264 ' CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



Subgenus 4. MYSCELUS, Hubner, 

 Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 110 (1816). 



1. Myscelus nobilis. 



Papilio (P. U.) Salus, Fabricius [P. nobilis, Cramer], "alia dentatis, 

 fulvis, nigro maculatis maculisque aliquot fenestratis : habitat Suri- 

 nami." Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 308. figs. A, B (1779). 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 135. n. 622 (1781); Mant. Ins. p. 88. 

 n. 801 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. in. p. 342. n. 300 (1793). 



Amazons, " Nauta." (Obtained 1858, collected by M. Degand) 



B.M. 



In his ' Ent. Syst.' Eabricius slightly altered his description of 

 this species, but did not quote Cramer's figure, to which his modi- 

 fied diagnosis perfectly applies. 



2. Myscelus Assaricus. 



Hesperia (U.) Alsarius, Fabricius[P. Assaricus, Cram er], "alls den- 

 tatis, atris ; anticis maculis flavis albisque, posticis disco flavo 

 punctis nigris : habitat in Indiis." Pap. Eccot. iii. pi. 261. figs. 

 E, G (1782). 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 343. n. 303 (1793). 



Brazil*. (Obtained 1842) B.M. 



P. Assaricus is referred, in the ' Genera,' to the genus Pyrrho- 

 pyga. 



Genus 2. PEOTEIDES, Hubner, 

 Verz. beJc. Schmett. p. 105 (1816). 



1. Proteides Epitus. 



Papilio (P. U.) Epitus, Cramer, " alis subcaudatis, fuscis, flavo 

 maculatis ; posticis subtus fascia argentea : habitat Surinami." Pap. 

 Exot. iv. pi. 343. figs. E, E (1782). 



Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 86. n. 778 (1787); Ent. Syst. iii. 

 p. 332. n. 261 (1793). 



Tapajos, Lower Amazons. (Obtained 1854, collected by H. W. 



Bates, Esq.) B.M. 



2. Proteides Coridon. PI. III. fig. 6. 



<5 . Papilio (P. U.) Coridon, Fabricius, " alis subcaudatis, fuscis ; 

 anticis flavo maculatis ; posticis subtus fusco glaucoque variis : ha- 

 bitat in Jamaica." Hesperia Adela, Hewitson, Exot. Butterf. iii. 

 Hesp. pi. 1. figs. 1-3 (1867). 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 533. n. 385 (1775). 



* This species bears a label with the name "P. Janthibaris, Latr.," inscribed 

 upon it. 



