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NYMPHALID.E. 



minute. Claws very small, curved, much shorter than the terminal hairs of the last joint. 

 slender, the outer division as long as the claws. Pulvillus short, broad, leathery. 

 Abdomen moderately long and robust. 



Transformations unknown. 



Paronychia bifid, 



This is a genus of large African buttci-flics, distinguished by their robust structure, the oblique pale mark beyond the middle of the 

 fore wings of most of the species, the large discoidal patch of green or bluish-green colour on the hind wings, and the black spots 

 on their under surface. Structurally they are distinguished by the very slight projection of the palpi; the long, slender, straight 

 antenna;; and the third bi'anch of the siibcostal vein of the fore wings arising at a very little distance beyond the anterior extremity of 

 the discoidal cell. The species composing the first section are further distinguished by the large pale spots on the upper surface of the 

 body, as well as by the red discs of the wings of several of them. R. Perseis, belonging to this section, has the hind wings produced 

 into a small tail-like lobe at its anal angle; whilst R. Cato, belonging to the second section, has the fore wings of a much more elongate 

 triangular form than the rest of the species. The insects of this second section appear to be very inconstant in their colours, and it 

 is ]irobablc either that they ai'e considerably more numerous than is indicated in the following list, or that several are but varieties 

 of P. Jledon, as suggested by Godart, as well as by Smeathman, who had better opportunities of judging of this point, having collected 

 them in the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone. His observations, communicated to Drury, are as follows ; " There are several Papiliones 

 nearly of this colour, tliat is to say, with the upper sides of the wings having a changeable purple, and the under sides being inclinable 

 to green, sometimes with marks of the most beautiful crimson. The differences between them arise so gradually, that I think them 

 varieties of the same species, some, apparently very different, being found coupled together. They are all found congregating in the 

 paths and in the thick shade of a forest, ten or a dozen in a circle round a little puddle or moist spot, and seem to like the most gloomy 

 places." 



ROMAL.ffiOSOMA. 



Section I. Body extremely robust, and marked on the upper side with large 



pate spots. 



1. Rom. Perseis. 



Papilio Perseis Drury, III. ii. t. 21. f. 3, 4.; Fabricius, 

 Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 1^7. ". 423.; Jones, Icon. v. 

 t. 90. f. 2.; Godart, Enc. M. ix. 391. n. 144. (Nym- 

 phalis Pers.) 

 Ashanti, Sierra Leone. B. M. 



2 Rom. Eleus. 



Papilio Eleus Drury, III. in. t. 12. f. 1, 2.; Jones, Icon. 

 V. t. 22. f. 2.; Fabricius, Ent. Syst. ill. pt. 1. p. 51. n. 

 156. (but not P. Elea Fab. Ent. Sy.it. in. pt. 1. p. 141.); 

 Donovan, Nat. Repos. vol. iv. t. 113.; Godart, Enc. M. 

 IX. p. 3<)1. II. 145. (Nymplialis El.); Blanchard, Hist. 

 Nat. An. Artie. (Laporte) in. p. 448. (Romal. El.) 



Sierra Leone, Ashanti, Congo. 



3. Rom. Pbatinas E. Doubl. MS. 



Rom. Pratinas Doubl. H'estw. 

 Lep. pi. 38. f. 3. 

 Ashanti. 



4. Rom. Zampa, new sp.t 



Sierra Leone. 



B.M. 



i.y Hewitson, Gen. Diwn. 

 B. M. 



B.M. 



Section IL liody less robust, not marked with pale spots. 

 Subsection *. Fore wings not acute at the tip. Palpi fulvous. 



5. Rom. Ceres. 



Pap. Ceres Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 82. n. 246. 

 Eupha-dra Ceres Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schm. p. 39. n. 344. 

 Pap. Lucilla Cramer, t. 1 56. f. A. C. 



Nymphahs Medon var. Godart, Enc. 31. ix. p. 389. i>. 140. 

 Sierra Leone, Ashanti. B. M. 



6. Rom. Ianassa. 



Papilio Ianassa Linnmus, Syst. Nat. ii. 781.; Fabricius, 



Ent. Syst. in. pt. 1. p. 121. n. 371. .> 

 Nymphalis Medon var. Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 389. "■ 



140. 

 Aterica Pholus Van der Hoeven, Tijd. voor Nat. Gesch. 



VII. p. 266. t. 5. f. la, 1ft. 

 Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ashanti. B. M. 



7. RoM. Edwardsii. 



Aterica Edwardsii Van der Hoeven, Tijd. voor Nat. Gesch. 

 XII. p. 252. pi. 4. f. la, 16. 

 Guinea. 



8. RoM. Themis. 



Najas hilaris Themis Hiibner, Samml. exot. Schm. Band i. 



pi.-. 

 Euphaedra Th. Hiibner, Verz. bck. Schm. p. 3Q. n. 342. 

 Western Africa, Ashanti. B.M. 



9. RoM. Cyparissa. 



Papilio Cyparissa Cramer, t. 156. f. B. 



Euplurdra Cyparissa Hiibner, Vcrz. bck. Schm. p. 39. n. 



343. 

 Nymphalis Medon var. Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 389. ". 

 140. 

 Western Africa, Ashanti. B. M. 



10. RoM. SoPHBON E. Doubl. MS. 



Rom. Sophron Doubl. Westw. 6^- Hewitson, Gen. Diurn. 

 Lep. pi. 38. f. 2. 

 Sierra Leone. B. M. 



11. Rom. Zeuxis Wcstw. MS. 



Papilio Medon Cramer, t. 205. f. B.C. (but not P. Medon 



LinncBUs.) 

 Eupha?dra Ceres Hiibner, Vers. bck. Schm. p. 39. n. 344. 

 Congo. B. M. 



12. Rom. Cvrna. 



Nymphalis Cyrna Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 386. n. 121. 

 Evena Cyrna Boisd. MS. 

 Western Africa. 



13. RoM. Francina. 



Nymphalis Francina Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 390. n. 141. 

 Guinea. 



14. Rom. Nabva. 



Pajiilio Narva Fabricius, Ent. Syst. in. p. 249- n. 775.; 

 Jones, Icon. iv. t. 67. f. 1. 

 Africa. 



15. Rom. Cato. 



Papilio Cato Fabricius, Ent. Syst. in. pt. 1 . p. 83. n. 258. 

 Papilio Cyparissa Cramer, t. 39. f. D. E.; Hiibner, Verz. 

 bek. Schm. p. 39. n. 343. (Eupha;dra Cyp.) 



T Rom. Zampa Westw. MS. R. alls supra obscure sericeo-viridibus, anticis striga interrupta lenui obliqua pone medium, apice extremo, niaculaque prope 

 angulum analem albis ; alls posticis macula parva nigra baseos strigaque ferrugineain cellula discoidali ; limbo obscuriori, serie macularum albarum submarginali 

 potato : subtus fulvis, pone medium viridi tinctis albo-maculatis, maculisque tribus nigris in cellula anticarum, alteraque parva rotunda in cellula posticarum ; 

 his etiaro striga pallida subcostali ; corpore albo maculate. Exp. alar, antic, uiic. 3,}. An var. singularis Rom. Elei J •? 



