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nigricantibus maculis fulvis ; subtus maculis argcnteis : habitat in 

 Africa." 



Papilio (N. P.) Erosine, Fabricius, " alis dentatis, fuscis ; anticis 

 punctis scptcm, posticis tribus rubris ; subtus anticis punctis tribus 

 argcnteis : habitat ad Cap. bon. spei." 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. pp. 513, 520, n. 299, 328 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. 

 pp. 96, 117, n. 418, 520 (1781); Mant. Ins. pp. 51, 67, 

 n. 506, 642 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 274. n. 57 (1793). 



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



Trimen, Esq.) B.M. 



Genus 14. ZERITIS, Boisduval, 

 Suit. Buff. i. pi. 6 c (1836). 



1. Zeritis Harpax. 



$ . Papilio (P. R.) Harpax, Fabricius, " alis caudatis, fulvis, nigro 

 maculatis ; subtus cinereis, punctis aureis : habitat in America." 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. app. p. 829. n. 327, 328 (1776) ; Sp. Ins. 

 p. 117. n. 521 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 67. n. 643 (1787) ; 

 Ent. Syst. iii. p. 274. n. 59 (1793). 



c? , S. Africa (presented 1861, by E. Jenner, Esq., entered in the 

 Register as " Z. calocircus, var. ? ") ; $ , Port Natal (obtained 1858, 

 collected by Mr. Guein/ius). B.M. 



This species varies much in size ; the smallest form is figured by 

 Hopffer in Peters's ' Reise nach Mossambique,' pi. 26. figs. 1-3 

 (1862) ; the habitat given (p. 404) is the south side of the east and 

 west coasts of Africa ; we have it from Whydah. 



2. Zeritis Perion. 



Papilio (P. R.) Perion, Cramer, " alis caudatis, fulvis, supra limbo 

 fasciisque fuscis ; subtus auro punctatis : habitat Surinami." Pap. 

 Exot. iv. pi. 379. figs. B, C (1782). 



Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 68. n. 645 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 275. 

 n. 61 (1793). 



c? 5 , Sierra Leone. (Obtained 1858, collected by James Fox- 

 croft) B.M. 



This species stands in the Linnsean collection labelled " P. Perion, 

 Pabr.," on the authority of Mr. Jones. It is nearly allied to P. 

 Harpax, which also extends into West Africa. Cramer's figure is 

 not good. 



3. Zeritis Thysbe. 



Papilio (P. R.) Thysbe, Linnceus, " alis denticulatis, subcaudatis, 

 fulvis, nigro maculatis ; posticis subtus striatis auroque maculatis : 

 habitat in Africa." 



