CALLIMORPHA? HELCITA. 



Plate XXIX. fig. 4. 



ORnER : LGjjidoptera. Section : Nocturna. Family : Arctiida;, Steph. 



Genus. Callimorpha? Zatr. Phalaena (Noctua), i)/-«ri/. 



Callimorpha? Helcita. Alis testaccis apice nigris, fa.scia maetilai'i alba- (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 61in.) 



Svx. Papilio (Dan. Cand.) Ilelcita, Lhm. Syst. Nat. 2. 7(!3. 94. 

 Phahvna fascelis, Linn. Miis. Ulr. 300. No. -lo. 

 Pha^loena (Noctua) H., Drury, App. vol.3. 

 Pliala;na maculai-ia. Fair. Ent. Syst. 111. i.p. 140. iVo. 40. 



Habitat: "Sierra Li^one, Mr. .Snieathman, 177o" (I)rury'sf,lS>i.). " In Inrtiis" {Linn.). India fFoftj-. incorrectly). 



Upper Side. AnteniiEe black and setaceous. Head, thora.\, and abdomen black, the two last 

 having a row of white spots running along the middle, and another on each side down to the anus. 

 Wings fine dark red. Almost half the anterior next the tips being black, with five oval white spots 

 thereon ; three of which being the largest are joined together, the other two, being small and behind, 

 are at a little distance apart. Posterior wings with a broad black border running from the upper to the 

 abdominal corners, whereon are placed eight oval white spots at equal distances, two, being the outer- 

 most, very small and close together. 



Under Side. Palpi yellow. Tongue spiral. Legs, breast, and sides black, spotted and streaked 

 with white. Abdomen yellow. Wings coloured and marked as on the upper side. Margins of the 

 wings entire. 



Mr. Smeathman states that this insect is found in the savannahs. It is a sluggish 

 creature, and easily taken. A specimen of this very rare insect was sold in the collection 

 of the late Mr. Stothard, on the 18th May, 1835 ; and was purchased by Thomas Norris, 

 Esq. M.E.S. at the price of fourteen shillings. 



NYMPHALIS (CHARAXES) POLLUX. 



Plate XXX. fig. 1,2. 



Order : Lepidoptera, Linn. Section : Diurna, Latr. Family ; Nvmphalida;, Swains. 



Genus. Nvmphalis, ireir. Papilio (Nymph. Plial.), Drury. (Si'BGENr.s: Charaxes, Boisduval.) 



Nymphalis (Charaxes) Pollux. Alis supra fulvis, limbo postico late nijiro, subtus ad basin ferrugineis, 

 anuulis fasciaque albis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 9 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio Pollux, Cram. pi. 31.fij. C. D. Herbst. Pap. t. 63./. 3. 4. 



Papilio (N.) Castor, Fnbr. Gen. Ins. Mant. p.i.'il. Donovan Nat. Repos. 4. 1 l(i. 

 Papilio (Nymph. Ph.) Camiilus, Drury, App. vol. 3. 



Habitat: " Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1770" (Drury's MSS.). 



Upper Side. Antenna; black. Thorax and abdomen red-brown. Anterior wings brown-orange, 

 with a small round black spot near the middle, and another fainter and smaller a little beneath it. Along 

 the anterior edges are several black marks and patches joining together ; these wings are bordered with 

 black, having along the external edges some small faint orange-brown spots. Posterior wings corres- 

 ponding exactly with the anterior, and furnished with four short tails. 

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