NOCTUA (ACONTIA?) NUNDINA. 



Plate XVIII. fig. 5. 



Okder ; Lepidoptera. Section : Noctuma. Family : Noctuiilae, Stcph. 



Genus. Noctua, Aiict. (Subgenus, Acontia? Ochsenh. Trcit.) Phalaena (Noctua), i)/-i«7/. 



NocTUA (Acontia?) Nundina. Alis auticis pallide cinereis albido variegatis, litera nigi'a ante apicem notatig. 

 (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 3 lin) 



SrN. Phalajiia (Noctua) NundiQa, Dniry, App. v. -2. 



Habitat : New York. 



Upper Side. Antennae thread-like, of a reddish brown. The tongue curled spirally. Head and 

 thorax ash colour. Anterior wings the same, whereon are several faint marks of a light sand colour. 

 Close to the anterior margin, about a third from the tips, is a black mark, resembling an 3 of the German 

 text characters. Posterior wings silvery white, with a small, faint, light, sandy border, and a small oblong 

 brown discoidal spot. 



Under Side. Anterior wings silvery white, with a faint indistinct dark brown border running along 

 the external margin, and two dark marks opposite the Gemran text character. Posterior wings silvery 

 white ; the oblong brown spots are here plainly seen as on the upper side. 



PAPILIO PALAMEDES. 



Plate XIX. fig. 1.2. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section : Diurna. Family : Papilioiiidfe, Leach. 



Genus. Vapilio, Aicct. 



Papilio Palambdes. Alis dcntatis uigris, fascia macular! maculisque marginalibus flavis ; posticis caudatis, his 

 subtus ad basin vittk alb& transversa recta lunulisque rufis. (Expans. Alar. 5 unc.) 



Syn. Pai)ilio (Eq. Acbiv.) Palamedes, Drury, Ajjp. v. 2. (1773). Cramer, pi. HS.Jig.A. B. 



Pap. (Eq. Acli.) Calchas, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 4.j3. No. 44. (1775). Ent. Syst. 3. \.p. 30. A'o. 90. Herhst. 

 Pap. tab. 42, Boisduval, Hist. Nat. Lep. 1. 337. No. 178. Bdv. et Leconte, Icon. Lep. Ainer. 

 Sept. pi. 5. 



Habitat: Carolina [Drury). Georgia, Virginia (iJrfi-.). 



Upper Side. Head, back, and abdomen dark brown ; the latter striped on the sides with yellow. 

 Two yellow lines, beginning at the palpi, encircle the eyes, and, running along the shoidders, end at the 

 base of the inferior wings. Anterior wings brownish black ; the external margin with small yellow 

 crescents, above which are nine yellow round spots. Above this is another irregular row of yellow 

 angular spots. Posterior wings brownish black, each with a tail. Above it are six yeOow spots, reaching 

 from the anal to the upper corner, with five small blue spots above them, above which a yellow irregular 

 bar runs across the middle of the wing, having a black spot, whose upper edge is verged with blue, placed 

 at the anal angle, with a small tinge of orange above and below it. 



Under Side. Breast and thighs yellow. Abdomen striped with yellow and dark brown. Anterior 

 wings brownish black, with the same yellow spots and marks as on the upper side. Posterior wings 

 brownish black, with six yellow spots near the external edge, having a mark of orange in the middle of 

 each, above which is a row of orange crescents joined together, whose upper edges are silver, and below 

 each of them is a black circular spot, whose inner part is a fine shining blue, from whence appears a 

 great number of powder-like gray spots. The anterior edge next the shoulders, has a small orange 

 streak, near which an orange-coloured line begins, running parallel with the abdomen. 



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