CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 145 



Id. ? Brazil. (Obtained 1840, from Mr. Children's collection) B.M. 



The description of P. Licursis applies exactly to Z. Xantippe ; the 

 difference of locality cannot be much depended upon. 



Genus 7. MONETHE, Westwood, 

 Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 462 (1851). 



1. Monethe Alphonsus. 



Hesperia (R.) Alphonsus, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis, atris ; an- 

 ticis maculis duabus, posticis unica baseos, flavis : habitat Surinami." 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 308, n. 171 (1793). 

 Eio Janeiro. (Obtained 1850) BM. 



2. Monethe ? Helius. 



Papilio (P. U.) Helius, Cramer, " alis subdivaricatis, fuscis ; pos- 

 ticis margine interiore fulvis : habitat Surinami." Pap. Exot. iii. 

 pi. 198. fig. B (1781 ?). 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 132 n. 602 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 85. 

 n. 771 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 329. n. 248 (1793). 



Not in the British-Museum collection. 



Genus 8. RODINIA, Westwood, 

 Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 430 (1851). 



1. Rodinia Lysippus. 



Papilio (P. R.) Lysippus, Linnceus, "alis angulatis, fuscis, omni- 

 bus striga rubra ; subtus cinereo punctatis : habitat in America." 

 ClercJc, Icon. pi. 22. fig. 2 (1764). 



Fabricius, Syst. Etit. p. 529. n. 365 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 129. 

 n. 588 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 83. n. 753 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 321. n. 216 (1793). 



Para, Lower Amazons. (Obtained 1850*, collected by H. W. Bates, 



Esq.) B.M. 



Genus 9. AMARYNTHIS, Hubner, 

 Verz. belc. Schmett. p. 26 (1816). 



1. Amarynthis Maecenas. 



$ . Hesperia (11.) Maecenas, Fabricius, " alis oblongis, concoloribus 

 nigris, fascia communi lineolaque anticarum sanguineis : habitat in 

 insula Guadeloupe." 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 306. n. 160 (1793). 



Not in the British-Museum collection. 



P. Mcecenas seems to differ from the P. Meneria of South America 

 in having no white spots upon the upper surface of the wings. 



