VANESSA TEREA. 



Plate XVIII. fig. 3, 4. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section ; Diiirna. Family : Nymphalitlse, Swaitis. 



Genus. Yahessa, Fabr. Lati: God. Steph. Sfc. Papilio (Nymph. Gemm. ),!)/■«»■(/, §-c. 



Vanessa Terea. Alis dentatis supra fuscis, fascia communi fulva linea nigra divisa; anticis subfalcatis 



punctis apicalibus albis, posticis intus subcaudatis, ocello anali gemino. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.) 

 .Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Gemm.)Tcrea, i>n«-(/,yl/)p.t>oZ. 1,2. Fab. Eitt. Si/st.\M. \.p.S2. iVo.288. Cramer, 



pi. \3S.fg. E. F. Enajl. MHh. ix. p. 314. (Vanessa T.) 

 Habitat: Sierra Leone. 



Upper Side. Antennae black. Thorax and abdomen greenish brown. The shoulders of all the 

 wings surrounded by a broad patch of a yellowish brown ; joining to this is a yellow clay-coloured 

 bar, rising near the anterior edges. The remaining part of the wings is occupied by a dusky black 

 border, situated along the external edges ; having some very small white spots thereon, whereof four are 

 placed near the tips. 



Under Side. Palpi, legs, breast, and sides pale clay-coloured. Anterior wings pale clay-coloured ; 

 having three irregular indented bars crossing them, from the anterior to the posterior edges. Along the 

 external edges is a dark cloud, whereon are four or five exceechng small white eyes, and a small wlute 

 spot like an arrow's point near the tips. Posterior wings pale clay-coloured, clouded along the external 

 edges, where there are three exceeding small white eyes. A small reddish line crosses these wings from 

 the abdominal corners to the middle of the anterior edges. All the wings are dentated ; the anterior 

 being a little angulated. 



This butterfly, according to Mr. Smeathman, delights to sport in the sunshine, and is 

 frequently found in company with Pieris Calj-pso about cultivated spots, as old rice planta- 

 tions and cassava grounds. ' 



NYMPHALIS OPIS. 



Plate XVII. fig. 5, 6. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section ; Diurna. Family : Nymphalida?, Sw. 



Genus. N ymphalis, iatc. Gorf. Papilio (Nymphalis), iinn. 



Nymphalis Opis. Alis supra fuscis, fascia communi caracteribusquc ocliraceis ; anticis striga punctorum 



alborum. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.) 

 Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Opis. Drury, App. vol. 2. Cramer, pi. 13S. fg. A. B. Bncycl. Meth. ix. p. 



381. No. 104. (Nymphalis 0.) 

 Habitat ; Sierra Leone. 



Upper Side. Antennae brown. Head, thorax, and abdomen browai. Wings dark brown, or choco- 

 late colour, fonned into di\asions by lines of a yellowish colour crossing and intersecting them in various 

 directions. A yellow bar rises on the anterior wings, near the middle, and crossing them and the poste- 

 rior, meets at the extremity of the body. Close to where the bar rises on the anterior wings are six very 

 small white spots, placed between the nerves, reaching to the anterior edges. 



Under Side. Palpi, breast, and sides greyish hrovm. Anterior wings greyish, clouded with red 

 brown, particularly at the tips ; on the middle of the external edges is a patch of yellow, and on the 



