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Upper Side. Antennae black, and very long. Thorax and abdomen dark brown. Wings trans- 

 parent, vitreous. Anterior ones with the posterior edges bending as it were inwards. A small narrow 

 border of dark brown runs entirely round the edges of these wings ; and on the anterior edges, about a 

 third from the tips, runs a dark brown streak towards the middle of the wing, close to which is a small 

 white spot joining to the anterior edge. Posterior wings having also a very narrow border running about 

 two-thirds round them, and stopping at the abdominal edges ; some long yellowish hairs are placed on 

 the anterior edges near the body. 



Under Side. Palpi, breast, sides, ash-coloured. The dark brown borders surrounding the wings 

 appear on this side of an orange brown colour; the rest as on the upper side. Margins of the win^s 

 entire. 



NYMPHALIS SALMACIS. 



Plate VIII. fig. 1, 2. 



Okder : Lepidoptera. Sectiok : Diiirna. Family : Nymphalidoe, Sw. 



Genus. N ymphalis, ia^r. Gorf. Papilio ( Nymphalis Phal.), Druri/, ^-c. 



Nymphalis Salmacis. Alls dentatis, supra nigris disco coeruleo-radiatis, subtus fuscis ; fascia strigaque 

 maculari al1)idis ( J ). (Expans. Alar. 4 une. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Ph.) Salmacis, Druri/, App. vol. 2. Herbst.tah.XQQ.f.b.G. Fair. Ent. Syst. \\\. ]. 

 p. 132. No. 408. 

 Papilio Omphale, Stull. Suppl. Cram.pl. 26./. 1. 1. A. 

 Habitat: Sierra Leone (l>cHri/). Amboiua (StoW.). 



Upper Side. Antennae black. Neck spotted with grey. Thorax and abdomen black. Anterior 

 wings next the body black brown, but at the tips russet, or dark hair-coloured; about a quarter of an 

 inch from thence are two small white spots placed on each wing, near the anterior margin ; near the 

 middle is a short white bar, crossed by the black nerves of the wing, whose under part joins to a patch 

 of blue which runs to the [josterior margin. Posterior wings next the body black brown, but along the 

 external edges a little lighter. A white bar on each rises at the abdominal groove, and runs to the 

 middle of the wing towards the anterior edge, being margined with blue which seems to shoot in rays ; 

 a row of twelve small white spots runs along the external edge in pairs. 



Under Side. Palpi, neck, and breast black brown, spotted with white. Anterior wings russet, 

 darkest next the body ; the white spots and bar being very plain on this side, with tiie addition of a row 

 of white spots running half way along the external edges. Posterior wings russet, with the same marks 

 and spots as on the other side, but rather of a pearl colour. Margins of the wings dentated, the in- 

 dentings being white. 



PIERIS PASITHOE. 



Plate VIII. fig. 3, 4. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Papilionidce, iracA. 



Genus. Pieris, Schrmik. Latr. God. Boisdiwal. Pontia p. Oclts. 1 apilio (Dan. Cand. or Heliconii), Linn. 

 Drury, ^c. 



Pieris Pasithoe. Alls suboblongis nigris, supra coeriilescenli-albo-maculatis, posticis subtiis disco flavo, uigro 

 venoso, fasciitque baseos ferruginea incurva. (Expans. Alar. 3 une. 6 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio (Helicon.) Pasithoe, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 7.55. No. 53. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. \.p. 179. 

 Papilio (Dan. Cand.) Dione, Drury, App. vol. i. 

 Papilio Porsenna, Cramer, ijI. 43. Jiff. D. E. S,- pi. 3o-2.fg. A. B. 

 Pieris Pasithoe, Enc. Mi-th. ix. p. 148. Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lep. 1. p. 451. 

 Habitat : India (Drury) China, Bengal (Boisduval). 



