BIBLIS HIARBAS. 



Plate XIV. fig. 1,2. 



Order ; Lepidoptera. Section : Diurna. Family : Nymphalidse, Swains. 



Genus. Biblis, Fabr. Latr. God. Papilio (Nymphal. Phal.), Drury. 



BiBLis HiAHBAS. Alis dentatis, fuscis; fascia utrinque communi alb^, posticarum latiore, anticarum abbreviate. 

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



Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Ph.) Hiarbas, Drury, App. vol. 3. Donovan Ins. India, pi. 3. Jig. 3. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 

 111. l.p. 128. iVo. 391. 

 Biblis Hiarba, Enc. MHh. ix. p. 824. 2. 



Habitat : Sierra Leone {Drury). Cape of Good Hope (J. O. W.). 



Upper Side. Antennae, head, thorax, and abdomen black. Wings deep brown, almost black : 

 a white bar rises on the anterior ones near the tips, and running parallel with the external edges crosses 

 the posterior ones, and ends just below the abdomen, gradually widening. Posterior wings at the 

 abdominal corners tipped with orange, and having a double row of narrow white crescents along the 

 external edges ; the anterior wings having only a single row. 



Under Side. Palpi white. Breast and legs grey-brown. Abdomen yellowish. The white bar and 

 row of crescents nearly as on the upper side, but all the brown parts are prettily spotted and variegated 

 with red-brown spots of different shapes ; the general colour of the wings being a greyish brown. Wings 

 dentated. 



Fabricius cites Drury's collection alone for this species, incorrectly giving India as its 

 habitat. Drury had previously stated it to have been received from Sierra Leone. Donovan, 

 relying upon the former rather than the latter, figured the insect in his " Epitome of the 

 Insects of India." 



NYMPHALIS SEMIRE. 



Plate XIV. fig. 3, 4. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family': Nymphalldae, /Sioain*. 

 Gend8. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.), Drury. 



Nymphalis Semire. Alis subdentatis fuscis, fascia utrinque viridi interrupts,, posticis ad angulum ani ferru- 



gineo raaculatis; subtus omnibus basi luteis, nigro punctatis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 9 lin.) 

 Syn. PapUio (N.) Semire, Fabr. Spec. Ins. torn. 2. p. 88. Ent. Syst. 111. 1. p. 114. No. 351. Cramer, pi. 194. 

 fg- B. C. 

 Papilio (N. Ph.) Hippolyte, Drury, App. vol. 3. 

 Nymphalis Semire, Latr. if God. Enc. MHIi. ix. p. 392. 



Habitat; Sierra Leone. 



Upper Side. Antennae black. Thorax and abdomen yellowish brown. Wings dusky greenish 

 brown, and spotted with round black spots at the base. Anterior having ten distinqt spots of a pea- 

 green, of different sizes and forms. Posterior wings with a large central patch of pea-green, which being 

 divided by the tendons appear like six distinct long spots ; below this patch is a row of faint reddish 

 triangular spots. 



Under Side. Palpi and legs pale yellow. Breast grey. Abdomen yellowish. Wings with the 



