384 FRANCIS HEMMING 



PSEUDONACADUBA Stempffer, 1942, Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. Ill : 130. Type-species by 

 original designation : Lycaena aethiops Mabille, 1877, Bull. Soc. zool. Fr. 1877 : 219. 



PSEUDONEPTIS Snellen, 1882, Tijdschr. Ent. 25 : 221. Type-species by monotypy : 

 Papilio coenobita Fabricius, 1793, Ent. syst. 3 (1) : 247. 



The name Papilio coenobita Fabricius for the type-species of this genus is invalid, for it is 

 a junior homonym of Papilio coenobita Cramer, [1780] (Uitl. Kapellen 4 (25) : 15, pi. 296, 

 figs C, D). I have provided (1964, Annot. lep. (4) : 144) the replacement name Pseiidoneptis 

 ianthe. 



PSEUDONICA Kirby, [1901], in Wytsman's facsimile ed., Hiibner, Samml. exot. Schmett. 3 

 (Additional Notes) : 28. Type-species through Section (i) (replacement names) of Article 

 67 : Nica flavilla Hiibner, [1826], Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pi. [17]. 



Kirby introduced the name Pseudonica as a replacement for Nica Hiibner, [1826], which 

 he rejected on the ground that it was invalid as being a junior homonym of Nika Risso, 

 1 816 (Hist. nat. Crust. : 84). The question of the criteria to be adopted for determining 

 whether any two generic names were homonyms of one another was a matter of doubt, both 

 when Kirby published this replacement, which was more than thirty years before the Inter- 

 national Code of Berlin (1901), and also after the promulgation of that Code, until its revision 

 by the London Congress in 1958. In the revised Code now in force it is provided (Article 

 56(a)) that any two generic names are not to be treated as homonyms of one another if they 

 differ in spelling by a single letter. In consequence, (a) Nica Hiibner and Nika Risso are not 

 homonyms of one another, (b) Nica is not invalid under the Law of Homonymy, and (c) being, 

 an available name is not in need of replacement. Accordingly, the replacement name 

 Pseudonica Kirby is invalid, as a junior objective synonym of Nica Hiibner. 



PSEUDONOTIS Druce, 1894, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 13 : 252. Type-species by original 

 designation : Myrina antipha Hewitson, [1869], III. diurn. Lep., Lycaenidae 1 (text) Suppl. : 

 7 ; ibid. 2 (plates) Suppl. : suppl. pi. 6, figs 92, 93 g, 91 $. 



The name Pseudonotis Druce is invalid, as it is a junior objective synonym of Hypocklorosis 

 Rober, [1892]. 



PSEUDONYMPHA Wallengren, 1857, K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Stockholm (n.f.) 2 (1) 

 (No. 4) : 31. Type-species by selection by Butler, Feb. 1868, Ent. mon. Mag. 4 : 194 : 

 Papilio hippia Cramer, [1779], Uitl. Kapellen 3 (19) : 48, pi. 222, figs C, D. 



PSEUDOPHELES Bates, 1867, Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 5 : 544. Type-species by mono- 

 typy : Pseudopheles sericina Bates, 1867, ibid. (3) 5 : 544. 



PSEUDOPHILOTES Beuret, 1958, Mitt. ent. Ges. Basel (n.f.) 8 (6) : 100. Type-species by 

 original designation : Papilio baton Bergstrasser, [1779], Nom. Ins.. 3 : 18, pi. 60, figs 

 6 6*. 7. 8 $. 



The taxon represented by the nominal species Papilio baton Bergstrasser is currently treated 

 subjectively on taxonomic grounds as being the same as that represented by the nominal 

 species Papilio hylacter Bergstrasser, [1779] (loc. cit. 2 : 78, pi. 47, figs 7, 8fl. Although 

 these names were published in the same year by the same author, the First Reviser principle 

 cannot be applied in this case, for the fact that the name Papilio hylactor was published in 

 vol. 2 of the Nom. Ins., whereas the name Papilio baton was not published until vol. 3 makes 

 it clear that that name has actual priority over the name Papilio baton. 



PSEUDOPIERIS Godman & Salvin, [1890], Biol, centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 187. Type- 

 species by monotypy : Pieris nehemia Boisduval, [1836], (Roret's Suite a Buffon), Hist, 

 nat. Ins., Spec. gen. Lepid. 1 : 528. 



PSEUDOPONTIA Plotz, Sept. 1870, Stett. ent. Ztg 31 : 348. Type-species by monotypy : 

 Pseudopontia calabarica Plotz, 1870, ibid. 31 : 348, pi. 2, figs ia-f. 



The taxon represented by the nominal species Pseudopontia calabarica Plotz is currently 

 treated subjectively as representing the same taxon as that represented by the older- 



