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Show 366 MESSRS. BUTLER AND DRUCE ON THE [June 2, Genus 115. PYRRHOSTICTA*, Butler. 384. PYRRHOSTICTA L^ETITIA. Papilio latitia, Butler, Cist. Ent. iv. p. 84 (Jan. 1872). Pyrrhosticta latitia, Butler, Lep. Exot. pi. lvii. fig. 4 (1874). 385. PYRRHOSTICTA VULNERATA. Papilio vulneratus, Butler, Cist. Ent. iv. p. 85 (Jan. 1872). Pyrrhosticta vulnerata, Butler, Lep. Exot.-pi. lviii. fig. 3 (1874). Family HESPERID^E, Leach. Genus 116. GONIURUS, Hiibner. 386. GONIURUS PROTEUS. Papilioproteus, Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 333 (1764) ; Clerck's Icones, pi. 42. fig. 1 (1764). 387. G O N I U R U S SIMPLICIUS. Papilio simplicius, Stoll, Suppl. Cram. pi. 39. figs. 6, 6 E (1790). 388. GONIURUS ALCEUS ? Eudamus alcaus, Hewitson, Descr. Hesp. p. 3. n. 1 (1867). 389. GONIURUS ZILPA. Goniurus zilpa, Butler, Lep. Exot. p. 109, pi. 40. fig. 2 (1872). 390. G O N I U R U S ALBOFASCIATUS. Eudamus albofasciatus, Hewitson, Descr. Hesp. p. 3. n. 2 (1867). 391. GONIURUS EXADEUS. Papilio exadeus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 260. fig. C (1782). Genus 117. EUDAMUS, Swainson. 392. EUDAMUS VECTILUCIS, Eudamus vectilucis, Butler, Lep. Exot. p. 109, pi. 40. fig. 6 (1872). Genus 118. TELEGONUS, Hiibner. 393. TELEGONUS FULGURATOR. Papilio fulgurator, Walch, Naturf. vii. p. 115, pi. 1. figs. 2 a, b (1775). 3 • Hesperia mercatus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. 3, i. p. 332. n. 260 (1793). * This genus can at once be detected by the serrated costa of the primaries in both sexes ; none of the species has a well-defined tail to the secondaries. There are, no doubt, plenty of characters by which Papilio may be subdivided: Mr. Scudder has commenced with the N. American species; and it is to be hoped that others will soon follow his example, and thus reduce this unwieldy genus to something like a manageable compass. |