286 CATALOGUE OF DTFJINAL LT3PIDOPTERA. 



Fabndus, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 336. n. 278 (1793). 

 Jamaica. (Obtained 1845, from Mr. Gosse) B.M. 



Donovan's figure of P. Mithridates is extravagantly coloured ; the 

 bands upon the insect itself scarcely show, excepting in a bright 

 light, and are of a glossy deep purple colour. 



2. Achlyodes Busiris. 



Papilio (P. U.) ^ebsildus, Fabridus [P. Busiris, Cramer], " alis ecau- 

 datis, fusco atroque variis ; posticis subtus augulo ani flavo : habitat 

 in America." Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 261. figs. A-C (1782). 



Fabridus, Mant. Ins. p. 89. n. 805 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 343. 

 n. 305 (1793). 



Rio Janeiro. (Obtained 1850, from the voyage of H.M.S. * Rattle- 

 snake,' collected by Mr. John Macgillivray) B.M. 



3. Achlyodes Thrasibulus. 



Hesperia (U.) Thrasibulus, Fabridus, " alis integerrimis, atris, 

 lunulis ca9ruleis ; posticis subtus angulo ani cinereo, fusco punctato : 

 habitat in Indiis." Donovan, Ins. Ind. pi. 49. fig. 4 (1800). 

 Fabridus, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 346. n. 315 (1793). 



Santarem, Lower Amazons. (Obtained 1853, collected by H. W. 



Bates, Esq.) B.M. 



4. Achlyodes Curtius. 



Hesperia (U.) Curtius, Fabridus, " alis integerrimis, concoloribus 

 nigris ; anticis punctis quatuor albis ; posticis immaculatis : habitat 

 Surinami." 



Fabridus, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 354. n. 344 (1793). 



Not in the British-Museum collection ; it seems, from the form of 

 its antennae, as shown in Donovan's unpublished drawing, to belong 

 to this genus. 



Genus 17. NISONIADES, Ilubner, 

 Verz. beJc.Schmett. p. 108 (1816). 



1. Nisoniades Catullus. 



Hesperia (U.) Catullus, Fabridus, " alis rotundatis, integerrimis, 

 atris ; anticis albo punctatis ; posticis striga punctorum alborum : 

 habitat in Indiis." Donovan, Ins. Ind. pi. 50. fig. 4 (1800). 

 Fabridus, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 348. n. 323 (1793). 



Not in the collection of the British Museum. 



2. Nisoniades Tages. 



Papilio (P. U.) Tages, Linnceus, " alis denticulatis, divaricatis, 

 fuscis, obsolete albo punctatis : habitat in Europa." 



Fabridus, Syst. Ent. p. 535. n. 398 (1775); Sp. Ins. p. 138. 



