228 CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



variety from Canara. The type specimen is quoted by Fabricius 

 as in DaldorfPs collection, and, so far as can be judged from the 

 Fabrician writings, the species in that collection seem to have been 

 almost exclusively Asiatic. 



6. Terias Musa. 



Papilio (D.) Musa, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis, albis ; posticis 

 puncto medio nigro, subtus flavescentibus, punctis duobus : habitat 

 in India orientali." 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 195. n. 607 (1793). 



- Bogota. (Obtained 1856, from the collection of the late Mr. 



Stevens, of Bogota) B.M. 



This species is identical with the T. gentilis of Boisduval ; it is 

 figured in Jones's ' Icones ; ' otherwise the description might have 

 led one to suppose it synonymous with the P. Sinoe of Godart. 



7. Terias Messalina. 



Papilio (D. C.) Messalina, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis, rotundatis, 

 albis, apice nigris, subtus flavis, macula marginal! brunnea : habitat 

 in India." 



Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 22. n. 235 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. 

 p. 204. n. 638 (1793). 



Jamaica. (Obtained 1846, from Mr. Gosse) B.M. 



8. Terias Elathea. 



Papilio (D. C.) Elathea, Cramer, " alis rotundatis, integerrimis, 

 extimo nigris, anticis flavis, posticis albis, subtus cinereis : habitat 

 in America." Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 99. figs. C, D (1779). 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 44. n. 185 (1781); Mant. Ins. p. 20. 

 n. 209 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 196. n. 610 (1793). 



Jamaica. (Presented by Major-General Th. Hardwicke) B.M. 



9. Terias Agave. 



Papilio (I). C.) Agave, Cramer, " alis integerrimis, rotundatis, 

 flavis ; anticis apice supra nigris, subtus brunneis : habitat Caiennae." 

 Pap. Exot. i. pi. 20. figs. H, I (1775). 



Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 19. n. 202 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 193. 

 n. 599 (1793). 



Id. ? Brazil. (Presented by Dr. Andrew Sinclair) B.M. 



The Fabrician description of the above does not well characterize 

 the species figured by Cramer, the under surface of the wings in that 

 insect being white*, not brown. 



* The colour has turned nearly black. 



