114 CATALOGUE OF T)ITTBNAL LBPIDOPTERA. 



The P. Columbina of Cramer is only a slight variety of P. Pha- 

 lantha ; P. Pandora seems to be a variety of P. Columbina, Eabr. 



Genus 70. MESSARAS, E. Doubleday, 

 Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 163 (1848). 



1. Messaras Erymanthis. 



Papilio (N. P.) Erymanthis, Drury, " alls dentatis, Mvis ; anticis 

 apice nigris, fascia flava ; posticis supra lunulis, subtus striga punc- 

 torum ocellatorum: habitat in China." III. i. pi. 15. figs. 3, 4 

 (1770) ; Donovan, Ins. China, pi. 37. fig. 2 (1798). 



Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 56. n. 553 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 139. 



n. 427 (1793). 

 Borneo. (Obtained 1856, sent by Capt. Brooke) B.M. 



According to Mr. Swinhoe M. Erymanthis is a solitary species and 

 frequents flowers (P. Z. S. 1866). 



The Fabrician type is in the Banksian Collection in the British 

 Museum. 



2. Messaras Prosope. 



Papilio (N. P.) Prosope, Fabricius, " alls dentatis, fuscis ; fascia 

 communi fulva, anticarum punctis duobus nigris : habitat in Nova 

 Hollandia." Donovan, Ins. New Holland, pi. 27. fig. 2 (1805). 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 504. n. 260 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 91. 



n. 400 (1781). 



P. Grosope (sic), Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 49. n. 483 (1783) ; Ent. 

 Syst. iii. p. 120. n. 367 (1793). 



Rockingham Bay, Australia. (Obtained 1850, from the voyage 

 of H.M.S. ' Rattlesnake/ collected by Mr. Macgillivray) B.M. 



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



3. Messaras Lampetia. 



Papilio (N. G.) Lampetia, Linnceus, " alis dentatis, fuscis ; anticis 

 fascia fulva ; posticis ocellis sex csecis : habitat in India orientali." 

 Clerck, Icon. pi. 39. fig. 2 (1764). 



Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 36. n. 378 (1787); Ent. Syst. iii. 

 p. 93. n. 290 (1793). 



Amboina. (Obtained 1859, collected by A. R. Wallace, Esq.) 



B.M. 



Genus 71. HYP ANTS, Boisduval, 

 Fauna Ent. de Madag. p. 55 (1833). 

 1. Hypanis Ilithyia. 



Papilio (N. P.) Ilithuia (sic), Fabricius [P. Ilithyia, Drury], " alis 

 dentatis, fulvis nigro fasciatis ; posticis subtus fasciis albis nigro ma- 

 culatis : habitat in India orientali." III. ii. pi. 17. figs. 1, 2 (1773). 



