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Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 97. n. 426 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 53. 



n. 519 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 131. n. 403 (1793). 

 Cape of Good Hope. (Obtained 1842, from Herr Drege) B.M. 



According to Dr. Boisduval, haunts woods and fields of manioc 

 (see ' Panne Ent. de Madag.'). 



This species is distinct from Cramer's P. Iliihya (sic), the Ceylon 

 form of which stands in the Banksian Collection (hence perhaps the 

 Fabrician locality) ; it has hitherto stood in many collections as 

 P. Polinice, Cramer, Drury's figure not being properly identified. 



Genus 72. EUPTOIETA, E. Doubleday, 

 Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 168 (1848). 



1. Euptoieta Hegesia. 



Papilio (N. P.) Bellona (part.), Fabricius [P. Hegesia, Cramer], 

 " alis dentatis, fulvis atro maculatis ; posticis subtus flavis, striga 

 punctorum fulvorum ocellatorum : habitat in America boreali." 

 Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 209. fig. E (1781 ?). 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 111. n. 484 (1781); Mant. Ins. p. 64. 



n. 600 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 148. n. 454 (1793). 

 P. Hegesia, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. suppl. p. 425. n. 454, 455 (1798). 



Jamaica. (Obtained ] 845, from Mr. Gosse) B.M. 



According to Mr. Bates (Journ. Entom. no. x. 1864), abundant in 

 open grassy tracts of country (or campos), flying slowly and settling 

 on flowering leguminous shrubs and other plants, never seen in the 

 forests. 



Genus 73. CYNTHIA, Fabricius, 

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



1. Cynthia Arsinoe. 



3 . Papilio (N. G.) Arsinoe, Cramer, " alis caudato-dentatis, fulvis 

 nigro maculatis ; posticis ocellis utrinque duobus : habitat in Am- 

 boina." Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 160. figs. B, C (1779). 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 78. n. 345 (1781) ; Mant Ins. p. 39. 

 n. 406 (1787); Ent. Syst. iii. p. 74. n. 233 (1793). 



Dorey, New Guinea. (Obtained 1859, collected by A. E. 



Wallace, Esq.) B.M. 



2. Cynthia Erota. 



$ . Papilio (N.) Erota, Fabricius, " alis subcaudatis, fuscis nigro 

 undatis fasciaque communi media alba; posticis utrinque ocellis 

 duobus : habitat in Africa." 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 76. n. 237 (1 793). 



d $ , Silhet. (Obtained 1845, from Mr. Sowerby) B.M. 



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