ACR^A MENIPPE. 



Plate XIII. fig. 3, 4. 



f)RDER; Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Famtly : Heliconiidae. 



Genus. Acr^a, Fair. Lntr. God. Papilicj (Helicon.), Drury. 



Acr.i:a Menippe. Alis oblongis iutegerrimis, anticis suiirii fnscis nigro-punctatis ; ad apicem fascia abhreviatil 

 maculisc|ue marginalibus albidis ; po.sticis fascia fulva lata transversa. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 3 liii.) 



Syn. Papilio ( Helic.) Menippe, Drunj, App. vol. S. Stoll.Suppl.Cra7n.p!.-26.fg.l. Herbst. tab.^X.f. -i. 5. 

 Papilio H. Zetes? Linn. Si/st. Nat. 3. 766. No. HO 

 Acra;a Zetliea, Biic. Mcth. ix. p. 236. 



Habitat : Sierra Leone, and other parts of the Western Coast of Africa. 



Upper Side Antennae black. Thorax black, with a row of four faint white spots next the neck. 

 Abdomen at the base black, with yellow spots on the sides, the extremity being yellowish. Anterior 

 wings very dark brown, almost black, clouded with faint dark orange marks and dark yellow spots, 

 ]iarticularly along the external edges. Posterior wings deep orange, clouded with black next the body, 

 and a deep black border along the external edges, with a row of eight small red spots running along the 

 middle of it : these wings have also seven, eight, or more black spots on them. 



Under Siu'e. Palpi yellowish. Breast black, spotted with white on its sides. Anterior wings dusky 

 orange-brown along the external edges, whereon is a row of dark orange oval spots, a whiteish cloud next 

 them, and several different shaped black spots on the other part of the wings. Posterior wings cream- 

 coloured, verged along the external edges with black, whereon is a row of white spots, and above it a 

 row of small and very faint red ones : these wings next the body have a patch of a deep black, spotted 

 with white, and verged with faint orange, and also several black spots- 



This insect has been regarded as the Zetes of Linnaeus ; it does not appear hovrever to 

 agree with the Linnsean description, in which the anterior wings are said to be " nebulosis, 

 punctatis :" nor with the habitat " in Indiis" given of that species. 



HELICONIA GAZORIA. 



Plate XIII. fig. 5, 6. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section : Dinrna. Family : Heliconiidse. 

 Genus. Heliconia, FaJr. iofr. Gorf. Papilio (Helicon.), Limi.^-c. 



Heliconia Gazoria. Alis oblongis integerriniis, dimidiatim flavis hyalinisque margine exteriori fuseo, posticis 

 subtus ( 5 ) macule baseos aurantiac^ (Expans. Alar. 2 unc.) 



Syn. Heliconia Gazoria, Latr. ^- God. Enc. Mt'tli. ix. p. 214. No. 35. 



Papilio (Hcl.) Euritaea, Drury, App. vol. 3. (exclus. Syn. Crameri.) 



Habitat : Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 



Upper Side. ' Antennae black. Head black, with small white spots. Neck orange. Thorax black, 

 with grey marks. Abdomen black at top, and grey on the sides. Wings yellowish white, verged and 

 tipped with black, without any marks or spots on them. 



Under Side. Palpi and breast grey. Legs black. Abdomen white. Anus yellowish. Wings 

 coloured as on the upper side. 



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