigro macu- 



* Mr. Bates has pointed out the affinities of this genus ; the type of Hiibner'e 

 Didonis is an Elymnias, 



