HESPERIA IPHIS. 



Plate XV. fig. 3, 4. 



Ohder: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: HesperiidEe, Steph. 

 Genus. Uespekia^, Latr. God. Papilio (Pleb. Urbic.) ii/iH. ^r. 



Hesperia Iphis. AUs supra viricU-atris ; infra aureo-virescentibus venis margineque postico nigris, capite 

 sanguineo. (Expans. Alar. 4 unc.) 



Syn. Papilio (Pleb. Urb.) Iphis, Dniry, App. vol. 2. 



Hesperia (Urb.) Jupiter, Fabr. Eiif.Syst. 111. 1.^.336. No. 279. Erie. M'eth.ix.p.im. (Hesperia J.) 



Papilio Phidias, Cram.pl. 244. A. B. 

 Habitat : Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Anamaboe, and the Bight of Benin, on the Coast of .\frica. 



Upper Side. Antennae thickest in the middle. Head scarlet. Thorax and abdomen black. All 

 the wings green brassy-coloured, the nerves black, those parts that surround the body being of a raven 

 black. The tips of the anterior wings orange-coloured. 



Uncle?- Side. Palpi scarlet and hairy, the extremities being small and black. Breast, legs, sides, 

 and abdomen black. Anus scarlet. Wings of a yellower brassy hue than on the upper side. Superior 

 wings tipped with orange, but next the body greenish black ; the same colour occupying the external 

 edges of the posterior wings. 



The male differs in having the upper side entirely of a fine raven black without the orange tips ; the 

 under side is also darker, and less brassy than the female. 



Drury states, that when this insect is at rest it sits with its wings erect ; and 

 Mr. Smeathman considers it " very remarkable that this insect, which seems an inter- 

 mediate species between Papilio and Phalsena, associates with the little assemblages of 

 Nymphalis Erithonius, and is frequently seen sipping water with them." 



NYMPHALIS (LIMENITIS) SIBILLA. 



Plate XLV. fig. 1, 2. 



Okder : Lepidoptera. Section : Diurna. Fa.mily : Nymphalidie, Sicaiiis. 



GESU.S. Nymphalis, Latr. God. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.), Linn. Drury. Subgenus: Limenitis, Fahr. 



Steph. Naiades, Hiibn. ' 



NY.MPHALIS (Limenitis) SiBiLLA. Alls subdentatis supra atro-cceruleis ; fascia maculari alba ; postieis subtus 



basi cinereo-coerulescente immaciilatis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio Sibilla, Linn. Syst. Nat. \\.l'i\. 



N. Camilla, Enc. MHh. ix. p. 408. and of the German Lepidopterists. 

 Papilio (Nymph.) Sibilla var. Drury. 



Habitat : Smyrna (Drury). 



Upper Side. AntenuEe black. Head, thorax, and abdomen black. Between the eyes are four small 

 white spots Wings raven black, tinged with green. Anterior with ten white spots, of different sizes, 

 placed in various parts ; four being next the anterior edge, near the middle of the wings, and divided 

 only by the nerves. Posterior with a row of long white spots, placed together, running from the middle 

 of the anterior edges, and ending a little above the abdominal corners, divided by the nerves. A range 

 of small black spots, edged with grey, runs parallel with the external edges of the wings, from the tips to 

 the abdominal corners, where the last spot is encircled with orange. 



