146 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



LIMENITIS DRUSILLA. 



Papilio sibylla, var. Drury, 111. Exot. Ent, ii., pi. 16, figs, i, 2 



( J 773); Cramer, Pap. Exot., ii., pi. 114, figs. C. D. (1777). 

 Papilio Camilla, Den. and Schiff. (nee Linn.), Syst. Verz. 



Schmett. Wien, p. 172, no. 3 (1776); Hiibner, Eur. 



Schmett., i., figs. 106, 107 (1794?). 

 Papilio lucilla, Esper (nee Den. and Schiff.), Schmett., i., pt. i, 



p. 351, Taf. 36, fig. 2 (1777). 

 Papilio drusilla, Bergstrasser, Nomencl., iii., pi. 67, figs. 5, 6 



(i779)- 

 Limenitis sibylla, Steph., 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. i., p. 52, note 



(1827). 



Limenitis Camilla, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 23 

 (1878); Lang, Butterflies Eur., p. 161, pi. 33, fig. 3 (1882). 



GENUS NEPTIS. 



Neptis, Fabricius in Illiger, Mag. Insekt, vi., p. 282 (1807); 

 Westw., Gen. Diurn.Lepid., p. 270 (1850); Moore, P. Z. S., 

 1858, p. 3 ; Schatz, Exot. Schmett., ii., p. 152 (1888). 



The type is 



NEPTIS ACERIS. 



Papilio aceris, Lepechin, Rcise, i., p. 203, pi. 17, figs. 5, 6, 

 (1774); Esper, Schmett, i., pt. 2, p. 142, pi. 81, figs. 3, 



4(1783)- 

 Neptis aceris, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 22 (1878); 



Lang, Butterflies of Europe, p. 165, pi. 38, fig. 3 (1882). 

 A black species, expanding from one and a quarter to two 

 and a quarter inches across the wings. The fore-wings have 

 a transverse row of white spots, interrupted opposite the white 

 triad basal streak, and the hind- wings have a white transverse 

 band towards the base, and a row of white spots between this 

 and the hind-margin. 



