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LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



The larger species of Gnesia measure from three to four inches 

 in expanse. G. zefes (Linn.) is dark brown, spotted with 

 black, with a wide red band on the hind-wings, and some 

 yellow spots on the fore-wings. G. egina (Cramer) is also dark 

 brown, spotted with black, with abroad red band on the hind- 

 wings, which is continued on the lower part of the fore-wings ; 

 the females are grey or tawny, instead of red. They are natives 

 of Africa, and are mimicked by Papilio ridhyanus, White, 

 Pseudacrcea tri/neni, Butler, and P. boisdumlii (Doubled.). 



GNESIA MEDEA. 



{Plate VII. t Fig. 4.) 



Papilio medea, Cram., Pap. Exot, i., pi. 81, figs. C. D. (1775). 

 Papilio medoa, Beauv., Ins. Afr. Ame'r., p. 220, pi. vi., figs. 2, 



2a, 2b (1805). 

 Papilio pasipliiie, Ydibr. , Spec. Ins., ii., p. 33, no. 140 (1781). 

 Acraa pasiphae, Godart, Encycl. Meth., ix., p. 235, no. 18 



(1819). 



A grey insect, with black borders and spots, and white 

 markings. It is a native of Guinea, and is not represented in 

 the collection of the British Museum, but Dr. A. G. Butler 

 regards it as a variety of the female of G. egina (Cram.), 



GENUS ACTINOTE. 



Adinote, Hiibn., Verz. bek. Schmett, p. 27 (1816) ; Godem. & 

 Salv., Biol. Centr. Amer., Lep. Rhop., i., p. 140 (18S1). 



Acrcea, section Adinote, Doubl., Gen. Diurn. Lep., p. 142 

 (1848). 



This name is now generally employed for the American 

 species of Acraince. The palpi are only slightly inflated, but 



