This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. https://books.google.com K^iifffr râï. CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA DESCRIBED BY FABRICIUS IN THE COLLECTION OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. BY ARTHUR GARDINER BUTLER, P.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. LONDON: PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES. 1869. \ PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIs, RKO LION СОГПТ, FLEET STREET. PKEFACE. The present Catalogue has been prepared with the view of iden tifying the species of Diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius, by a comparison with the original type specimens, drawings, &c., of referring them to modern genera, and of adding some recent synonyma. Fabricius's descriptions are spread over portions of the five fol lowing works, with their appendices and supplements : — Systema Entomologia?. 8vo, 1775. Genera Insectorum. 8vo, 1776. Species Insectorum. 8vo, 1781. Mantissa Insectorum. 8vo, 1 787. Entomologia Systematica. 8vo, 1793. The British Museum received as a present from the Linnean Society the collection of the late Sir Joseph Banks, which contains the original types from which Fabricius described many species ; the Museum also contains, by purchase at Milne's, Stothard's, and other sales, several specimens which originally formed parts of Mr. Drury's collection and are the types from which Fabricius described other species. Fabricius described some hundred species from a series of draw ings made chiefly from his own collection by the late Mr. Jones of Chelsea, which were much consulted by the old entomologists ; Fabricius always quoted these drawings as Jones's ' Icones.' They IV PREFACE. were formerly kindly lent to the Museum, and Mr. Doubleday named part of the Museum collection from them ; he also made notes, as regards the Papilionidœ, in his copy of the ' Species Général des Lépidoptères,' now in the possession of Mr. Salvin, who kindly lent it for consultation. Donovan copied many of Jones's drawings ; these copies are now in Hope's collection, under the care of Prof. Westwood, at Oxford ; and Donovan published some of them in his ' Insects of India,' China, and the South Seas. For several years it was not known what had become of these drawings ; but fortunately Prof. Westwood discovered that they were in the possession of Francis Dawtrey Drewitt, Esq., of Christ's Church College, Oxford, who kindly allowed notes and sketches to be made from them for the use of this Catalogue, thus enabling the Museum specimens to be named from a comparison of the original drawings. Fabricms described several species from the Hunterian Collection, which is now in the Museum at Glasgow. Mr. John Gibson, of Glasgow, and Mr. W. F. Kirby, of Dublin, have identified two or three of these species. JOHN EDWARD GRAY. December 3rd, 180!). EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. I. Pig. Page 1. Thyridia Hippodamia, Fabricius 127 2. Danais Eryx, Fabricius 7 3. Terinos Atlita, Fabricius 117 4. Limenitis Martha, Fabricius 69 5. Thestias Pirithoüs, Fabricius 216 6. Juuonia Zelima, Fabricius 76 II. 1. Leptalis Pinthœus, Limiceus 229 2. Colias Lesbia ¿ , Fabricius 218 3. Lampidea Plato, Fahicim 166 4. 6. Tmolus Cleon, Fabricius 188 6. Sophocles, Fabricius 187 7. Elymnias Panthera, Fabricius 38 Outline illustrating the division of the wing in Fabrician de scriptions. 8. 11. Lycœna Otis, Fabricius 169 9. Lampides Juba, Fabricius 163 10. Tmolus Moncus, Fabricius 188 12. Cyclopides Maro, Fabricius 279 13. Epargyreus Nero, Fabricius 276 14. Pamphila Taumas, Fabricius 277 III. 1. Hesperia Alexis, Fabricius 269 2. Exclamationis, Fabricius 269 3. Cobalus Remus, Fabricius 273 4. Telegonus Lucas, Fabricius 262 5. Tagiades Clito, Fabricius , . 283 6. Proteides Coridon, Fabricius 264 7. Hesperilla Gremius, Fabricius 271 8. Epargyreus Mathias, Fabricius 27*3 9. Pamphila Phocion, Fabricius 277 10. Cobalus Saturnus, Fabricius 272 11. Philemon, Fabricius 272 12. Pygmœus, Fabricius 273 13. Taractrocera Mrevius, Fabricius 279 14. Ceratrichia Phocion, Fabricius 274 15. Xothus, Fabricius 274 CATALOGUE DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. Order LEPIDOPTERA, Linn. Section RHOPALOCERA, Boisd. Family I. NYMPHALID^:, Westwood, Oen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 143 (1852) ; Bates, Journ. Entom. p. 176 (1864). Subfamily I. ВАЯАШЖ, Bates, Journ. Entom. p. 220 (1861), p. 176 (1864). Genus 1. EUPLŒA, Fabricius, • Illiger's Magaz. vi. p. 280 (1808). 1 . Euploea Phœnareta. Papilio (D. F.) Midamus, Cramer, [Phœnareta, Scluiller] Natur forscher, part xxi. p. 177, pi. 5. figs. 1, 2 (1785). Local form? $ . Papilio (F.) Corus, Fabricius, "alis integerrimis nigris ; omnibus serie duplici punetorum alborum ; puncta quatuor alba in disco anticarum, duo in posticarum : habitat in India ori entan." Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 25. n. 260 (1787); Ent. Syst. iii. p. 41. n. 122 (1793). Amboina and N. Ceram. ( cJ obtained 1859, $ 1862; collected by A. li. Wallace, Esq.) B.M. This species is the Prothoë of authors ; but Phœnareta is the older name. Corus has evidently no connexion with the Core of Cramer. —- в .¿ CATAL0GT7E OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 2. Euplœa superba. PapШo (D. F.) Midamus (part.), Fabricius [superba, Herbst], " alis integerrimis, nigris albo punctatis : anticis supra cœrulescen- tibus, posticis supra punctorum alborum striga : habitat in India orientali," Natursyst. Schmett. 119, 120 (1783-95). Fabricius, Syst. Ent. (part.) p. 479. n. 161 (1775). China. (Presented by E. Larkin, Esq.) B.M. Note. — The locality " Cape of Good Hope? " inserted in a mono graph of this genus (P. Z. S. 1866, p. 272) is an incorrect registra tion. The specimen so labelled was obtained during the voyage of H.M.S. ' Herald,' which visited the southern coast of China, amongst other places : the precise localities were not attached to the insects when captured, and the error resulted from a subsequent attempt to correct this omission. 3. Euplœa Tulliolus. Papilio (F.) Tulliolus, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis : anticis atris, fascia maculari alba, posticis fuscis supra immaculatis ; subtus albo punctatis : habitat in India." Donovan, Nat. liepos. ii. pi. 55 (1824). Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 41. n. 55 (1793). Rockingham Bay, Australia. (Obtained 1850, from the voyage of H.M.S. ' Rattlesnake ' ; collected by Mr. Macgillivray) B.M. 4. Euplœa Midamus. Papilio (D. F.) Midamus, Linnœus, " alis integerrimis nigris albido punctatis ; primoribus supra cœrulescentibus : posticis punc torum alborum linea : habitat in Asia," Act. Stoekh. pi. 6. figs. 1, 2 (1748) ; see P. Z. S. p. 294 (1866). Fabricius (part.), Syst. Ent. p. 479. n. 161 (1775). •Local forms Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 52. n. 227 (1781) ; (part.), Ent. Syst. p. 39. n. 116 (1793). d . Sumatra (obtained 1854, formerly belonged to Sir Stamford Raffles) ; $ Penang (obtained 1843, from Mr. Lewis James). B.M. *Loeal form $ . Papilio (D. F.) Claudius, Fabricius [Basilissa, Cramer], " alis integerrimis nigris : anticis cœruleo micantibus albo punctatis, posticis lineatis : habitat Tranquebariœ." Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 266. fig. С (1782). Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 25. n. 261 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 40. n. 119 (1793). Java. (Obtained 1849, from Mr. Argent) B.M. 5. Euplœa Diocletianus. $ . Papilio (F.) Diocletianus, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis nigris : anticis fascia interrupta alba, posticis basi albo lineatis, apice punctatis duplici serie : habitat in India orientali." CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTEIU. J d . Papilio (F.) Radamanthus, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis ni- gris cœruleo micantibus : anticis macula marginali, posticis macula lineolisque quatuor albis : habitat in Asia." Thoosa, Hübner, Samml. exot. Schmett. pi. Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pp. 40, 42. n. 118, 127 (1793). в , Malacca (obtained 1855 ; collected by A. R. Wallace, Esq.) ; $ , Singapore (obtained from Mr. James). B.M. If the name Diocletianus be objected to on account of its close resemblance to Diocletia of Hübner, the latter will have to be su perseded by Erichson's Megilla. The typical Eadamanthus is pro bably the form found in Java, though stated in Jones's ' Icones ' to be Chinese. 6. Euplœa Sylvester. Papilio (F.) Sylvester, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis fuscis, fascia maculari alba : habitat . ." Donovan, Nat. Reр. iv. pi. 129 (182G). Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 41. n. 124 (1793). This is the Melpomene of Butler. Donovan's figure is not correct, but differs considerably in the size, number, and position of the spots, »fee. on the under surface of the wings ; the white band on the under surface (present in Jones's drawing) is entirely absent in his figure ; and a reference to Donovan's original drawings in the Hope Collection at Oxford shows that his underside figure is drawn from memory, an indication of the position of the spots having been made on his sketch. 7. Euplœa Euphon. Papilio (F.) Euphon, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis nigris : anticis albo punctatis, posticis ante apicem albis : habitat in Isle de France." Euphone (sic), Boisduval, Faune Ent. de Madag. pi. 3. fig. 1 (1833). Fabricius, Ent. Syst. suppl. p. 423. n. 184, 185 (1798). Mauritius. (Obtained 1857, from Dr. Веке) B.M. 8. Euplœa Dryasis. Papilio (F.) Dryasis, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis fuscis : an ticis punctis duobus, subtus omnibus plurimis albis : habitat . ." Donovan, Nat. Rep. v. pi. 158 (1827). Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 39. n. 117 (1793). Seems nearly allied to Ooudotii, Boisd. : in the original figure, by Mr. Jones, the spots of the front wings are much smaller than in Donovan's representation. в 2 4 CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. Genus 2. DANAIS,