216 CATALOGUE OP DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



Genus 9. THESTIAS, Boisduval, 

 Suit. Buff. i. p. 590 (1836). 



1. Thestias Mariannae. 



Papilio (D. C.) Sesia (part.), Fabritius[~P . Marianne, Cramer], " alis 

 rotuudatis, albis, apiee (medio fulvo) nigris ; posticis subtus maculis 

 septem ocellaribus albis." Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 217. figs, D, E (1782). 



Fabrieius, Mant. Ins. p. 22. n. 234 (1787). 



Ceylon. (Presented 1852, by E. Templeton, Esq., collected by- 

 Mrs. Templeton) B.M. 



Abundant in the Himalayas, according to Capt. Lang (P. Z. S. 

 1865). 



In Mr. Salvin's copy of the ' Species Ge'neral ' is the following 

 note by Mr. Doubleday : " Thestias Mariannce, Cr., Jones's Ic. ; P. 

 Sesia, Fabr. MS." There is a specimen of this species labelled " P. 

 Sesia" in the Banksian Collection in the British Museum. 



2. Thestias Pyrene. 



5 . Papilio (D. C.) JEnippe, Cramer [P. Pyrene $ , Linnceus], " alis 

 rotuudatis, flavis*, omnibus subtus punctis ocellaribus, anticis sex, 

 posticis septem : habitat in China." Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 105. figs. C, I) 

 (1779). 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 48. n. 207 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 22. 

 n. 237 (1787); Ent. Syst. iii. p. 204. n. 639 (1793). 



(S y China (presented 1842, by Mrs. Mason) ; , Bhotan (presented 

 1860, by the Hon. East-India Comp.). B.M. 



According to Capt. Lang (P. Z. S. 1865) the larva of this species 

 feeds on Oappetris. 



8. Thestias Ehexia. PI. I. fig. 5 ( $ ). 



c? . Papilio (D. C.) Hhexia, Fabricius, " alis rotundatis, integer- 

 rimis, albis, apice (medio fulvo) nigris ; singulis subtus puncto medio 

 atro : habitat in Sierra Leon." 



$ . Papilio (D. F.) Pirithoiis, Fabrieius, " affinis videtur P. Niavio f 

 Linn., al^e antica3 supra fuscas, fascia media obliqua albicante maeu- 

 laque alba ad marginem tenuiorem, qua3 a disco albo alarum posti- 

 carum excipitur ; posticae disco albo, limbo fusco : subtus omnes 

 albidas, atomis parvis fuscis irrorataB : habitat in America borealL" 

 Ponovan, Nat. Rep. ii. pi. 54 (1824). 



Fabrieius, Syst. Ent. pp. 476, 483, n. 145, 179 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. 

 pp. 48, 59, n. 208, 261 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. pp. 23, 28, n. 238, 

 300 (1787). 



As P. Evippe (syn.), Fabrieius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 205. n. 640 (part.) 

 (1793). 



c? , Nepal (presented 1867, by Dr. Wright, of the British Museum); 

 $ , China, B.M. 



* Flavo-albidis. 



