NYMPHALIDJE. 157 



but little beyond forehead ; antennas long, slender, ending in 

 a very gradually -formed, elongate club. Thorax oval, mode- 

 rately robust, clothed with short down. Fore-wings slightly 

 produced at apex ; costa tolerably arched ; apex not acute, 

 but lightly rounded ; hind-margin almost straight (if any- 

 thing, slightly concave), very slightly sinuated ; inner-margin 

 almost straight. Hind-wings large and broad ; costa strongly 

 arched, especially near base ; hind-margin very slightly scal- 

 loped ; anal-angular portion rather produced ; inner-margins 

 meeting beneath abdomen ; and forming a deep groove. 

 (Discoidal cell closed in both wings.) Legs stout, rather 

 long. Abdomen short, half the length of inner-margin of 

 hind-wing, slender. 



Of this limited African Genus, a single species, A. Mele- 

 agris, Drury, is recorded by Boisduval as being found in that 

 portion of the continent which lies South of the Tropic. 

 Having been met with in Damaraland, this Butterfly would 

 seem to be widely distributed in Africa, as it has long been 

 known as a native of Sierra Leone and the regions in that 

 vicinity. Its colouring strongly resembles that of the guinea- 

 fowl, consisting of white, black-edged spots, sprinkled thickly 

 over a dull-grey surface. It is probably a sylvan insect, and 

 should be looked for at Natal. 



93. Aterica Meleagris. 



Papilio Meleagris, Drury, 111 Nat. Hist., Ill, pi. 27, f. 3,4. 

 Cram., Pap. Exot., pi. 66, f. A, B. 



Herbst., Bek. Ins.Schmett., VI, pi. 145, 



[f. \, 2. 



Fab., Ent. Syst., III, 1, p. 128, n. 393. 

 Hamanumida Meleagris, Hubn., Verz. Bek. Schmett., p. 18, 



[n. 104. 



Nymphalis Meleagris, Godt., Enc. Meth., IX. 

 Aterica Meleagris, E. Doubl., List. Lep. Brit. Mus. 



Chenu, Enc. d'Hist. Nat., p. 140, f. 257. 

 Adolias Meleagris, Boisd., App. Voy. de Deleg., p. 592. 

 Var ? Papilio Melantha, Fab., Ent. Syst., Ill, 1, p. 128, 



[n. 394. 

 Nymphalis Melantha, Godt., Enc. Meth., IX, p. 388, 



[n. 132. 



Expands 2 in. 2 lin. 2 in. 7 lin. 



Soft brownish-grey ; with transverse rows of white, black- 

 edged spots. Fore-wing : in discoidal cell, two irregular, zic- 

 zac, transverse, black lines, each more or less conspicuously 

 bordered with white, and enclosing a white dot at their com- 

 mencement ; closing cell is a similar streak, but annular, and 



