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the external part of it being brown. A small eye is placed near the tips of the superior ones, having a 

 black and yellow iris and white pupil. Five eyes of the same kind are also placed on the inferior ones 

 along the external edges. Margins of the wings slightly dentated. 



NYMPHALIS ARETHUSA. 



Plate VIII. fig. 1, 4. 



Ordek: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nymphalidae, 5i(;aww. 



Genus. IVymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Nymph. Gemraat.), Drury. 



iVymphalis Arethusa. Alls integris supra nitide atris, viresceiiti-coeruleo multimaculatis ; posticis subtiis 

 punctis baseos angulique ani rubris ,J . (Expaus. Alar. 3 unc. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio Arethusa, Cramer, -pi. 11. ^.Y. {^ .)yl.Vm. fig. k. (2 Pap. Laodamia.) Fabr. Ent. Syst.lW. 

 l.p. 43. No. 130. 

 Nymphalis Arethusus. Enc. MHh. ix.p. 427. Donovan Nat. Repos. 2. pi. 48. fig. super. 

 Habitat : Brazil. 



Upper Side. Antennse black. Thoraxand abdomen black, spotted with light blue. Wings black, 

 having a great number of small light blue spots sprinkled over every part, and variously shaped. 



Under Side. Palpi black, with a white streak on each. Tongue, legs, and breast black, the latter 

 with bloody streaks on the side. Abdomen dark brown. Wings reddish dark brown; the anterior ones 

 having two faint blue spots near the lower comers ; and the posterior having a little group of bloody 

 spots at the shoulders, with a row of the same coloured spots (five in all) placed along the external edges 

 near the abdominal corners. Margins of the wings entire. 



ERYCINA JARBAS. 



Plate VIII. fig. 2. 



Order. Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Lyasnidse'! Steph. 



Genus. Erycina, Fabr. Latr. God. Papilio (Dan. Fest.), Drury. 



Erycina Jarbas. Alis integerrimis atris, coeruleo micantibus singulis utrinque fascia fulva, transversali, media. 

 (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio (Dan. Fest.) Jarbas, Drury, App. vol. 3. (1783.) 



Hesperia (rur.) Perditus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. 1. p. 323. No. 222. 

 Erycina Perditus, Enc. MHh. ix.p. 590. No. 127. 



Habitat : Brazil. " Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1775" (Drury's MSS.). 



Upper Side. Antennae black. Thorax and abdomen nearly black. Wings brownish black. An 

 orange-coloured bar, about a quarter of an inch broad, crosses the anterior wings from the middle of 

 the anterior edges to the lower corners, from whence another of half that breadth crosses the posterior 

 wings, meeting just below the anus. 



Under Side. Tongue, legs, breast, and abdomen dark brown, the latter having a small orange 

 streak on each side. Wings coloured as on the upper side. Margins of the wings entire. 



