HELICONIA SAPPHO. 



Plate XXXVIII. fig. 4. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Heheomidx, Sicai?ison. 



Gencs. Heliconia, Latr. God. Papilio (Helicon.), Fahr. 



Heliconia Sappho. Alls oblongis, supra atro coeruleis infra nigris ; anticis iitrinque fascia transversa bifida; 



posticis margine exterior! albis, his subtiis basi sangiiineo radiatis. (Expans. .ilar. 3 unc. 3 lin.) 

 SvN. Papilio (Hel. Paru.) Sapho, Drury, App. vol. 3. Fal/r. Ent. Syst. 111. \. p. 165. No. ."ill. Stall Suppl. 



Cramer, pi. 30. '2. ^- "2. B. Herbst. Pap. tab. 73./. 7. 

 Habitat: "Jamaica, Mr. Shakespear, 1779" (jOniry's MSS.). 



Upper Side. Antennae black. Eyes brown. Thorax and abdomen black. Wings mazarine blue : 

 the anterior ones having a white band crossing them from the middle of the anterior edges to the lower 

 corners ; the posterior edged with a white border, intersected by the blue tendons of the wings. 



Under Side. Palpi grey. Breast and abdomen black, streaked with white. Wings black where 

 they are blue on the upper side, with the same white markings ; but next the body are adorned with 

 beautiful red streaks, ending in points resembling rays issuing from it. Margins of the wings entire. 



EREBUS ZENOBIA. 



Plate XXXIX. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section : Noeturna. Family : NoctiiidtB, Stephens. 



(iENUs. Erebus, Latr. Thysania, -Da/7«. Noctua p., Faft;-. 



Erebus Zenobia. Alls cinereis strigis dentatis et undulatis fiiscis et brunneis variegatis, subtiis I'errugineis nigro- 



undatis. ( Expans. Alar. 5 unc. 6 lin ) 

 Syn. Phalsena (Bombyx) Zenobia, Drury, App. vol. 3. Cramer? tab. 113. A. B. 



I^octua Zenobia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111.2. p. 8. No. 1. Gmel. Linn. S. N. 25'29. 969. Olii: Enc. MHh. 



8.J9. 251. 1. 

 Habitat : "Jamaica, Mr. Keuehan, 1773" (Drury's MSS.). 



Upper Side. Antennae setaceous and dark brown. Head the same. ITiorax and abdomen grey ; 

 having a tuft of black hairs standing between them. General colour grey, faintly tinged with red. 

 Anterior wings with a remarkable irregular black bar running from the tips to the shoulders, crossing 

 the thorax horizontally, and parallel with the anterior edges ; on the middle of this edge is a triangular 

 dark brown spot edged with black, and nearer the body is a smaller one of the same shape and colour; 

 a second narrower black line is situate about half an inch below, and parallel with the first, rising on the 

 posterior edges, and extending across the wings almost to the external ones. Posterior wings with a 

 black irregular bar arising near the external corners, and crossing them in a straight direction, meeting at 

 the extremity of the abdomen ; just above this, and almost close to it, is a veiy small and narrow waved 

 black line running parallel with it, but towards the end suddenly turns off, and reaches the anterior 

 edges. Besides the above markings there are a number of lighter and darker shades interspersed on the 

 different parts of the wings. 



Under Side. Palpi reddish, the extremities brown. Tongue spiral. Legs dark brown, mottled 

 with red. Breast, abdomen, and sides red. Wings greyish red, with black indented lines and bars 

 running parallel with the edges of the wings, and regularly placed one above another. Anterior wings 



