﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA, 1391 



Phalsna Ezea, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 78, pi. 239, f. D. 

 Achaea Ezea, Hubn. Verz. Schmett, 269, 2646. Guen. Noct. iii. 

 246, 1664. 



Guinea. 



Var. P Reddish brown. Abdomen and under side brown. 

 Fore wings with a purplish tinge, with indistinct transverse blackish 

 undulating lines, and with black submarginal points ; under side 

 with a pale yellow discal band, which is abbreviated in front, and 

 with a whitish band along most of the exlerior border. Hind wings 

 ferruginous-brown, cinereous-brown towards the base, with a pale 

 luleous apical band. Length of the body 10 — 12 lines ; of the 

 wings 24 — 26 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 

 6, c. West Africa. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



2. AcH^A Catilla. 



A. Melicertae simillima ; alee plus denticulatce ; anticce plus cine- 

 rascenies minus rufescentes, tinctura exteriore ferruginea, 

 lineis cluabus mediis nigris parallelis bene determinatis, linea 

 interiore plus denticulata ; posticce fascia alba angustiore. 



Achaea Catilla, Guen. Noct. iii. 247, 1667. 

 AchaEa fascia? Hubn. Beitr. ii. f. 11. 

 Achaea Melicerta, var. ^ 



Senegal. 



3. AcH^A Chameleon. 



Femiginea aut fusca ; alee coloribus variis ornatcB, linea interiore 

 subrecta ; posticcB fascia brevissima diffusa albida^ maculis 

 tribus marginalibus albis, 



Achaea ChamaBleon, Guen. Noct. iii. 249, 1671. 



The varieties of this species are extremely numerous, nearly 

 twenty occurring in the twenty-three specimens here registered. 



a — d. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



e — i. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



j — I. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



m. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



n, 0. Ashanti. From the VVesleyan Missionary Society's collection. 



p — u. West Africa. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



w. ? From the Zoological Society's collection. 



