NYMPH ALID.E NYMPH AL1S. 



NYMPHALIS. 



NYMPHALIS CALYDONIA. 3, 4. 



Upperside black. Anterior wing, with a large irregular space extending from 

 the base to the second median nervule and to beyond the middle of the inner margin, 

 together with an oblique band of four small spots beyond the middle, light yellow. 

 Posterior wing, from the base to beyond the middle, lilac-white ; the outer margin 

 with some white lunules. 



Underside, with the large space at the base nearly as above, followed near the 

 anal angle by a large black spot. The rest of the wing variegated with scarlet and 

 grey, with numerous spots and curved lines of black ; the outer margin black. Pos- 

 terior wing, with the costal margin and a transverse band before the middle, white. 

 From the base to beyond the middle scarlet, with numerous large black spots. 

 Crossed beyond the middle by two bands of black, each traversed by a line of 

 lilac, the first very tortuous and continuous, the second (near the outer margin) com- 

 posed of several spots ; the space between these bands is green, thickly sprinkled 

 with black ; the outer margin yellow. 



Expan. It/o in. Hab. Malacca. 



In the Collection of Mr. Wallace. 



This glorious butterfly is beyond description. Both of the posterior wings are so much injured 

 that I have had to imagine part of the outer margin, but have little doubt that if we ever have the 

 good fortune to see a perfect example it will prove to be of nearly the same form as Berenice of Drury. 

 It is one of the many beautiful new species sent home by Mr. Wallace, who, after suffering ship- 

 wreck, and seeing his South American collections burned on board, is now exploring the Indian 

 islands. 



