ARGYNNIS TEPHNIA. 



Plate VI. fig. 2. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nymphalidse, Sioaww. 



Genus. Argynnis, Fab. Latr. God. Papilio( Nymph. Phalerat.), Linn. Drury. 



ARGYNNIS Tephnia. Alis subrotundatis (lentatis, supra luteis nigro maeulatis, posticis siibtus viridi argenteo 

 nigroiiuc variegatis serie quiuque occUorum. (Expaiis. Alar. 3 unc. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Argyimis, l>/-!o-j/, App.v.'i. Herbst. Pap. t.ioi.f.b. 6. 



PapiUo Niphe, var. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. I./;. 142. 



P. Niphe mas. Cramer, Pap. 'i.pl. 14./. D. E. 



Argynnis Tephnia, Latr. et God. Enc. MHh. ix. /). -iCi. No. 18. 

 Habitat: China. 



Upper Side. The wings are of a brown orange, having many black .spots, of different sizes and 

 shapes on them. A black scolloped border runs along the external edges of the posterior wings, 

 whereon are two rows of tawny I'ed spots, appearing like crescents, with their convex sides pjaced against 

 each other. All the wings are scolloped or dentated. 



Under Side. The anterior wings, toward the body, are brown orange. The tips are of a yellowish 

 flesh colour, with some olive spots on them, with black spots, as on the upper side. The posterior wings are 

 of a yellow flesh colour, marked with some olive spots, and white marks, which seem of a silver hue. A 

 margin of olive colour runs along the external edges, whereon is a row of flesh-coloured crescents (as on 

 the upper side), with an intersected narrow line above them. Over these, are five round olive spots, of 

 equal sizes, with a dot of silver in their centres. 



The specific name given to this species by Drury, having the priority in point of 

 (late, would have been retained, had it not been identical with that of the genus to which 

 it belongs. Engramelle and several other authors have, inadvertently, given it as an inha- 

 bitant of the south of Europe. 



NYCTALEMON PATROCLUS. 



Plate VII. fig. 1. (Upper Side). Plate VIII. fig. 1. (Under Side). 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section : Nocturna. Family : Uraniidae, Westw. 



Genus. Nyctalemon, Dalman. {Prod. Monogr. Castu.) Urania. Divis. C. Lair, et God. Papilio (Equit. Achiv. 

 Linn.), Noctua, Fabr. 

 (Subgenus. Oroutes, Swainson, Zool. Illustr. '2d. series, 125.) 



Nyctalemon Patroclus. Alis supra fuscis, subtus griseis fusco undatis, utrinque fasci^ eommuni media recta 



alba, posticis caudatis. (E.xpaus. Alar, fere 6 unc.) 

 Syn. Papilio (Eq. Achiv.) Patroclus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 749. No. 24. Cramer, Pap. pi. 198. /;/. A. pi. 109. 

 Jig. A. B. Herbst. Pap. tab. 6i.fig. 2. 3. tab. .55./. 1. 



Noctua Patroclus, Fab. Ent. Syst. 3. 2. p. 8. No. 2. 



Urania Patroclus, Latr. et God. Enc. MHh. ix. 710. 



Habitat : China {Drury). Java, Amboyna (Enc. Meth.). 



Upper Side. The antennae are about an inch long, slender, setaceous, and gradually diminishing 

 from the base to the extremities. The head is small. The thorax is clothed with long soft hair, and. 



