3 02 FRANCIS HEMMING 



MYLOTHRIS Hiibner, [1819], Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (6) : 90. Type-species by selection by 

 Butler (1870, Cistula ent. 1 : 42) : Papilio poppea Cramer, [1777], Uitl. Kapellen 2 (10) : 

 21, pi. no, fig. D. 



The first of the nominal species recognized by Hiibner as belonging to his new genus Mylo- 

 thris was Papilio arsalte Linnaeus, 1758, in the synonymy of which he cited Papilio poppea 

 Cramer. This arrangement was based upon a complete misunderstanding, for, whereas 

 Papilio poppea does in fact belong to the Pierid genus which Hiibner had set himself to 

 establish under the name Mylothris, the species represented by the nominal species Papilio 

 arsalte is not even a Pierid, being a member of the family Hesperiidae. Luckily, by the 

 provision adopted by the Paris Congress in 1948, and now embodied in Article 69(a)(1), 

 under which a nominal species, the name of which is cited in a synonymy at the time of the 

 establishment of a new nominal genus, itself ranks as one of the originally included species of 

 that genus. Accordingly, the nominal species Papilio poppea Cramer ranks as one of the 

 originally included species of the genus Mylothris Hiibner and by the selection made by Butler 

 in 1870 is the type-species of that genus. 



MYLOTHRITES Scudder, 1875, Mem. amer. Ass. Adv. Sci. 1 : 44. Type-species by mono- 

 typy : Vanessa pluto Heer, 1850, A 7 . D. Allgem. schweitz. Ges. 11 : 179. 



The name Mylothrites was given by Scudder to a fossil butterfly which he believed to date 

 from the Oligocene, found in Europe. 



MYNES Boisduval, [1832], in d'Urville, Voy. " Astrolabe ", Faun. ent. 1 (Lepid.) : 129. 

 Type-species by selection by Wallace (1869, Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 : 77) : Nymphalis 

 geoffroyi Guerin-Meneville, [Sept. 1830], in Duperrv, Voy. autour Monde " Coquille ", 

 Zool. 2 (Pt 2) (Div. 1) (livraison 18) : pi. 16, fig. 1. 



MYRINA Fabricius, 1807, Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6 : 286. Type-species by selection by 

 Kirby (1870, /. linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 10 : 500) : Papilio alcides Cramer, [1776], Uitl. 

 Kapellen 1 (8) : 150, pi. 96, figs D, E. 



The earlier selection by Horsfield ([1829], Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mas. East India Coy (2) : 120) 

 of Myrina jafra Godart, [1824] as type-species is invalid, as that nominal species was not — 

 and by reason of its date of publication could not have been — included by Fabricius in this 

 genus. 



The taxon represented by the nominal species Papilio alcides Cramer is currently treated 

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

 established nominal species Papilio silenus Fabricius, 1775 (Syst. Ent. : 531). 



MYRINIA Evans, 1953, Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 3 : 10, 66. Type-species by original 

 designation : Cyclosemia myris Mabille, 1897, Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 66 : 1940. 



MYRTILUS de Niceville, 1891, /. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3) : 341. Type-species by original 

 designation : Mycalesis (Myrtilus) mystes de Niceville, ibid. 6 (3) : 343, pi. F, figs 1,2. 



It formerly appeared that this name was invalid as a junior homonym of Myrtilus Loudon, 

 1844 {Glimpses of Nature : 173, 200), but that so-called name is no more than an Incorrect 

 Subsequent Spelling of an older name {Mytihis Linnaeus, 1758) and as such possesses under 

 Article 33(b) of the Code no status in nomenclature and does not invalidate any later usage 

 as a generic name of a word so spelled. Myrtilus de Niceville is therefore an available name. 



MYSCELIA Doubleday, 1844, List lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. 1 : 88. Type-species by selection by 

 Barnes & Benjamin (1926, Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 25 : 15) : Papilio orsis Drury, [1782], 

 III. nat. Hist. 3 : index et 20, pi. 16, fig. 3. 



MYSCELUS Hiibner, [1819], Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (7) : no. Type-species by selection by 

 Butler (1870, Ent. mon. Mag. 7 : 92) : Papilio nobilis Cramer, [1777], Uitl. Kapellen 

 2 (9) : 17, pi. 108, figs A, B. 



MYSORIA Watson, 1893, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 : 10, 12. Type-species by original 

 designation : Papilio acastus Cramer, [1775], Uitl. Kapellen 1 (4) : 65, pi. 41, figs C, D. 

 The name Papilio acastus Cramer is invalid, as it is a junior homonym of Papilio acastus 



