GENERIC NAMES OF BUTTERFLIES 285 



(Malac. monensis : 4, 59) and also of Melibaea Robineau-Desvoidv, 1848 {Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 

 (2) 5 (4) : 613). 



The taxon represented by the nominal species Erycina julia Saunders is currently treated 

 subjectively on taxonomic grounds as a subspecies of the taxon represented by the older- 

 established nominal species Papilio meliboeits Fabricius, 1777 (Gen. Ins. : 271). The taxon 

 represented by this Fabrician nominal species is, through a lectotype selection made by Hem- 

 ming in 1964 (Annot. lep. (4) : 129), objectively identical with that represented by the nominal 

 species Ancyluris pyrete Hiibner, [18 19], the type-species of the genus Ancyluris Hiibner, [1819]. 

 Accordingly, on the taxonomic view set out above, the name Melibaea Saunders, [1859], 

 does not require replacement, it being a junior subjective synonym of Ancyluris Hiibner, 

 [1819]. 



MELIBOEA Stichel, 1930, in Strand's hep. Cat. 40 : 321 (an Incorrect Subsequent Spelling of 



Melibaea Saunders, | 1859]). 



MELINAEA Hiibner, 1816, Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (1) : 11. Type-species by selection by 

 Scudder (1875, Proc. amer. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10 : 215) : Papilio egina Cramer, [1777], 

 Uitl. Kapellen 2 (16) : 144, pi. 191, fig. D. 



The name Papilio egina as applied to the present species by Cramer in 1777 is invalid, as it 

 is a junior homonym of Papilio egina Cramer, [1775] [Uitl. Kapellen 1 (4) : 64, pi. 39, figs F, 

 G), a name bestowed upon an Acraeid species. The oldest available name subjectively 

 applicable to the present Ithomiid species appears to be Papilio ludovica Cramer, [1780] (loc. 

 cit. 4 (25) : 17, pi. 297. fig- E). 



MELINAEA Sodovskii, 1837, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 1837 (6) : 80. Type-species through 

 Section (i) (replacement names) of Article 67 : Papilio cinxia Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 

 10) 1 : 480. 



The name Melinaea Sodovskii was proposed as a replacement for the name Melitaea 

 Fabricius, 1807. This action was entirely uncalled for, Melitaea Fabricius is an available name 

 in every respect. The replacement name Melinaea Sodovskii is therefore invalid as a junior 

 objective synonym of Melitaea Fabricius. 



Even if the name Melitaea Fabricius had been in need of replacement, the name Melinaea 

 Sodovskii could not have been used for this purpose, as it is invalid under the Law of Homo- 

 nymy as a junior homonym of Melinaea Hiibner, 18 16. 



MELINAEA Bates, 1862, Trans, linn. Soc. Lond. 23 (3) : 549. Type-species by selection by 

 Hemming (1964, Annot. lep. (4) : 118) : Papilio egina Cramer, [1777], Uitl. Kapellen 2 (16) : 

 144, pi. 191, fig. D. 



It would have been natural to suppose that the name Melinaea, as used by Bates, was no 

 more than a later usage of the name Melinaea Hiibner, 1816, butanysuch conclusion wouldhave 

 been incorrect, for Bates went out of his way to make it clear that he considered himself to be 

 establishing a new nominal genus, adding the words " nov. genus ". It must therefore be 

 concluded that for some incomprehensible reason Bates here published Melinaea asanewname, 

 though he must have been aware that this name had been published by Hiibner in practically 

 the same sense nearly fifty years earlier. 



The name Melinaea Bates is invalid, (as shown above) as a junior homonym of Melinaea 

 Hiibner, 1816, and by type-selection made later it is also a junior objective synonym of that 

 name. 



MELINDA Moore, 1883, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 : 229. Type-species by monotypy : 

 Danais formosa Godman, 1880, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1880 : 183, pi. 19, fig. 1. 



The name Melinda Moore is invalid, as it is a junior homonym of Melinda Robineau- 

 Desvoidy, 1830 (Mini, presenters Acad. Roy. Sci. Inst. Fr. 2 : 439). 



MELINDOPSIS Aurivillius, 1898, K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (No. 5) : 461. Type- 

 species by monotypy : Papilio rex Oberthur, 1886, Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 6, Bull. 1886 : 

 cxiv. 



