176 CATALOGUE OP DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



Fabricius altered the Linnaean description of P. TJiyra to suit the 

 West-African species P. Peri on, Cramer ; the " alis ecaudatis " of his 

 diagnosis is probably due to mutilation. 



6. Thestor Evadrus. 



$ . Papilio (P. II.) Evadrus, Fabricius, " alis ecaudatis, fuscis, 

 disco fulvo ; anticis subtus punctis argenteis subocellatis : habitat 

 ad Cap. bon. spei." 



Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 89. n. 806 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 343. 

 n. 306 (1793). 



tf 2 > Knysna, S. Africa. (Collected and presented, 1859, by 



Roland Trimen, Esq.) B.M. 



This species comes nearest to Cramer's P. Nycetus (Pap. Exot. iv. 

 pi. 380. figs. E, G), of which Eelder's N. Almeida is a slight variety ; 

 it seems, however, to be constantly larger, more brightly coloured 

 above, without dusky base to the wings, and with a distinct black 

 spot at the termination of the hind-wing cell. In the ' Genera of 

 Diurnal Lepidoptera ' P. Nycetus is made a synonym of Cramer's P. 

 Pierus ; the two insects, however, differ considerably in both sexes, 

 the latter being more nearly allied to Zeritis Layardii, Trimen, a 

 species scarcely distinct from P. Suetonius, Fabricius. 



Genus 10. SCOPTES*, Hubner, 

 Verz. beTc. Schmett. p. 111. n. 1199 (1816). 



1. Scoptes Alpheus. 



Papilio (P. U.) Alpheus, Cramer, " alis subcaudatis, atris, fascia 

 sanguinea ; subtus variegatis : habitat ad Cap. bon. spei." Pap. 

 Exot. ii. pi. 182. figs. E, E (1779). 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 133. n. 609 (1781); Mant. Ins. p. 86. 



n. 782 (1787). 

 P. Alphseus (sic}, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 333. n. 265 (1793). 



Cape Town, South Africa. (Obtained 1864, collected by Roland 



Trimen, Esq.) B.M. 



Genus 11. PHASIS, Hubner, 

 Verz, bek. Schmett. p. 73. n. 723 (1816). 



1. Phasis Rumina. 



Papilio (N. P.) Rumina, Linnaeus, " alis dentatis, variegatis ; supra 

 anticis punctis sex, posticis quatuor rubris ; alis ex coceineo, luteo, 

 argenteo nigroque variegatis : habitat in Europa australi." Drury, 

 III. i. pi. 2. fig. 1 (1770). 



Papilio (P. R.) Thero, Linnaeus, " alis dentatis, subbicaudatis, 



* Capys of Hewitson. 



