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irregular, and uneven lines crossing them from the anterior to the posterior edges. The external edges 

 are also verged with brown, and at the lower corners have an orange-coloured patch. Posterior wings 

 with three dark brown lines crossing them from the anterior edges to the abdominal corners, and exter- 

 nally edged with dark brown. 



VANESSA PELARGA. 



Plate XXVII. fig. 1, 2. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nymphalidaj, Swains. 



Ge.nus. Va.vessa, Fahr. Latr. God. Hamadryades, T/iiiH. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) !>;■«)■(/. 



Vanessa Pelarga. Alis anticis faloatis, posticis intiis subcaudatis, omnibus supra fuscis, fascia oeerulescenti- 

 alba, uiero-punctata, extrorsumqiie fulvo inducta ; subtiis xerami>elinis line^ fusca communi media. 

 (Ex])ans. Alar. '2 unc. C lin.) 



Syn. Papilio (N.) Pelarga, Fair. Syst. But. p.i>\2>. No.-29G. JJi-uri/, App. col.S. Stall Suppl. Cram. pi. -H./.-i. 

 Vanessa P., Enc. MHh. ix.p. 313. No. 37. 



Habitat : '' .Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1776" (Drury's MSS.). 



Upper Side. Antennae brown. Thorax and abdomen dark brown. Wings at the base dark olive 

 brown ; the anterior having two red and one blue crooked lines, a quarter of an inch long, placed near 

 the anterior edges, which are also red. A white bar encircles all the brown part, beginning at the 

 anterior edges, meeting just below the anus ; the lower part of it being tinged with red or orange, on 

 which are eight small round black spots, three on the anterior and five on the posterior wings. The 

 external edges of all the wings are deeply bordered with olive brown, and near the tips are placed three 

 small white spots, one larger than the rest. Abdominal groove orange. A few blue streaks are placed 

 at the abdominal corners. 



Under Side. Palpi long and white, but reddish above. Eegs white. Breast and abdomen orange. 

 Wings dark reddish brown, with very little variegations. The three white spots near the tips of the 

 anterior wings are observable, and the five black spots on the posterior ones are faintly seen. Wings 

 deeply angulated. The under side varies considerably in different specimens. 



NYMPHALIS MELEAGRIS. 



Plate XXVII. fig. 3, 4. 



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

 Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Pleb. rur.), Drury. 



Nymphalis MELE.4GRIS. Alis suprii olivaeeo-fuscis, subtus luteseentibus ; utrinque albo, in Iriplici serie, 



multipunetatis. (E.\pans. Alar. 2 unc. 4J lin.) 

 Syn. Papilio Meleagris, Cramer, pi. CO./. A. B. Herbst. t. 145. /. 1. 2. JJriiry, App. vol. 3. Fahr. Ent. 



Syst. 111. \.p. 128. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 387. (Nymphalis M.) 

 Habitat: " Sierra Leone"' {Drury, In text). " Brazil, Mr. Skeene, 1772" (Drury's MSS.). 



Upper Side. Antennae brown. Thorax, abdomen, and wings olive-brown, spotted with a number 

 of round white spots edged with black ; the anterior wings having twenty-five, the posterior eighteen, 

 besides those placed on the external edges. 



