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only by night, remaining during the day concealed in a kind of case, which it forms by 

 rolling up a leaf. The chrysalis is short, and thick, wdthout angular prominences, of a grey 

 colour, with black dots. It attaches itself by the tail to the stem of the plant upon which 

 it feeds. 



Fabricius erroneously gives India as the habitat of this species, whence Donovan has 

 introduced it into his work upon the insects of that country. 



NYMPHALIS ORSIS S. 



Plate XVI. fig. 3. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section ; Diurna. Family : Nymphalidae, Stvains. 



Genus. Nymphalis, Lair. God. Papilio (Nymphalis), Fabr. 



Nymphalis Orsis. Alis nigris, (in mare coeruleo-micantibus) strigis tribus macularibus albis, prima et secunda 

 corpus secantibus. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 liu.) 



Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Orsis, Drury, App. vol. 3. 



Papilio (N.) Oisis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. 1. p. 124. No. 378. ($.) Enc. MHh. L\. p. 381. No. 102. 



(Nymphalis O.) 

 Papilio "S.BX&TiAma., Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. l.;j. 129. (5 .) Doyuwan Ins. India, No. 2. pi. 1./. 3. 



Habitat: Brazd (Drury, S,c. J. In Indiis (i'air.^. East India ('Donoran, erroneously). 



Upper Side. Antennae, thorax, and abdomen brown, the latter having six spots on it. Wings very 

 dark changeable blue ; anterior having a pale streak crossing them a little way on each side the thorax, 

 with several other small ones on other parts. 



Under Side. Palpi very small, hairy, and white. Thorax, legs and abdomen white. Wings pale 

 red-brown, having a shade of darker colour running along their external edges, and on the anterior ones 

 are placed two faint-coloured streaks, running from the external edges towards the middle of the wings. 

 Margins of the wings angulated and dentated. 



CASTNIA THAIS. 



Plate XVI. fig. 4. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Sbctiok : ? ( Hesperi-Sphinges, iair.) Family: Castniidae. 



Genus. Castnia, Fabr. Latr. God. Dalm. Papilio (Dan. Festiv.), Drury. 



Castkia Thais. Alia antieis supra fusco-viridibus, nitidis, basi faseiisque duabuscaraeogriseis; postieis rubris 

 fasciis duabus margineque nigris. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio (Dan. Festiv.) Thais, Drury, App. vol. 3. 



Castnia Thalaira, Latr. God. Enc. MHh. ix.p. 800. No. 14. 



Habitat : Brazil. 



Upper Side. Antennas brown. Thorax, abdomen, and anterior wings red-brown ; the latter 

 having two streaks or bars of a lighter colour crossing them from the anterior edges to the posterior and 

 external ones ; one crossing the middle of the wing, the other nearer the tips. Posterior wings orange ; 

 the lower part black along the external edge, whereon are placed a row of square orange-colouced 



