140 . CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTBBA. 



atro, striga caerulea ; posticis subtus fusco subfasciatis : habitat in 

 America." 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 322. n. 220 (1793). 



Brazil. (Obtained 1844) B.M. 



8. Mesosemia Ephyne. 



Papilio (D. F.) Ephynes, Fabricius [P. Ephyne, Cramer], " alis in- 

 tegerrimis, cseruleis purpureo fasciatis ; anticis utrinque ocello, infe- 

 riore tripupillato : habitat Surinami." Pap. Exot. i. pi. 93. figs. E, 

 F (1779). 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 68. n. 308 (1781); Mant. Ins. p. 34. 

 n. 357 (1787); Ent. Syst. iii. p. 224. n. 703 (1793). 



Not in the British Museum. 



P. EpTiyne seems to be closely allied to M. Misipsa of Hewitson. 



9. Mesosemia Hyphea. 



Papilio (D. F.) Hyphens, Fabricius [P. Hyphea, Cramer], " alis 

 integerrimis, concoloribus albis fusco fasciatis ; anticis ocello atro, 

 posticis csecis : habitat in India occidentali." Pap. Exot. i. pi. 92. 

 fig. C (1779). 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 67. n. 305 (1781); Mant. Ins. p. 34. 

 n. 355 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 223. n. 698 (1793). 



Para, Lower Amazons. (Obtained 1849, collected by H. "W. Bates, 



Esq.) B.M. 



10. Mesosemia Vanessa. 



Papilio (D.) Vanessa, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis, albis ; anticis 

 margine exteriore fusco punctoque atro ; posticis fusco strigosis : 

 habitat in America." Donovan, Nat. Hep. v. pi. 166 (1827). 

 Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 192. n. 597 (1793). 



Not in the British Museum. 



P. Vanessa seems to come near to P. Philemon of Cramer. 



11. Mesosemia Philemon. 



Papilio (P.R.) Icarus, Fabricius [P. Philemon, Cramer'], " alis inte- 

 gris, supra albis, fasciis fuscis, subtus fasciis albis nigrisque alternis : 

 habitat Surinami." Pap. Exot. i. pi. 22. figs. G, H (1775). 



Fabricius, Gen. Ins. p. 269. n. 348, 349 (1776) ; Sp. Ins. p. 124. 

 n. 556 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 77. 11. 705 (1787); Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 302. n. 146 (1793). 



Ega, Upper Amazons. (Obtained 1856, collected by H. W. Bates, 



Esq.) B.M. 



12. Mesosemia Tullia. 



Papilio (D. F.) Tullius, Fabricius, <" alis integerrimis, obscure 



