178 CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



Aberr. Papilio (P. It.) Nais, Cramer, " alis dentatis, subcaudatis, 

 basi argentatis aureo striatis : habitat ad Cap. bon. spei." Pap. 

 Eacot. i. pi. 47. figs. D, E (1779). 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 524. n. 344 (1775); Sp. Ins. p. 122. 

 n. 546, 547 (1781); Mant. Ins. p. 71. n. 677, 678 (1787); 

 Ent. Syst. iii. p. 292. n. 114, 115 (1793). 



Interior of South Africa. (Presented 1840, by Sir Andrew Smith) 



B.M. 



There are two shattered specimens (possibly P. Palmus of Cramer) 

 in the Banksian Collection in the British Museum. P. Nais is inter- 

 mediate between P. Tliysbe proper and the insect figured in the 

 ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society,' pi. 17. fig. 5 (1868). 



4. Zeritis Zeuxo. 



Papilio (P. R.) Zeuxo, Linnceus, " alis integris, disco fulvo, nigro 

 maculato ; anticis subtus argenteo maculatis : habitat in Africa." 

 Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 527. n. 357 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 127. 

 n. 574 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 82. n. 737 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 314. n. 189 (1793). 



Cape Town, S. Africa. (Obtained 1868, collected by Roland 



Trimen, Esq.) B.M. 

 Z. Zeuxo is figured in Jones's ' Icones.' 



5. Zeritis Lucanus. 



5 . Hesperia (R.) Lucanus, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis, nigris, 

 disco flavo ; posticis subtus rubris, maculis quadratis fuscis : ha- 

 bitat in Indus." Donovan, Ins. Ind. pi. 43. fig. 4 (1800). 

 Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 322. n. 221 (1793). 



e? ? , Australia. (Obtained 1846, from Herr J. J. Becker) B.M. 



The figure of the under surface of P. Lucanus in Jones's ' Icones ' 

 seems far too highly coloured. 



6. Zeritis Lara. 



Papilio (P. R.) Lara, Linnceus, " alis integerrimis, subtestaceis ; 

 supra anticis uniocellatis, posticis biocellatis : habitat in Africa." 

 Fabricius, Si/st. Etit. p. 528. n. 358 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 127. 

 n. 575 (1781); Mant. Ins. p. 82. n. 729 (1787); Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 315. n. 191 (1793). 



Cape Town, S. Africa. (Obtained 1860, collected by Roland 



Trimen, Esq.) B.M. 



