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The insect described in the Encyclopedic Methodique, from Malabar, differs from 

 that figured by Drury, in having the disc of the posterior wings of a fulvous buff colour, 

 and the spots larger, with the markings at the base of this pair of wings, on the under side 

 fulvous instead of blue. Is this to be I'cgarded as a variety, the opposite sex, or a distinct 

 species ? 



CETHOSIA BIBLIS. 



Plate IV. fig. 2. 



Order ; Lepidoptera. Section : Diurna. Family : Nymplialidae, Sw. 



Genus. Cetuosia, Fab. Latr. God. Papilio (Nymphal. Phal.), X)™^/. 



Cethosia Bielis. Alls subrotundatis dentatis fulvis, e.\timo fusco, Iimulis albis anticarum serie triplici digestis 

 (intermedia minori), posticis ante marginem maculis nigris, singulis subtus ad basin lineis maculisque flavis 

 variis. (Expans. Alar. 3 one. 9 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Biblis, Druri/, App. v. 2. (1773). Cramer, Pap. 15. pi. 17.5. fg. A. B. Herbst. 

 Pap. tab.-24S.Jig.l.2. 

 Papilio (Nymph.) Penthesilea, Fabr. Ent. Si/st. 111. l.p. 114. TVo. 349. (exclus. Syn. Crameri.) 

 Cethosia Biblina, Latr. et God. Eiic. Mith. ix.p. 248. 



Habitat : China (Drury). From the collection of the late Mr. Lee of Deptford. 



Upper Side. The anterior wings, next the shoulders, are a brown orange, occupying half the wings ; 

 the other half, next the tips, are of a rusty red brown, whereon is a row of white crescents running along 

 the external edge. Above this are five white squarish spots, and over them a row of angulated marks, 

 like points of arrows, with white spots in their centres, above which is a single white spot, between which 

 and the shoulders are some short black waved lines, extending between the two principal nerves. The 

 posterior wings are entirely of a brown orange, except a rusty red-brown border tliat runs along the 

 external edge, whereon is a row of white crescents, and above it are six black spots running parallel with 

 the border, beneath which is a denticulated line of dark bro\™. 



Undei- Side. The anterior wings, next the shoulders, are of a brown orange, reaching half way along 

 the wings, the remainder being rusty yellow. On the orange ground, next the shoulders, are several 

 black, irregular, short lines, placed two and two, the middle, or spaces between them, being clay-coloured. 

 Two small black spots are placed on the anterior edge, on each side near the base. Along the ex- 

 ternal edge is a row of white angulated lines, above which is a row of ash-coloured marks, with 

 some dark spots thereon; and over this, is another row of ash-coloured marks, shaped like acute 

 angles, with an oblong streak in the centre of each. The posterior %vings at the base are dark orange, 

 but toward the external edges are rusty yellow, on which is a row of crescents on a dark border. 

 Above this is a circular bar or band of a flesh colour, having a row of dark spots on the lower edge, and 

 the upper edge shaped like acute angles, with a black triangular mark in each, and a white spot in its 

 centre. About a quarter of an inch above this bar is another of a clay colour, about one-eighth of an 

 inch broad, with dark spots and marks on it, some of which resemble Greek characters. Over this bar 

 is another near the base, of a clay colour, with a double row of black marks or streaks on it. 



Fabricius has confounded this species and another, under the name of Penthesilea. 

 Latreille and Godart have altered the specific name proposed by Drury to that of Biblina, 

 " parce qu'il a ete impose ulterieurement a un genre de Lepidopteres diurnes." I 

 have, however, restored the specific name of Biblis, because the same name, was not 



