CALLIMORPHA? CAFRA. 



Plate V. fig. 1. 



Order; Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: ArctiiAos, Steph. 

 Genus. Callimorpha? Latr. Phalaena (Noetua), X>rM7T/. 



CALLIMORPHA ? Cafra. Alis albis, anticis strigis duabus transversis, una humerali altera media, aplceque 

 marginali nigricantibus, posticis lunulis punctisque submarginalibus atris. (Expans. Alar. 4 unc.) 



Syn. Phalsena (Bombyx) Cafra, Drury, App. vol. 3. 

 Habitat : Sierra Leone. 



Upper Side. Antennae deeply pectinated and brown. Head white. Thorax and abdomen 

 yellowish grey. Anterior wings white, edged with a dull blackish colour, and a large patch of the same 

 at the tips, with two streaks also running from the anterior edges almost across the wings ; one near the 

 shoulders, the other in the middle, both narrowing as they go, and ending in points. A little group of 

 spots is also placed at the lower corners. Posterior wings white, but next the body yellow, with a very 

 irregular dark border running along the external edges, on which are several white spots unevenly 

 dispersed, and of various forms. 



Under Side. Palpi white, tipped with black. Fore legs red underneath, and black above, the ends 

 being black : the other legs grey, the tips black. Breast and abdomen yellow grey. Wings coloured 

 as on the upper side, but fainter. Margins of the wings entire. 



CALLIMORPHA? NERINA. 



Plate V. flg.2. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section : Nocturna. Family : Arctiidaj, Steph. 

 Gencts. Callimorpha? Xa^r. Phalaena (Noctua), J)™?-!/. 



Callimorpha? Nerina. Alis anticis nigris, nervis basalibus luteis, faseiis duabus punctisque submarginalibus 

 albidis, posticis fulvo-brunneis apice nigro, punctis submarginalibus albis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 6 lin.) 

 Syn. Phalaena (Bombyx) Nerina, Drury, Apj). vol. 3. 

 Habitat : Sierra Leone. 



Upper Side. Antennae strongly pectinated and brown. Head brown, the front being white. Thorax 

 brown, with two white streaks along it. Abdomen brown. Wings black, streaked with light brown 

 from the shoulders along the tendons, and two light yellowish patches, almost crossing the wings from 

 the anterior edges, with a row of white coloured spots placed along the external edges. Posterior wings 

 dark yellow, with a deep black border running along the external edges from the upper to the 

 abdominal corners. 



Under Side. Palpi black. Mouth white. Neck and breast yellow. Legs brown, and yellow at 

 top, and white beneath. Abdomen white, streaked longitudinally with brown. Anus yellow. Wings 

 coloured as on the upper side, but brighter. Margins of all the wings entire. 



