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 Under Side. All the parts on this side are of the same colour as the upper, without any marks 

 whatever on them. Margins of the wings entire. 



I have placed this insect in the family Noctuidse with douht, as it seems to have some 

 resemblance with Galleria Mellonella. 



NYMPHALIS JACINTHA. 



Plate XXI. fig. 1, 2. 



Order : Lepiiloptera. Section : Diui'iia. Family : Nymphalida;, Sicaitis. 



Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. God. Papilio (Nymphalis Phal.), Dniry. 



Nymphalis .Jacintha. Alis dentatis fuscis, anticis maculis albo-coeruleis omnibusque striga punctorum, fascia 

 intus cronata, hinulisque apicalibus albidis. (Expans. Alar. 4 une. 6 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Jacintha, Drury, App. vol. 2. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. I.p. HI. No. 342. $ ? 



Papilio N. Liria, Fabr. JEnt. Syst.lU. l.p. 126. 386. $ ? Eiic. Metli. ix.p. 39J. (Nymphalis Liria). 



Papilio Perimale, Cramer, pi. 65. Jig. C. D. pi. ST-fff. B. 

 HABiT.iT : Bombay (Drury). 



Upper Side. Antennse black ; having two small white spots placed at the base, and three others 

 behind them. Thorax and abdomen blackish brown. Anterior wings, at the base, very dark brown, 

 tinctured with liver colour, but at the external edges lighter, and of an orange tinge ; having six 

 small white spots placed pai-allel with the edge, but at a small distance from it. Near the middle of 

 these wings are four small blue spots, when the insect is held in a particular direction. Posterior wings 

 darkest at the base, but the other parts are of an olive brown ; the external edges are fringed with white, 

 having a row of cream-coloured crescents above, and another row of cream si)ots above that, placed two 

 and two, with seven small white spots placed above the whole. All the wings are dentated. 



Under Side. Legs brown. Thighs white. Breast and abdomen whitish. Wings brown olive, 

 darkest next the body, with the same cream-coloured spots as on the upper side, but a little fainter. 



NYMPHALIS PERSEIS. 



Plate XXI. fig. 3, 4. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nyiiiphalidcje, Sjcowis. 



Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. God. Papilio (Nymphalis Phal.), i>7'«ci/. 



Nymphalis Perseis. Alis dentatis, utrinque nigris disco communi testaceo ; anticis maculis diiabus fasciaque, 

 postieis punctis raarginalibus ochraceis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio (Nymphalis Phal.) Perseis, Drury, App. vol. 2. Herbst. tab. 131. Jig. 6. (J. 



Papilio (Nymph.) Persea, Fabr. Ent. Syat. 111. I. p. 137. No. 423. Enc. MM. ix. p. 391. 



Habitat: Sierra Leone. 



Upper Side. Antennae black. Thorax and abdomen black, spotted with white. Anterior wings 

 black, the tips edged with white ; two pale lemon-coloured spots are situated in the centre of the wings, 

 one being long, the other round ; between which and the tips is a long lemon streak, extending from the 

 anterior almost to the external edges ; a large patch of a dull red is also placed on the hinder part of the 

 wings, extending along the posterior edges from the shoulders almost to the lower corners. Posterior 



