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Upper Side. Antennae brown. Thorax and abdomen brown. Anterior wings fine ochre brown ; 

 having two faint, dark, indented lines running along the external edges. An oblong yellow spot is placed 

 on the anterior margins near the tips. Three others, one being small, are situated near the middle of 

 the wings ; beginning at the anterior edges and reaching almost to the posterior, where it becomes white. 

 Posterior wings ochre brown ; but when held in a certain position exhibiting a fine purplish blue. A 

 white bar crosses these wings obliquely from the middle of the anterior edges, and meets a little below 

 the body. Two indented black lines are placed on the external edges, running from the upper to 

 the abdominal corners, where are placed two small crescent-like blue spots or lines, one double, the 

 other single. 



Under Side. Palpi, breast, and legs white. Anterior wings having some short black irregular lines 

 placed cross-ways, and some brown orange marks near the shoulders. Three small triangular black 

 spots are placed at a little cUstance from the external edges, near the lower corners ; above which is a 

 brownish patch resembling polished metal. Posterior wings entirely of the colour of polished metal, 

 except the external edges which are ash colour ; and a white bar running from the middle of the anterior 

 edges to the abdominal corners. All the wings are deeply angulated. 



Latreille and Godart question whether this be not the female of Nymphalis Laurentia, 

 of which they had only seen the males. 



NYMPHALIS CADMA. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidEE, ieacA. 



Genus. Nymphalis, Zatr. God. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.), Brury, ' 



Nymphalis Cadma. Alis denticulatis luteis, anticis utrinque area apieis nigra, maculis duabus flavescentibus ; 



posticis subtus ocellis duobus coeruleis. (Expans. Alar. '2 unc.) 

 Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Gemm.) Cadma, Drury, App. vol. 2. Fabricius Ent. Syst.Wl. 1- p. 241. iVo. 761. 



(Papilio Sat. C.) Enc. MHh. ix, p. 421. (Nymphalis C.) 



Habitat : Jamaica. 



Upper Side. Antennae black. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown. Wings tawny yellow. 

 The anterior having the extreme parts, near the tips, black; with two yellowish spots thereon, 

 joining the anterior edges; also a round black spot situated at the lower corners on the posterior 

 edges. Posterior wings immaculate, except a black streak placed on the anterior edges next the 

 upper corners. 



Under Side. Tongue black. Breast, legs, and abdomen ash-coloured. The superior wings marked 

 and coloured as on the upper side, but less distinctly. Posterior wings tawny orange, having a broad 

 ash-coloured bar crossing them from the anterior to the abdominal edges. On this bar are placed two 

 eyes, with double pupils ; the lower one being of a fine blue with a yellow iris ; the upper one, next the 

 anterior edges, blue and black, with a brown iris. Margins of the wings dentated. 



