524 PROF. J. O. WESTWOOD ON THE URANIIDA. 
which did not, however, appear to me to be specifically distinct from C. rhipheus. Such 
is also the opinion of M. Lucas, who states that all the transitional forms occur be- 
tween U. rhipheus and U. cresus. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. [5] vi. pp. exxvii, exxviii. 
Genus 8. ALcrp1aA, Westw. 
(Details, Plate LXXXV. figs. 17, 18.) 
Alcidis, Hiibner (Verz. 1816) ; Guenée, Sp. Gén. ix. p. 13 (nec Alcides, Dalm. 1826, Gen. Curcul.). 
Nyctalemon (pars prior), Dalman, Walker, List B.M. Lep. Het. i. p.7; Boisduval, Rev. Zool. 1874, 
p- 17. 
Sp. 1 (12). Axcrpra orontEs. 
Papilio orontes, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 750; Clerck, Icon. pl. 26. f.1; Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pl. 83. 
figs. A, B; Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 710 (Urania o.); Hopfter, Neue Schm. Heft 2, tab. 11, 
figs. 1, 2. 
Alcidis orontiaria, Hiibner, Samml. exot. Schm., Lar., B. her. 3, f. 3, 4. 
Hab. Amboina, Ceram, Gilolo, New Guinea, Cape Grafton, north-east coast of New 
Holland. 
Sp. 2 (13). AuciDIA LIRIS. 
Alcidis liris, Felder, Wiener ent. Monatschr. Bd. iv. p. 250; Reise d. Novara, Lep. pl. exxi. fig. 2. 
Hab. Batchian (Wallace). 
Sp. 3 (14). ALcIDIA ARNUS. 
Alcidis arnus, Felder, Reise d. Novara, Lep. pl. exxi. fig. 1. 
Hab. Insula Aru? (Lorguin). In Mus. Brit. &c. 
Sp. 4 (15). ALcrpia cyDNus. 
Nyctalemon cydnus, Felder, in Wiener ent. Monatsch. ii. pl. 3. f. 1, p. 179. 
Var. With band of hind wings very broad, extending nearly to the anal angle (Aru). 
An NV. metaurus, Hopff.? 
Hab. Dorey, New Guinea (Mus. Brit.) ; Polynesia? (Felder). 
Sp. 5 (16). ALcrp1a zopaIca. 
Nyctalemon zodaica, Butler, in Entom. M. Mag. vol. v. p. 273. 
“39. Ale supra nigre, ad basin virescentes, fascia media communi lata aureo-viridi ; 
anticee fascia altera lineolari subapicali, pallidiore striolisque costalibus ad basin aureo- 
albidis ; posticee cauda ceruleo-alba, ciliis albis; macula squamisque submarginalibus 
analibus, corpus virescens abdomine pallidiori. Ale subtus pallide virescentes, fasciis 
fere velut in WV. orontiaria, Hiibner (orontes, Linn.), maculis autem posticis subapica- 
libus in margine subrotundatis viridibus; corpus thorace albido, abdomine aurantiaco, 
cirris maris perlongis ochreis. Expans. alar. une. 4, lin. 7.” 
