Part 35

Plate XXXV. fig. 2, 3.

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

GENUS. HIPPARCHIA, Fabr. Satyrus, Latr. God. Papilio (Helic. Parn.), Drury.

HIPPARCHIA NEREIS. Alis fuscis subhyalinis, vittâ communi albâ; posticis ad apicem fulvis, ocellis duobus atris. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc.)

SYN. Papilio (Hel. Parn.) Nereis, Drury, App. vol. 3. Herbst. Pap. tab. 84. f. 1. 2. Stoll Suppl. Cramer, pl. 26. f. 3. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. 184. Enc. Méth. ix. p. 483. (Satyrus N.)

HABITAT: Brazil, "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1776" (Drury's MSS.).

Upper Side. Antennæ black. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown. Anterior wings grey-brown, thin, and slightly diaphanous, with a small light-coloured bar running from the anterior edge near the tips to the posterior. Posterior wings having one-third next the body grey-brown, divided by a line drawn across the wings from the anterior to the abdominal edges; next to this is an angulated white patch, the rest of these wings being orange-coloured, with two black eyes, having white centres, placed one at the upper, the other at the abdominal corners, the former having a small white spot joining to its upper part. The edges of these wings are bordered with dark brown.

Under Side. Palpi, legs, breast, and abdomen cream-coloured. Anterior wings next the tips tinged with red-brown; the remainder of the wings being of the same colour as on the upper side. Posterior wings next the body pale clay, which occupies half the wings; below which is a white bar, the remainder of the wings being dark orange: the two black eyes are very small on this side, and the white spot above them not so distinct. These wings are larger than is generally observed among insects of this tribe, and are dentated, the anterior ones being entire.

PAPILIO ASIUS.

Plate XXXV. fig. 4.

ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Papilionidæ, Leach.

GENUS. PAPILIO, Auct. Papilio (Eq. Achiv.), Drury, Fabr.

PAPILIO ASIUS. Alis nigris fasciâ communi flavescenti-albâ; posticis caudatis, his subtus basi anguloque ani chermesino maculatis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc.)

SYN. Papilio (Eq. Troj.) Asius. Fabr. Spec. Ins. 2. p. 5. No. 17. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 8. No. 21. Enc. Méth. ix. p. 55. No. 84. Boisduv. Hist. Nat. Lepid. 1. p. 309. 146.

Papilio (Eq. Tr.) Astyagas, Drury, App. vol. 3.

Papilio Manlius, Perty Del. An. Art. Braz. Ins. pl. 29. f. 1.

HABITAT: Brazil, "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1776" (Drury's MSS.).

{48}Upper Side. Antennæ, thorax, and abdomen black. Wings raven-black, having a pale yellow bar rising at the anterior edges near the tips of the superior wings, and crossing these and the inferior ones, meeting even with the abdomen, becoming wider gradually. Posterior wings furnished with two tails, and along the external edges having four small yellow crescents, and another at the abdominal corners; above which are two long square red spots, and another yellow crescent on the abdominal edges.

Under Side. Palpi, legs, and breast black. Abdomen black, with a white longitudinal stripe on each side. Wings marked nearly as on the upper side; the posterior having several red spots and streaks more than on the upper side, and placed next the body from the shoulders to the abdominal corners.

PLATE XXXVI.

NYMPHALIS AFER.

Plate XXXVI. fig. 1, 2.

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nymphalidæ, Swains.

GENUS. NYMPHALIS, Latr. Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.), Drury.

NYMPHALIS AFER. Alis supra violaceo-coeruleis margine externo nigro, anticis utrinque strigâ apicali punctorum alborum, posticis fusco nebulosis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 1½ lin.)

SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Afer, Drury, App. vol. 3. Stoll Suppl. Cramer, pl. 27. fig. 3.

Papilio (N.) Æthiopa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 136. No. 420. Enc. Méth. ix. p. 385. No. 119. (Nymph. Æth.)

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