Part 27

SYN. Papilio (Pleb. urb.) Phaleros, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. p. 796. No. 272. Enc. Méth. ix. p. 628. (Polyomm. Ph.)

Hesperia R. Chiton, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 262. Donovan Ins. India, 1. pl. 3. f. 1.

Papilio Silenus, Cram. pl. 282. E.

Papilio Agis, Drury, App. vol. 3.

HABITAT: Brazil (Drury, in text). "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1775" (Drury's MSS.). Surinam (Enc. Méth.). India (Linn. Fabr. Donov.).

Upper Side. Antennæ black. Thorax and abdomen dark blue. Wings blue, without marks. Posterior furnished with four small black tails, the tips of which are white. The abdominal corners are also edged with white.

Under Side. Palpi long, thin, and black, white at the base, as is the neck. Legs brown above and white beneath. Breast yellow. Abdomen blue. Wings yellow; the anterior having some brown, {36}irregular, and uneven lines crossing them from the anterior to the posterior edges. The external edges are also verged with brown, and at the lower corners have an orange-coloured patch. Posterior wings with three dark brown lines crossing them from the anterior edges to the abdominal corners, and externally edged with dark brown.

PLATE XXVII.

VANESSA PELARGA.

Plate XXVII. fig. 1, 2.

ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, Swains.

GENUS. VANESSA, Fabr. Latr. God. Hamadryades, Hübn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Drury.

VANESSA PELARGA. Alis anticis falcatis, posticis intùs subcaudatis, omnibus suprà fuscis, fasciâ coerulescenti-albâ, nigro-punctatâ, extrorsumque fulvo inductâ; subtùs xerampelinis lineâ fuscâ communi mediâ. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.)

SYN. Papilio (N.) Pelarga, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 513. No. 296. Drury, App. vol. 3. Stoll Suppl. Cram. pl. 27. f. 2.

Vanessa P., Enc. Méth. ix. p. 313. No. 37.

HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1776" (Drury's MSS.).

Upper Side. Antennæ brown. Thorax and abdomen dark brown. Wings at the base dark olive brown; the anterior having two red and one blue crooked lines, a quarter of an inch long, placed near the anterior edges, which are also red. A white bar encircles all the brown part, beginning at the anterior edges, meeting just below the anus; the lower part of it being tinged with red or orange, on which are eight small round black spots, three on the anterior and five on the posterior wings. The external edges of all the wings are deeply bordered with olive brown, and near the tips are placed three small white spots, one larger than the rest. Abdominal groove orange. A few blue streaks are placed at the abdominal corners.

Under Side. Palpi long and white, but reddish above. Legs white. Breast and abdomen orange. Wings dark reddish brown, with very little variegations. The three white spots near the tips of the anterior wings are observable, and the five black spots on the posterior ones are faintly seen. Wings deeply angulated. The under side varies considerably in different specimens.

NYMPHALIS MELEAGRIS.

Plate XXVII. fig. 3, 4.

ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, Swains.

GENUS. NYMPHALIS, Latr. Papilio (Pleb. rur.), Drury.

NYMPHALIS MELEAGRIS. Alis suprà olivaceo-fuscis, subtùs lutescentibus; utrinque albo, in triplici serie, multipunctatis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 4½ lin.)

SYN. Papilio Meleagris, Cramer, pl. 66. f. A. B. Herbst. t. 145. f. 1. 2. Drury, App. vol. 3. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 128. Enc. Méth. ix. p. 387. (Nymphalis M.)

HABITAT: "Sierra Leone" (Drury, in text). "Brazil, Mr. Skeene, 1772" (Drury's MSS.).

Upper Side. Antennæ brown. Thorax, abdomen, and wings olive-brown, spotted with a number of round white spots edged with black; the anterior wings having twenty-five, the posterior eighteen, besides those placed on the external edges.

{37}Under Side. Palpi white. Legs white. Breast yellowish. Abdomen olive-brown. Wings dusky orange; the white spots described on the upper side being here very discernible with the addition of a few others next the body. Margins of the wings entire.

NYMPHALIS (CHARAXES) ANTICLEA.