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intersected by the brown tendons of the wings. Posterior wings terminating in two white, short, and 

 broad tails. 



Under Side. Palpi white. Breast, abdomen, and wings coloured as on the upper side ; the posterior 

 diflPering merely in having their outward edges bordered with white. 



This insect belongs to the subgenus Eudamus proposed by Mr. kSwainson, in the new 



series of his beautiful Zoological Illustrations, and appears in no respect to differ from that 



which he has figured under the name of Eudamus Doryssus. He observes that the type 



of this group is the Hesperia Proteus Fabr. ; that all the species, of which there are nearly 



thirty, are from America ; that their flight is exceedingly rapid in the morning and 



evening, and that they rest with their wings perpendicular. Drury, on the other hand, 



gives Sierra Leone as the habitat, and adds, moreover, on the authority of Mr. Smeathman, 



that this species, like the last, sports in the sun, and is remarkable for the very rapid short 



fliohts it takes from bush to bush, so as to be caught with great difficulty. In his 



manuscripts, however, I find this species marked as being from " Madras, Mr. Skeene, 



1772." 



NYMPHALIS JANAIS. 



Plate XVII. fig. 5, 6. 



Okder: Lepidoptera. Section: Dim-ua. Family: Nymphalidse, •Sioaias. 



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



Nymphalis Janais. Alls subdentatis, nigris ; anticis utrinque albo-punctatis ; posticis supra disco riiliro, sulnii^ 



basi flavo et nigro, punctate. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.) 

 Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Janais, D™?-!/, App. vol.3. 



Nymphalis J., Latr. et God. Enc. MHh. ix. p. 392. No. 146. 

 Habitat: " Sierra, Leone" (Drury, in text). " Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1776" (Brury's MISS.). 



Upper Side. Antennae, thorax, abdomen, and anterior wings black, the latter with a number of 

 small white spots dispersed over different parts of the wings. Posterior wings black ; the middle part 

 fine carmine red, the scolloping next the abdominal corners being verged with white. 



Under Side. Palpi black. Legs brown. Breast and abdomen black. Anterior wings coloured as 

 on the upper side. Posterior wings as on the upper side, but next the body having a large patch of a 

 yellow colour, on which are several small black spots. The i-ed part of these wings is surrounded by a 

 row of small white spots, placed on the black ground. 



ACR^A UMBRA. 



Plate XVIII. fig. 1, 2. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section : Dim'na. Family : Heliconiidae. 

 Genus. Acr^ea, Fabr. Latr. God. Papilio (Heliconii), Fabr. olini. 



AcR,EA Umbra. Alls oblongis integerrimis brunneis, extimo supra late fusco, posticis subtiis ad basin nigro 

 punetatis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 9 lin.) 



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



Papilio (Hel. U.), Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111.1. p. 172. No. S35. Enc. MHh. ix. p. 236. (Acrtea U.) 



Habitat: Sierra Leone. 



