146 CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



Genus 10. HELICOPIS, Fabricius, 

 Illiger's Magaz. vi. p. 285 (1808). 



1. Helicopis Endymion. 



Papilio (P. E.) Acis, Fabricius [P. Endymion, Cramer], " alls sex- 

 dentato-caudatis, albis, limbo atro, posticis snbtus maculis argenteis : 

 habitat Surinami." Pap. Eocot. iii. pi. 244. figs. C-F (1782). 

 Fabricius, Sp. Ins. app. p. 504 (1782). 



P. (P. E.) Gnidus, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 64. n. 607 (1787) ; 

 Ent. Syst. iii. p. 258. n. 1 (1793). 



Para, Lower Amazons. (Presented 1845, by Mrs. J. P. G. Smith) 



B.M. 



2. Helicopis Cupido. 



Papilio (P. E.) Cupido, Linnceus, " alis posticis sexdentato-cauda- 

 tis; subtus albidis, maculis argenteis : habitat in Gossypio Americes." 

 Petiver, GazopJiylacium, i. pi. 10. fig. 9 (1702). 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 518. n. 320 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 112. 

 n. 488 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 64. n. 606 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 258. n. 1 (1793). 



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



There is one specimen of P. Cupido in the Banksian Collection in 

 the British Museum. 



Genus 11. AOTEEOS, Hubner, 

 Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 77 (1816). 



1. Anteros Formcsus. 



Papilio (P. E.) Formosus, Cramer, " alis bicaudatis, fuscis ; subtus 

 flavescentibus sanguineo auroque maculatis : habitat Surinami." Pap. 

 Exot. ii. pi. 118. fig. G (1779). 



Papilio (P. E.) Croesus, Fabricius, " alis caudatis, fuscis ; subtus 

 flavescentibus maculis rubris auro foetis : habitat Surinami." 

 Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 117. n. 518, 522 (1781). 



P. Valens, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 67. n. 639, 644 (1787) ; Ent. 

 Syst. pp. 273, 274, n. 55, 60 (1793). 



Santarem, Lower Amazons. (Obtained 1853, collected by H. "W. 



Bates, Esq.) B.M. 



2. Anteros Archaeus. 



Papilio (H. E.) Archasus, Cramer, " alis subbicaudatis, fuscis, ma- 

 culis flavis ; subtus flavis auro maculatis : habitat in India." Pap. 

 Exot. iv. pi. 352. figs. G, H (1781) ; P. Achaeus (sic), Donovan, Ins. 

 Ind. pi. 41. fig. 4 (1800). 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 273. n. 53 (1793). 



Tabatinga, Upper Amazons. (Obtained 1858, collected by H. W. 



Bates, Esq.) B.M. 



Donovan's figure of this species is better than Cramer's. 



