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LEPIDOPTERA. 
to the section of the Hesperi-sphinges of Latreille, but also, because it and all the 
other species of the remarkable genus to which it belongs, are inhabitants of the 
tropical parts of South America. 
VANESSA LETHE. 
Plate XXIII. fig. 1. 
Family. Nymph alid;e, Leach. 
Genus. Vanessa , Latr. God. Curtis. Hamadryades, Hubn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.i^ctJn) 
Species. Vanessa Lethe : alis subcaudatis supra fulvis ; antieis apice late nigro, fascia macu- 
lisque flavis ; posticis raargine flavo striga nigra. Expans. alar. 2 — unc. 
Vanessa : with the posterior wings shortly tailed, fulvous above ; the anterior wings 
with the extremity broadly black, in which is an oblique fascia and several spots of 
a yellowish colour ; the posterior wings have the margin yellowish, with several 
parallel narrow black submarginal lines. Expanse of the wings, 2 to 2^ inches. 
Syn. Papilio (Nymph.) Lethe, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1, p. 80. Enc. Meth. 9. 818. (Vanessa 
L.) 
Habitat. “ In Indiis,” (Fabricius). Brazil, (Enc. Meth.) 
Like the last species, the term applied by Fabricius to indicate the habitat of this 
species, evidently led Donovan to give it as an inhabitant of the East Indies. It is, 
however, according to the Encyclopedic Mkhodique, as well as its very near ally, 
Vanessa Zabulina, an inhabitant of Brazil. 
N YMPHALI S COCLES. 
Plate XXIII. fig. 2. 
Genus. Nymph alis, Latreille. Papilio (Nymphalis) Fabricius. Paphia, Horsfield. 
Species. Nymphalis Cocles : alis albo, fusco, flavescentique strigosis, fascia media communi 
alba; posticis subcaudatis ; subtus albidis striga punctorum ocellatorum. Expans, 
alar. unc. 2. 
Nymphalis : with the wings transversely streaked with white, brown and yellowish, 
and with a narrow white bar running across all the wings beyond the middle ; 
posterior wings with short tails ; beneath whitish with a row of eyelets. Expanse 
of the wings, 2 inches. 
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