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Upper Side. Antennae, head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown. Wings clay-coloured, with only 

 a light spot on the anterior ones near the tips, and a number of small faint waved lines crossing the 

 wings from the anterior to the posterior and abdominal edges. 



Under Side. Palpi long, grey brown. Breast and abdomen the same. Wings rather darker than 

 on the upper side, being of a reddish brown. The two spots on the anterior wings are more conspicuous 

 on this side than the other ; and the waved lines here become bars in the posterior wings of a darker 

 colour than the general ground, having two conspicuous ones, the lowest being the broadest. Margins 

 of the wings slightly dentated. 



NYMPHALIS DORICL^A. 



Plate XXXVI. fig. .5. 6. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidEe, Sicains. 



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



NvMPHALis DoRiCL.'EA. All's lutescenti-fuscis supra strigis diiabus punctorum nigrorum, posticis subtus puncto 

 baseos atro. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Doriclsea, Drury, App. vol. .3. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. 1. p. 248. No. 772. Enc. 

 MHh. ix.p. 386. 124. 



Habitat : Sierra Leone. 



Upper Side. Antenna brown. Thorax and abdomen dark brown. Wings dark clay-coloured. 

 The anterior ones having three black marks placed at the middle of the anterior edges, being about a 

 quarter of an inch long, and a few very faint dark mai-ks at the external edges. Posterior wings with 

 only two rows of small faint dark crescents placed along the external edges. 



Under Side. Palpi, legs, breast, abdomen, and anterior wings light clay-coloured; the latter having 

 two black streaks placed close to the anterior edges, near the middle, and a shade of dark brown 

 along the external edges. Posterior wings along the upper part light clay ; but towards the abdominal 

 corners are darker. A dai'k-coloured narrow band rises at the middle of the anterior edges, which 

 runs circularly towards the abdominal groove, but is lost in the general colour of the wing before it 

 reaches that part. About the middle of this inner compartment is a small round black spot, being 

 the only one either on the upper or under side. Margins of the wings entire, the posterior being 

 slightly angulated. 



PIERIS (LEPTALIS) CRISIA. 



Plate XXXVII. fig. 1,2. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section; Diixma, Latr. Family: PapihonUlee, Leach. 



Genus. Pieris, Schrank. Latr. God. Papilio (Dan. Cand.) Linn. ^c. (Subgenus : Leptalis, Boisdiwal. ) 



PiERis (Leptalis) Crisia. Alis oblongis, antieis falcato-acuminatis fusci.=, fascia ante apicem flavescente, 

 posticis integerrimis flavescentibus, limbo fuseo. (E-xpans. Alar. 2 unc. 9 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio (Dan. Cand.) Crisia, Brury, App. vol. 3. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. 1. p. 166. No. 513. Enc. MHh. 

 ix. p. 197. (Pieris Cr.) Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lep. I. p. 422. (Leptalis Cr.) 



Habitat: Brazil. " Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 177.5" (Drury stilSH.). 

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