GENERIC NAMES OF BUTTERFLIES 295 



MIONECTES Mabille, 1903, in Wytsman's Gen. Ins. 17 (A) : 41. Type-species by monotypy : 

 Enthus infernalis Moschler, 1876, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 26 : 329, pi. 4, fig. 21. 



The name Mionectes Mabille is invalid, as it is a junior homonym of Mionectes Cabanis, 1844 

 (Arch. Naturgesch. 10 (1) : 275). 



MIRAJA Evans, 1937, Cat. Afric. Hesp. Brit. Mus. : 6, 133. Type-species by original designa- 

 tion : Irapezites varians Oberthur, 1916, Etud. Lipid, comp. 11 (texte) : 238 ; ibid. 11 

 (planches) : 25, pi. 336, figs 281 <J, 281 9 (both as form bninnea) [nee figs 2820, 2821 (as form 

 ochracea)] . 



MIRALER1A Haensch, 1903, Berl. ent. Z. 48 : 211. Type-species by original designation : 

 Ithomia cymothoe Hewitson, [1854], III exot. Butts 1 : [34], pi. [17], fig. 46. 



MISIUS Evans, 1955, Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4 : 47, 75. Type-species by original designa- 

 tion : Pamphila misius Mabille, 1891, Bull. C. R. Soc. ent. Belg. 35 : clxxiii. 



MITHRAS Hiibner, [1819], Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (5) : 79. Type-species by selection by 

 Scudder (1875, Proc. amer. Acad. ArtsSci., Boston 10 : 220) : Papilio nautes Cramer, [1779], 

 Uitl. Kapellen 3 (20) : 70, pi. 233, figs F, G. 



M1TOCERUS Billberg, 1820, Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb. : 79. Type-species through Section (i) 



(replacement names) of Article 67 : Papilio phidippus Linnaeus, 1763, Amoen. acad. 6 : 402. 



Billberg proposed this name quite unnecessarily as a replacement for Amathusia Fabricius, 



1807. This action was entirely uncalled-for, as Amathusia is an available name. The name 



Mitocerus Billberg is therefore invalid as a junior objective synonym of Amathusia Fabricius. 



MITO VRA Scudder, 1872, 4/A Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. 1871 : 52 et Errata. Type-species 

 by original designation : Thecla smilacis Boisduval & Leconte, [1833], Hist. gin. icon. 

 Lipidopt. Chenilles Amir. sept. (sign. 12) : 107, pi. 33, figs 5, 6 J, 7 (larva), 8 (pupa). 



The taxon represented by the nominal species Thecla smilacis is currently treated subjective- 

 ly on taxonomic grounds as a form of the taxon represented by the older-established nominal 

 species Lycus gryneus Hiibner, [1819] (Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (5) : 74), a taxon bearing a 

 name introduced as a replacement for Papilio damon Stoll, [1782] (in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 

 4 (33) : 208, pi. 390, figs C, D), a name invalid as a junior homonym of Papilio damon [Denis 

 & Schifferm idler], 1775 (Ankiindung [sic] eines syst. Werkes Schmett. Wiener Gegend : 182). 



On the page of Scudder's paper cited above (: 52) this name appeared in the spelling 

 " Mitouri " , but on the last page of the paper this was corrected to " Mitoura " in an " Errata " 

 slip prepared by F. W. Putnam, who at that time was Director of the Peabody Academy. In 

 this note Putnam explained that Scudder had been unable to correct the proofs of his paper and 

 that it was for this reason that in the main text the misspelling " Mitouri " had been over- 

 looked. 



MITOURI Scudder, 1872, 4/A Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. 1871 : 52 (an Incorrect Original 

 Spelling of Mitoura Scudder, 1872, published in the circumstances explained above). 



MIYANA Fruhstorfer, [1914], in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9 : 743. Type-species by original 

 designation : Acraea moluccana Felder (C), i860, S. B. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 : 449. 



MNASALCAS Godman, [1900], in Godman & Salvin, Biol, centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 567. 

 Type-species by monoypy : Pamphila uniformis Butler & Druce, 1872, Cist. ent. 1 : 113. 



The taxon represented by the nominal species Pamphila uniformis Butler & Druce is current- 

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

 older-established nominal species Pamphila simpliciissima Herrich-Schaeffer, 1870, CorrespBl. 

 zool.-min. Ver. Regensburg 23 : 159. 



The taxon represented by the nominal species which is the type-species of the present genus 

 is currently treated subjectively on taxonomic grounds as being congeneric with the taxon 

 represented by the nominal species Mnasitheus cephis Godman, [1900], the type-species of the 

 nominal genus Mnasitheus Godman, [1900]. The generic names Mnasalcas and Mnasitheus 

 were published on the same date and in the same work; the relative precedence to be accorded 

 to them depends therefore on the choice by the First Reviser. This choice was made by 



