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Upper Side. Antennae, thorax, and abdomen black. Wings raven-black, having a pale yellow bar 

 rising at the anterior edges near the tips of the superior wings, and crossing these and the interior ones, 

 meeting even with the abdomen, becoming wider gradually. Posterior wings furnished with two tails, 

 and along the external edges having four small yellow crescents, and another at the abdominal corners : 

 above which are two long square red spots, and another yellow crescent on the abdominal edges. 



Under Side. Palpi, legs, and breast black. Abdomen black, with a white longitudinal stripe on 

 each side Wings marked nearly as on the upper side ; the posterior having several red spots and 

 streaks more than on the upper side, and placed next the body from the shoulders to the abdominal 

 corners. 



NYMPHALIS AFER. 



Plate XX.X VI. fig. 1, 2. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nym phalidae, 5«iains. 



Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.), Drury. 



Ny'mphalis Aper. Alis supra violaceo-coeruleis margine externo nigi'O, anticis utrinqiie striga apicali punctorum 

 alborum, posticis fusco nebulosis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. l\ lin.) ' 



Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Afer, Drury, App- vol.3. Stall Stippl. Cramer, pi. -21. fig. Z. 



Papilio (N.) ^thiopa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. 1. p. 136. No. 420. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 36.5. No. 119. 

 (Nymph. JJth.) 

 Habitat: " Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1776" (Dniry's MSS.V 



Upper Side. Antenna? black. Thorax and abdomen blueish black. Wings, when viewed in a 

 particular direction, fine shining light blue ; but in any other are blueish brown. The anterior ones 

 with six small white spots placed near the tips, the four uppennost being the smallest, and placed in a 

 zigzag direction, parallel with the external edges, and with a few faint shadows. Posterior wings having, 

 like the superior, only some faint shadows. 



Under Side. Palpi, legs, and breast clay-coloured. Abdomen brown. Wings having a variety of 

 soft brown tints, of a light grey and dark brown colour, gradually softening into each other in a mo^t 

 agreeable manner. The six white spots in the superior wings are observable on this side ; but there are 

 no other marks either in the anterior or posterior wings sufficient to be regarded as characters. Margins 

 of all the wings slightly dentated ; the inferior ones being angulated. 



We learn from Mr. Smeathman that this butterfly is found in the gloomy paths of the 

 forests on the continent of Africa. 



NYMPHALIS ALPH.^A. 



Plate XXXVl. fig. 3, 4. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nymphalida;, Sjfauis. 

 Gencs. Nymphalis, ia<;-. Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.) Z)n<ry. 



Nymphalis AlphjiA. Alis lutescentibus strigis undulatis eonimunibus fuscis, puneto dilution anticarum sub- 

 apicali, subtiis brunneis fasciis nigricantibus. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio (Nymph.) Alphoea, 2)n«-i/,^/)^. koL 3. 



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



