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seum ; and one in fine preservation in the collection of Mr. Francillon. Except these, 

 and the specimens from which the figures in the annexed plate are copied, Donovan had 

 never seen it in any cabinet whatever. It had been figured only by two authors, Clerk 

 in his Icoiies insectorum variorum, and Cramer in his Papillons exotiques. The figures 

 of Clerk and Cramer do not strictly agree : we observe those of the first much lighter 

 coloured, and the white space on the upper wings considerably larger than in any of the 

 figures in Cramer's plates. 



Fabricius says it is a native of the East Indies. One specimen figured by Cramer 

 was brought from the isle of Amboyna. It seems therefore not peculiar, like some in- 

 sects, to China. 



NYMPHALIS (CHARAXES) BERNARDUS. 



Plate 34. 



Genus. Nymphalis, Latreille. (Papilio Nymphalis, Fabricius.) 



Sub-Gex. Ciiaraxes, Boisduval, (Jasia, Swainson ) 



Cn. Sp. N. alis fulvis, anticis apice atris, fascia media flava, posticis caudatis striga punctorum 



ocellatorum. Expans. alar. 3£ unc. 

 N. with fulvous wings, the anterior black at the tips with a broad pale yellow band, 



the posterior tailed, with a row of black ocellated spots. Expanse of the wings 



3J inches. 

 Syn. Papilio (Nymph.) Bernardus, Jones. Fabricius Ent. Syst. 3. I. p. 71. 



This uncommonly rare Chinese butterfly has not been figured in any other work. 

 Fabricius described it only from the drawings of Mr. Jones. I possess a specimen in 

 which the central fascia is nearly white, and is continued half way across the posterior 

 wings, and the black spots in the latter are very broad and confluent, without white in 

 the centre. 



The plant represented is the Camellia Japonica (Japan Rose), a native of Japan and 

 China, which blossoms from January to May. It is a lofty and magnificent plant, rising 

 to the height of several feet : there is a variety of it with double flowers, perfectly white ; 

 and another in which the flowers are variegated with white and red. 



