MYSCELIA. 1 1 3 



Those met with on both coasts of Tropical Africa are larger 

 and broader-winged insects, generally exceeding two inches in 

 expanse, and with the fore-wings hardly produced at the tips. 

 They are adorned with very delicate tints of mauve or light 

 blue ; the fore-wings are orange beneath, and the hind-wings 

 are banded or spotted with blue and orange in varying pro- 

 portions. 



Mr. Trimen describes the South African species as flying 

 about trees, and settling on the trunks and branches ; the pupa 

 has a bifid head. 



The handsomest South American genera of this group of 

 Nymphalina are Epiphile and My seel ia of Doubleday, and 

 Catonephele of Hiibner. In all these the hind-margin of the 

 fore-wings is frequently more or less concave below the tip. 



The species of Epiphile measure two inches or a little more 

 in expanse, and there is usually a slight tooth on the hind- 

 margin of the fore-wings below the tip. The wings are 

 black, sometimes suffused with blue or purple, and broadly 

 banded with orange across both wings. There is a second 

 band on the fore-wings, present even when the inner band is 

 absent, owing to the prevailing colour of the wings being blue 

 or brown ; and this is sometimes yellowish, or even white. 

 Towards the tip of the fore-wings is a conspicuous white spot. 

 On the under surface the fore-wings resemble the upper side ; 

 the hind-wings are usually of a purplish-brown, with a sub- 

 marginal row of eyes, which, though well-defined, is nearly ob- 

 literated by the ground-colour, and there is a whitish mark on 

 the middle of 'the costa. 



The typical species of Myscelia resemble Epiphile in size and 

 shape ; but there is a tendency to arigulation in the hind-wings 

 of several species. The commonest of these is the Brazilian 

 M. orsis (Drury), which is of a brilliant blue with white 

 spots in the male. It measures about two inches across the 



