  NYMPHALIS (LIMENITIS) SIBILLA.Plate XVI. fig. 1, 2. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidÆ, Swains. Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. God. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.), Linn. Drury. Subgenus: Limenitis, Fabr. Steph. Naiades, HÜbn. Nymphalis (Limenitis) Sibilla. Alis subdentatis supra atro-coeruleis; fasci maculari albÂ; posticis subtus basi cinereo-coerulescente immaculatis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.) Syn. Papilio Sibilla, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 781. N. Camilla, Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 408. and of the German Lepidopterists. Papilio (Nymph.) Sibilla var. Drury. Habitat: Smyrna (Drury). Upper Side. AntennÆ black. Head, thorax, and abdomen black. Between the eyes are four small white spots. Wings raven black, tinged with green. Anterior with ten white spots, of different sizes, placed in various parts; four being next the anterior edge, near the middle of the wings, and divided only by the nerves. Posterior with a row of long white spots, placed together, running from the middle of the anterior edges, and ending a little above the abdominal corners, divided by the nerves. A range of small black spots, edged with grey, runs parallel with the external edges of the wings, from the tips to the abdominal corners, where the last spot is encircled with orange. Under Side. Palpi, legs, breast, and abdomen grey. Anterior wings, next the body, grey; the remaining parts being dusky olive, with some dark red streaks placed on various parts; the white spots being very distinct on this side. Posterior wings, at the base, light grey; extending almost to the row of white spots, which are seen on this side as well as on the upper. The remaining parts are dusky olive, with two rows of faint dark red spots running along the external edges. A range of small black spots runs parallel with the external edges of all the wings. All the wings are dentated. There is a diversity of opinion amongst the German and English Lepidopterists, relative to the names of this species and the English White Admiral, to which latter Haworth, Stephens, &c. give the name of Camilla, but which Illiger, Hubner, &c. term Sibilla. I have adopted the former nomenclature, although it will be seen that the figure of Drury, which is the Sibilla of the English nomenclature, exhibits a red spot at the anal angle, which Curtis considers as the most satisfactory mark of distinction between the two species. (Brit. Ent. p. 124.) PAMPHILA METIS.Plate XVI. fig. 3, 4. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna, Latr. Family: HesperiidÆ, Steph. Genus. Pamphila, Fabr. Hesperia p. Latr. & God. Papilio (Pleb. rur.), Linn. Pamphila Metis. Alis anticis utrinquÈ posticisque suprÀ nigro-fuscis, maculis fulvis, plurisque punctiformibus; alis posticis subtÙs brunneo-fuscis immaculatis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 1 lin.) Syn. Papilio (Pleb. rur.) Metis, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 792. 245. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 329. No. 249. (Hesperia Th.) Pap. Metis, Cramer, pl. 162. f. G. Habitat: Cape of Good Hope. Upper Side. AntennÆ brown, yellow beneath. Head hairy. Thorax and abdomen brown; the extremity of the latter yellow. Wings dark brown. Anterior having four orange spots, two of which next the body are double. Posterior with a row of six orange marginal, and two discoidal spots. Under Side. Tongue black. Palpi orange. Legs, breast, and abdomen brown. Wings coloured as on the upper side. The anterior having five orange spots, that next the body being long and double. The posterior immaculate. Margins of the wings entire. NYMPHALIS OPIS, VAR. ?.Plate XVI. fig. 5, 6. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidÆ, Sw. Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. God. Papilio (Nymphalis), Linn. Nymphalis Opis. Alis supra fuscis, fasci communi caracteribusque ochraceis; anticis strig punctorum alborum. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.) Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Crithea, Drury, App. vol. 2. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 132. No. 406. Cramer, pl. 16. f. 5. 6. Nymphalis Opis, Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 381. No. 104. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 131. No. 405. Habitat: Sierra Leone. Upper Side. AntennÆ brown. Thorax and abdomen dark brown, with four yellowish lines crossing them. Anterior wings dark purplish brown, having many marks and spots of different shapes and sizes placed thereon of a deeper shade; four being round, and gradually diminishing in size, and placed along the external edges; two others also, that are small, are situated at the shoulders. Posterior wings dark brown; the upper parts along the anterior edges dull yellow, reaching almost to the thorax. Two indented ash-coloured lines cross these wings; one beginning at the upper corners running circularly, and meeting below the body; the other running in a straight line above the first, and meeting a little above the extremity of it. Under Side. Palpi, breast, and abdomen ash-coloured. Legs yellowish. Anterior wings dull yellow, but next the tips brown, where there are some greyish spots and marks; in the centre are two small round spots, almost black; and along the anterior edges, next the shoulders, are some other brown spots variously and irregularly shaped. Posterior wings entirely dull yellow, immaculate; the margins of these being a little dentated, the anterior ones entire. The authors of the EncyclopÉdie MÉthodique consider the insect here figured, and that represented in Pl. XVII. fig. 5, 6, as varieties of the same species. Mr. Smeathman states, that this species is found in the same gloomy recesses, and often congregated together in the same manner as Nymphalis Erithonius, figured in Pl. XV. |
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