RHOPALOCAMPTA. 



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This is a brown Butterfly, measuring two inches in expanse; 

 the hind-wings are covered with yellowish hair, and bordered 

 with black ; towards the anal angle is a lobe, edged with orange. 

 On the under side of the hind-wings is abroad transverse white 

 band, interrupted above the inner-margin. It is common in 

 many parts of Africa. The larva is pale yellow, banded with 

 purpli^h and crimson, and feeds on Rol'{?ua pseiidacacia. The 

 pupa is greenish, co\cred with whitish efflorescence, and spotted 

 with black. 



There arc several very remarkable Butterflies of this genus 

 found in \Vc.-:.t Africa. One is R. bixce (Linnreus), a Butterfly 

 expanding from 2 to 2)4 inches; the wings are purplish-blue 

 above, and t!ie liind-wings are lobate at the anal angle ; the 

 head is streaked and spotted with white beneath; the pectus 

 is clothed with orange hair, and the hind-wings are marked 

 beneath with a pure white spot, running from the sub-costal 

 nervure to about the end of the cell, and tapering towards the 

 inner-margin. 



Another is R. iphis (Drury), the largest of the Hesperiidce, with 

 which we will conclude our notice of the Family. The wings 

 are long, and measure four inches in expanse ; the fure-wings 

 are slightly rounded off at the tips, and the hind-wings project 

 s!i;;htly at the anal angle. The Ivnly is black, with the pa'pi 

 and the tip of the abdomen beneath crimson. The wings are 

 blue-l)la(^k in the male, but with brassy-green reflections to- 

 wards the hind-margins, and with the ti[) of the fore-wings nar- 

 rowly edged with or-mge in the female. The under side is of 

 a yellower brassy-green than the ui)])er. 



This species sits with its wings erect, and likes the company 

 of small parties of Euphcrdra ^vz/rz/z/j (I'\abricius), and is fre- 

 quently seen sij)ping water with them. 



