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black spots much stronger, and the green spots more distinct than on the upper side. The general 

 colour of the wings is much lighter, with a broadish cream-coloured bar running along the external 

 edges, which, being separated by the tendons of the wings, appear like distinct streaks. Wings 

 dentated. 



VANESSA DELIUS. 



Plate XIV. fig. 5, 6. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Smtion : Diurna. Family: NymphalidEe, S'lcain*. 



Genus. Vanessa, Fabr. Latr. God. Hamadryades, Hiibn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Drury. 



Vanessa Delius. AUs dentatis supri\ fulvis basi extimoque fuscis, anticis apice strigi punctorum alborum ; 

 posticia macula discoidali oblong^ ocellisque duobus analibus nigris, his extus caudatis, illis falcatis. 

 (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 5 lin.) 



Stn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Delius, App. vol. 3. (1783.) 



Papilio N. Eurocilia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. \.p. 79. No. 247. (1793.) 

 Vanessa Deraonica, Latr. (f God. Bnc. MHh. ix. p. 301. No. 14. (1819.) 



Habitat: Sierra Leone, with the two preceding (i)r«rj/). " IvlnAiis" (Fabr.). Amencat (Enc. M^th.J. 



Upper Side. Antennae black. Thorax and abdomen red-brown. Anterior wings nearly black at 

 the base, and also half of them next the tips, whereon are five small white spots, the middle of them 

 being of a dark orange. Posterior wings also black at the base ; each of them is furnished with two 

 tails, the outward ones the longest; the external edges being bordered with dark brown, almost black, 

 anfl all the middle part of the wing is dark orange. 



Under Side. Palpi and legs yellowish. Breast dark brown. Abdomen yellowish. Wings with 

 blackish and dark brown spots and marks, not to be distinctly described. Anterior wings with a broad 

 yellowish bar crossing them from the anterior edges to the lower corners; while the posterior are also 

 remarkable for a blueish patch placed between the outer tails and the abdominal corners. 



The locality given by our author is evidently correct, because he was furnished with 

 information respecting its habits by Mr. Smeathman, who stated that it breeds chiefly near 

 open and cultivated spots, or in recent plantations, and sports in the sun like the AcraBse. 



MORPHO LAERTES. 



Plate XV. fig. 1. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section : Diurna. Family : Nymphalids", Swains. 

 Genus. Norvho, Fabr. Latr. God. Papilio (Equit. Achiv.), Urarj/. 



MoRPHO Laertes. Alis subdentatis, utrinque margaritaceo-albis, anticarum fascia costali nigra, postiuis subtus 

 strig^ ocellorum lunulisque marginalibus. (Expans. Alar. 6 unc. 3 lin ) 



Syn. Papilio (Eq. Achiv.) Laertes, Drury, App. vol. 3. Esper Pap. Exot. tab. 43. f. 2. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 

 1 1 1 . 1 . p. 84. No. 262. Enc. Mith. ix. p. 444. (Morpho L.) 

 Papilio Epistrophus, Fabr. Ind. Alphab. to Ent. Syst. p. 124. Donovan Nat. Bepos. 4. 143. 

 Habitat : Brazil. 



Upper Side. Antennae white. Thorax and abdomen whiteish. Wings blueish white ; anterior tipped 

 with dark brown, with half the front edges next the body verged with dark brown, which, at the extremity, 



