148 FRANCIS HEMMING 



As shown above, this name was published in two Original Spellings, Discophora and Dis- 

 cophorus, each of these spellings being used on the legend of a plate. In the six-page pamphlet 

 entitled " Explication des Planches " only the spelling Discophora is used. When used by 

 later authors, it was the " -a " termination which was used. The first author formally to act 

 as First Reviser was Scudder who in 1875 (Proc. amer. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10 : 158) 

 deliberately adopted the spelling Discophora, at the same time rejecting the spelling Disco- 

 phorus. 



The taxon represented by the nominal species Discophora menetho Boisduval is currently 

 treated subjectively on taxonomic grounds as being the same as that represented by the older- 

 established nominal species Papilio celinde Stoll, [1790] (Aanhangs. Werk Uitl. Kapellen 

 Pieter Cramer : 164, pi. 37, fig. 1). 



DISCOPHORUS Boisduval, [1836], (Roret's Suite a Buffon), Hist. nat. Ins., Consid. gen. 

 1 Lepid. : pi. 4 [ = pl. 4A], fig. 12 (an Incorrect Original Spelling of Discophora Boisduval, 

 [1836]). 



DISCOPHUS Mabille, 1903, in Wytsman's Gen. Ins. 17 (A) : 30 (an Incorrect Subsequent 

 Spelling of Dyscophns Burmeister, 1878). 



DISMENITIS Haensch, 1903, Berl. enl. Z. 48 : 207. Type-species by original designation : 

 Ithomia zavaleta Hewitson, [1854], III. exot. Butts 1 : [35], pi. [18], fig. 49. 



DISMORPHIA Hiibner, 1816, Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (1) : 10. Type-species by selection by 

 Butler (1870, Cistula ent. 1 : 54) : Papilio laia Cramer, [1779], Uitl. Kapellen 3 (20) : 68, 

 pi. 232, figs C, D. 



DISPAR Waterhouse & Lyall, 1914, Butts Australia : 8, 174, 197. Type-species by original 

 designation (: 197) : Telesto compacta Butler, 1882, Ann. mag. nat. Hist. (5) 9 : 87. 



DISPARIA Verity, 1943, Farfalle diurn. d'ltal. 2 : 21, 58. Type-species by original designation : 

 Papilio dispar [Haworth], 1802, Prodr. hep. brit. : 3 et nota. 



This name is invalid, as it is a junior homonym of Disparia Nagano, 1916 {Bull. Nawa ent. 

 Lab. 1:3). 



DIXEIA Talbot, 1932, Entomologist 65 : 36. Type-species by original designation : Pieris 



charina Boisduval, [1836], (Roret's Suite a Buffon), Hist. nat. Ins., Consid. gen. 1 Lepid- : 525. 



The taxon represented by the nominal species Pieris charina Boisduval is commonly 



treated on subjective taxonomic grounds as a subspecies of the taxon represented by the 



nominal species Pieris doxo Godart, [1819] (Ency. mSth. 9 (Ins.) (1) : 123). 



DOBERES Godman & Salvin, [1895], Biol, centr .-amer . , Lep. Rhop. 2 : 407. Type-species 

 by monotypy : Helias mexicana Felder (C.) & Felder (R.), [1867], Reise Fregatte " Novara " 

 (3) : 531, pi. 73, fig. 20. 



DODONA Hewitson, [1861], III. exot. Butts 2 : [91]. Type-species by selection by Scudder 

 (1875, Proc. amer. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10 : 158) : Melitaea durga Kollar, [1844], in 

 Hiigel's Kashmir 4 (2) : 441, pi. 13, figs 3, 4. 



DODONIDIA Butler, March 1884, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 13 : 172. Type-species by original 

 designation : Dodonidia helmsii Butler, 1884, ibid. (5) 13 : 172, fig. (underside). 



The name Dodonidia was published as a new name twice in 1884 : first, in March in the 

 serial cited above ; second, in July (New Zealand J . Sci. 2 (4) : 159). 



Butler, in designating the type-species of this genus, specified the taxon concerned as 

 helmsii Fereday, without mentioning a generic name. This arose from the peculiar circum- 

 stance that this name was actually published by Fereday without a generic name. The 

 specific name helmsii was published in 1883 (Trans. N.Z. Inst. 15 : 193) under the formula 

 " Genus (?) helmsii ", Fereday explaining (: 195) that he did not venture to assign this species 

 to any known genus. As published in this way, the name helmsii is invalid under Article 

 11(g) (ii), which requires that a species-group name must be published in combination with a 

 genus-group name. 



