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tidissimis ; subtus nigris albo maculatis : habitat in India orientali." 

 Nila, Horsfield. 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 285. n. 94 (1793). 



Ceylon. (Obtained 1857) B.M. 



Subgenus 3. SCOLITANTIDES*, Hiibner, 

 Verz. beh. Schmett. p. 68 (1816). 



1. Scolitantides Hylus. 



Papilio (P. B.) Hylus, Denis, " alis integris, lunula media punc- 

 tisque marginalibus nigris ; subtus cinereis, punctis ocellaribus : ha- 

 bitat in Austria." P. Amphion, Esper, Eur. Schmett. i. pt. 2. pi. 53. 

 fig. 1 (1777). 



Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 75. n. 696 (1787); Ent. Syst. iii. 

 p. 300. n. 136 (1793). 



Germany. (Obtained 1841, by Herr J. J. Becker) B.M. 



2. Scolitantides Battus. 



Papilio (P. E.) Sedi, Fabricius [P. Battus, Denis, 1775], " alis 

 caudatis, cseruleis, margine albo maculato ; subtus albis, maculis 

 quadratis nigris fasciaque rufa : habitat in Sedo Telephio GermaniaB." 

 Naturforscher, ix. pi. 1. figs. 4, 5 (1776). 



Papilio (H.K.) Battus, Denis, " alis integris, nigris, caeruleo nitidis ; 

 subtus albidis punctis atris numerosis, posticis fascia fulva continua : 

 habitat in Germanias Sedo Telephio." 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 121. n. 538 (1781). 



P. Bathus (sic), Fabricius, Mant. Ins. pp. 70, 76, n. 669, 697 

 (1787). 



P. Battus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pp. 286, 300, n. 98, 137 (1793). 



Tyrol. (Presented 1843, by Dr. Dowler) B.M. 



The type of P. Battus is in the Banksian Collection in the British 

 Museum. 



Subgenus 4. LYC^ENA. 



Species typicdles. 

 1. Lycaena Erinus. 



Papilio (P. R.) Erinus, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis, fuscis, subtus 

 cinereis ; anticis angulo postico puncto gemino nigro : habitat in 

 Nova Hollandia." L. bimaculosa, LeacJi ; P. Erinus, Donovan, Ins. 

 New Holland, pi. 31. fig. 3 (1805). 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 525. n. 348 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 124. 

 n. 555 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 77. n. 704 (1787); Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 302. n. 145 (1793). 



Australia. (Obtained 1858, collected by Mr. E. Darnel) B.M. 



* All the species of this group have a peculiar type of coloration, the fringe 

 of the wings being alternated with black and white, and the spots of the under- 

 surface large and black. 



