ACR.^A CYNTHIA. 



Plate XXXVIl. fig. 5, 6. 



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



Genhs. Acr.i;a, Fabr. Latr. God. Papilio (Heliconii), Fabr. olim. 



AcrjEA Cynthia. Alis oblongis integerrimis fuscis, fascia coramuni anticarunique macula apicali, albidis ; 

 posticis supra punctorum fulvorum serie postica. (Expans. Alar. 2 uuc. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio (Hel.) Cynfhius, Drunj, App. vol. 3. Herbst. Pap. tab. SO./. I. 2. 

 Acrcea Cyntliia, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 234. 



Habitat : Sierra Leone. 



Upper Side. Antennae brown. Eyes, thorax, and abdomen black. Anterior wings dark brown : 

 a dark cream-coloured band rises at the middle of these wings, and crossing the posterior meets at the 

 abdominal edges a little above the anus ; a dark cream-coloured patch is also situated near the tips, and 

 a narrow reddish line runs from the body to the disk. Posterior wings dark brown, having a row of 

 five oblong lightish spots placed along the lower edges. 



Under Side. Palpi grey. Breast and abdomen streaked and spotted with dark cream and black. 

 Wings paler than on the upper side ; the band and patch not so conspicuous as on the anterior ones ; 

 a row of marks, like acute angles, are placed along the edges of all the wings, the posterior ones having 

 a cluster of ten small black spots placed near the body. Margins of the wings entire. 



In Drury's manuscripts, which have come into my hands, it is stated that this insect 

 was broupht from Sierra Leone by Mr. Smeathman, and that " the original insect from 

 which this figure was taken is destroyed, and was of a much' livelier colour than those 

 which I judge to be varieties of Cynthius." 



HELICONIA IRENE. 



Plate XXXVIII. fig. 1. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurua. Fa.mily : Heliconiida;, S^faiJis. 



Genus. Helicoxia, Latr. God. Papilio (Helicon.), Fabr. 



Heliconia Irene. Alis oblongis, anticis nigris basi ferrugineo radiatis, a medio ad extimum flavo-maculatis, 

 posticis fulvis limbo exteriori maculisque ante apicem nigris, singulis infra punctis marginalibus albis. 

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



Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Irene, Drurij, App. vol. 3. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. 1. p. 165. Ao. 510 Etic. 

 Mith. ix. p. 223. No. 60. 



Habitat: "Jamaica, Mr. Shakespear, 177'J" (Z)?-«/-y's MSS.). 



Upper Side. Antenna; black at the base, but yellow at the tips. Thorax black. Abdomen dark 

 brown. Anterior wings black, with twelve diiferent shaped spots, occupying half the wings next the 

 tips ; these spots are principally yellow, (one next the body being orange), and differ very much in form 

 and size ; next the body are two narrow faint reddish longitudinal streaks. Posterior wings dusky orange, 

 the edges being bordered with black from the midcUe of the anterior edges to the abdominal corners ; a 

 square black spot is placed near the upper comers, and two very small ones by the side of it. 



Under Side. Palpi black. Breast streaked with white. Abdomen yellow. Wings less brilliant ; 



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