CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. L'7f> 



Genus 8. EPARGYREUS, Hulner, 

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



1. Epargyreus Mathias. PL III. fig. 8. 



Hesperia (U.) Mathias, Fabricius, " alls ecaudatis, fuscis; anticis 

 utrinque hyalino maculatis ; posticis subtus punctis albis : habitat 

 in India." 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. suppl. p. 433. n. 289, 290 (1798). 



Ceylon. (Presented 1860, by Dr. Templeton) B.M. 



2. Epargyreus Niso. 



Papilio (P. U.) Niso, Linnwus, "alis integerrimis, subreversis, 

 fuscis ; primoribus supra punctis quatuor albis sparsis ; affinis ni- 

 mium P. Tages : habitat ad Cap. bon. spei," Linn. ; " in America," 

 Fabr. 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 535. n. 399 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 138. 

 n. 644 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 92. n. 832 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 354. n. 347 (1793). 



Zoolu, S. Africa. (Presented 1848, by G. F. Angas, Esq.) B.M. 



There is one specimen labelled "P. Niso?" and agreeing with 

 the Linnaean type, in the Banksian Collection ; an allied species 

 with two white spots in the hind wings is figured in Jones's 

 ' Icones.' 



3. Epargyreus Nero. PL II. fig. 13. 



Hesperia (U.) Nero, Fabricius, " alis ecaudatis, fuscis ; anticis 

 hyalino maculatis ; posticis subtus striga interrupta alba : habitat 

 in America? insulis." 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. suppl. p. 433. n. 289, 290 (1798). 



St. Domingo. (Obtained 1855, collected by Mr. Tweedie) B.M. 



4. Epargyreus Ethlius. 



Hesperia (U.) Chemnis, Fabricius [P. Ethlius, Cramer], " alis sub- 

 caudatis, fuscis, hyalino maculatis margineque postico flavo : habitat 

 in Indiis." Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 392. figs. A, B (1782) ; Donovan, Ins. 

 Lid. pi. 49. fig. 1 (1800). 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 331. n. 257 (1793). 



Pernambuco. (Presented 1845, by Mrs. J. P. G. Smith) B.M. 



5. Epargyreus Phineus. 



Papilio (P. U.) Phineus, Cramer, " alis subangulatis, divaricatis, 

 fuscis, fascia nava anticarum interrupta : habitat Surinam!. "' Pap. 

 Exot. ii. pi. 176. fig. E (1779). 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 132. n. 601 (1781); Mant. Ins. p. 85. 



n. 770 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 329. n. 247 (1793). 

 Var. East Indies. (Obtained 1849, from Herr J. J. Becker) B.M. 



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