Part 21

Papilio (N.) Zingha, Fabr. loc. cit. No. 358.

Vanessa Erinna, Enc. Méth. ix. p. 315.

HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (Drury's MSS.). "In Indiis, Dom Drury" (Fabr. sub P. N. Amestris, incorrectly).

Upper Side. Antennæ black. Thorax and abdomen very dark. Anterior wings dark brown, with a row of red crescents inverted, placed near the external edges; above them are several blueish marks and dashes. Two square reddish spots are placed near the shoulders, having blueish borders. Two small round white spots are situated near the tips of each wing, and along the external edges are several blueish spots. Posterior wings nearly corresponding with the anterior. The row of red crescents is continued along these wings, and meets below the abdomen. The rows of blueish spots are also continued along the borders.

{28}Under Side. Breast and legs dark brown. Wings very dark brown, variegated with many brown markings, in such manner as not to be described. A single white spot is situate at the tips of the anterior ones, and a series of small round spots run along the borders of all the wings. Margins of the wings deeply dentated.

PLATE XXI.

NOCTUA TRISTIS.

Plate XXI. fig. 1.

ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Noctuidæ, Steph.

GENUS. NOCTUA, Auct. SUBGENUS ----?

NOCTUA TRISTIS. Alis fuscis nigro-atomosis, dimidio basali saturatiori strigàque ad angulum internum anticarum nigrâ. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 10 lin.)

SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Tristis, Drury, App. vol. 3.

HABITAT: "Cape of Good Hope" (Drury, in text). "Jamaica" (Drury's MSS.).

Upper Side. Antennæ brown and setaceous. Thorax and abdomen grey-brown. Anterior wings grey-brown, having a small streak of a very dark colour placed near the lower corners, and two smaller ones at the tips; a large patch of the same colour occupies the middle of the wings, extending some way towards the shoulders. Posterior wings greyish-coloured, without any marks.

Under Side. Tongue not observed. Legs, breast, and abdomen greyish. Anterior wings darker on this side than on the upper; the anterior edges being white, and the dark streak at the lower corners very observable. Posterior wings coloured as on the upper side, and having two dark-coloured marks placed near the middle of the wings. Margins of the wings entire.

GNOPHRIA? COLLARIS.

Plate XXI. fig. 2.

ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Lithosiidæ, Steph.

GENUS. GNOPHRIA? Steph. Lithosia p., Fabr. Phalæna (Noctua), Drury.

GNOPHRIA? COLLARIS. Alis nigris, anticarum maculâ pone medium albâ, collari sanguineo. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.)

SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Collaris, Drury, App. vol. 3.

HABITAT: Brazil. "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1775" (Drury's MSS.).

Upper Side. Antennæ black and setaceous. Thorax, abdomen, and wings blueish black, immaculate, except an oval white spot placed on the anterior ones, about a quarter of an inch from the tips.

Under Side. Palpi black. Tongue and neck yellow. Legs, breast, and abdomen grey. Anus yellow. Wings black, the anterior having a small white longitudinal streak near the shoulders, and the oval spot seen on the upper side. Posterior wings also fringed with white. Margins of the wings entire.

{29}CALLIMORPHA CÆNEA.

Plate XXI. fig. 3.

ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Arctiidæ, Steph.

GENUS. CALLIMORPHA, Latr. Phalæna (Noctua), Drury.