CYNTHIA LAOMEDIA. 



Plate V. fig. 3. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section ; Diurna. Family : Nyraplialidoe, Swains. 



Genus. Cynthia, Fab. Vanessa p. Latr. et God. Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.), Linn. Drury. 



Cynthia Laomedia. Alis dentatis cinerascentibus lineis fuscis transversis undidatis ocellisque (qulbusdam coecis) 

 serie posticii digestis ; anticarum sex, posticaruni quinque. (Expans. Alar. 2 une. 9 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.) Laomedia, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. Hi. iVo. 145. Fabricius, Ent. Syst. 111.1. 

 p. 98. iVo. 302. Cramer, pi. i.f.lO. Herbst. Pap. tab. lli./.l. -2. 



Habitat: China. (Drury). East India (iwm.). Java. (E?ic. Mith.). 



Upper Side. The wings are of a greyish purple and a little dentated. The anterior have on each 

 four irregular black lines, running from the anterior edge near the body half way cross the wings, and 

 six eyes on each, near the external edge, whose irides are white, some of which are oval, and one, being 

 larger than the rest, is filled up with black and red ; some are very faint. The posterior wings have 

 six oval eyes on each, with white irides; three of which are more distinct than the rest, two of them 

 being filled up with red and black. Two dark irregular lines run along and near to their external edges. 



Under Side. The wings are rather paler than on the upper side. A small irregular line begins 

 about the middle of the anterior edge of the superior wings, and running cross them and the inferior 

 ones, meets below the body. The anterior wings have a distinct dark spot, and also a faint one. The 

 posterior ones have two distinct red and black spots, and another very faint. 



ARGYNNIS NIPHE. 



Plate VI. fig. 1. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidiE, 5«,'ains. 



Gends. Argynnis, Fabr. Latr. God. Argyreus, p. Scopoli. Papilio (Nymplial. Phalerati), Linn. Drury. 

 Argynnis Niphe. Alis supra luteis nigro niaeulatis, anticis ad apicem ccerulescenti-nigris fascia aXhk transversa ; 

 posticis subtus viridi, argenteo, nigroque variis, striga quinque ocellorum notatis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 9 lin.) 

 Syn. Papilio(Nymph. Phal.)Niphe, iJHji. 5(/s«.iVa<. 2. 785. iVo. 208. Fabr. Ent. Syst. \n.\.p. 142. .Vo. 430. 

 Habitat : China. 



Upper Side. The anterior wings near the base are of a brown olive. About half the wings (from the 

 lower angle upwards) are of a dark blue, with many different shaped spots on them, and a white bar 

 running from the anterior edge towards the external one, which, being intersected by the black tendons 

 of the wing, appears like three steps. All the wings are dentated or scolloped. The posterior ones are 

 of a clay colour, with many black spots on them, of various forms. A black border runs along the external 

 edges, narrowed as it approaches the external angle, on which appear two rows of blue spots like crescents, 

 whose convex sides are placed opposite each other. 



Under Side. The white bar on the anterior wings appears as on the upper side, from whence to the 

 tips IS an ohve colour, whereon are some silver spots ; the remainder as on the upper side. The posterior 

 wings are of an olive hue, finely variegated with some white silvery spots and marks. A line of this 

 colour runs along the external edges almost close to the scollops, and above that are five round spots of 

 a darker olive, with small white dots in their centres. 



