38 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



The larger species of Gnesia measure from three to four inches 

 in expanse. G. zetes (Linn.) is dark brown, spotted with 

 black, with a wide red band on the hind-wings, and some 

 yellow spots on the fore-wings. G. egina (Cramer) is also dark 

 brown, spotted with black, with a broad red band on the hind- 

 wings, which is continued on the lower part of the fore-wings ; 

 the females are grey or tawny, instead of red. They are natives 

 of Africa, and are mimicked by Papilio ridleyanus. White, 

 Pseudacraa trimeni> Butler, and P. boisduvalii (Doubled.). 



GNESIA MEDEA. 

 (Plate VIL, Fig. 4.) 



Papilio medea, Cram., Pap. Exot., i., pi. 81, figs. C. D. (1775). 

 Papilio medoa, Beauv., Ins. Afr. Am^r., p. 220, pi. vi., figs. 2, 



2a, 2b (1805). 



Papilio pasiphae^ Fabr., Spec. Ins., ii., p. 33, no. 140 (1781). 

 Acrcea pasiphde^ Godart, Encycl. Meth., ix., p. 235, no. 18 



(1819). 



A grey insect, with black borders and spots, and white 

 markings. It is a native of Guinea, and is not represented in 

 the collection of the British Museum, but Dr. A. G. Butler 

 regards it as a variety of the female of G. egina (Cram.), 



GENUS ACTINOTE. 



Actinote, Hiibn., Verz. bek. Schmett, p. 27 (1816) ; Godem. & 

 Salv., Biol. Centr. Amer., Lep. Rhop., i., p. 140 (1881). 



Acrcza, section Actinote^ Doubl., Gen. Diurn. Lep., p. 142 

 (1848). 



This name is now generally employed for the American 

 species of Acrceina. The palpi are only slightly inflated, but 



