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Verse stripe of the same hue ; beyond middle, a variable, 

 somewhat quadrate brown mark, on costa, commences an 

 irregular, thin stripe of that colour, extending to near anal 

 angle, where it becomes merged with the broad, dark-brown, 

 hind-marginal band ; band on hind-margin broadest at apex, 

 where it contains an ovate spot of the ground-colour. Hind- 

 wing : on hind-margin, an irregular, dark-brown band, con- 

 taining seven pale spots, six of the ground-colour, and one 

 (at anal angle) violaceous ; just before band, a thin, waved 

 stripe, as in fore-wing ; hind-margin narrowly bordered with 

 orange, edged with brown, the orange hue extending a 

 little before brown band, at anal angle ; two orange, brown- 

 edged tails, rather long and spatulate, at extremities of first 

 and third median nervules respectively. UNDER-SIDE. Paler, 

 glistening, greener in tint. Fore-wing: costa brownish; a 

 brown streak crosses discoidal cell ; another broader stripe, of 

 the same colour, crosses wing from costa at extremity of cell; 

 hind-marginal stripes as on upper-side, but the outer one con- 

 taining a row of whitish lunules. Hind-wing : transverse 

 stripe of fore-wing continued across this wing, almost to anal 

 angle ; a longitudinal, brown streak from base to just before 

 anal angle ; inner hind-marginal band distinct, outer one 

 thin the two enclosing a row of large, broad, whitish lunules ; 

 hind-margin ochreous; two or three deep-indigo, white- 

 centred spots, near anal angle ; tails whitish, black-edged. 



This species and the following one (N. Neanthes, Hewits.), 

 possessing such a different outline of wing and caudal appen- 

 dages, seem to have a right to be considered as a distinct 

 Genus from Nymphalis. The specimens of N. Zoolina in 

 the British Museum are all females, and possess two tails on 

 each hind-wing ; but, as the male of the very closely allied 

 Neanthes has but one tail (on the third median nervule), 

 I have little doubt but that the male Zoolina has, likewise, 

 two tails less than his partner. The insect would seem to be 

 rather uncommon at Natal ; and is not mentioned by Bois- 

 duval among the captures of M. Delegorgue. 



Port Natal. Coll. Brit. Mus. 



104. Nymphalis Neanthes. 



Nymphalis Neanthes, Hewits., Exot. Butt., pi. 44, f. 2, 3. 



Expands 2 in. 3 lin. 2 in. 8 lin. 



Outline of wings like that of N. Zoolina : $ with only 

 one tail on hind-wing, at extremity of third median nervule. 



Glossy reddish-ochreous ; with ferruginous-broivn markings, 

 Fore-wing : ferruginous-brown streak at extremity of dis- 



