NYMPHALIS CADMA.Plate XVIII. fig. 1, 2. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidÆ, Leach. Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. God. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.), Drury. Nymphalis Cadma. Alis denticulatis luteis, anticis utrinque are apicis nigrÂ, maculis duabus flavescentibus; posticis subtÙs ocellis duobus coeruleis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc.) Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Gemm.) Cadma, Drury, App. vol. 2. Fabricius Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 241. No. 751. (Papilio Sat. C.) Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 421. (Nymphalis C.) Habitat: Jamaica. Upper Side. AntennÆ black. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown. Wings tawny yellow. The anterior having the extreme parts, near the tips, black; with two yellowish spots thereon, joining the anterior edges; also a round black spot situated at the lower corners on the posterior edges. Posterior wings immaculate, except a black streak placed on the anterior edges next the upper corners. Under Side. Tongue black. Breast, legs, and abdomen ash-coloured. The superior wings marked and coloured as on the upper side, but less distinctly. Posterior wings tawny orange, having a broad ash-coloured bar crossing them from the anterior to the abdominal edges. On this bar are placed two eyes, with double pupils; the lower one being of a fine blue with a yellow iris; the upper one, next the anterior edges, blue and black, with a brown iris. Margins of the wings dentated. VANESSA TEREA.Plate XVIII. fig. 3, 4. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidÆ, Swains. Genus. Vanessa, Fabr. Latr. God. Steph. &c. Papilio (Nymph. Gemm.), Drury, &c. Vanessa Terea. Alis dentatis supra fuscis, fasci communi fulv line nigr divisÂ; anticis subfalcatis punctis apicalibus albis, posticis intus subcaudatis, ocello anali gemino. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.) Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Gemm.) Terea, Drury, App. vol. 1, 2. Fab. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 92. No. 288. Cramer, pl. 138. fig. E. F. Encyl. MÉth. ix. p. 314. (Vanessa T.) Habitat: Sierra Leone. Upper Side. AntennÆ black. Thorax and abdomen greenish brown. The shoulders of all the wings surrounded by a broad patch of a yellowish brown; joining to this is a yellow clay-coloured bar, rising near the anterior edges. The remaining part of the wings is occupied by a dusky black border, situated along the external edges; having some very small white spots thereon, whereof four are placed near the tips. Under Side. Palpi, legs, breast, and sides pale clay-coloured. Anterior wings pale clay-coloured; having three irregular indented bars crossing them, from the anterior to the posterior edges. Along the external edges is a dark cloud, whereon are four or five exceeding small white eyes, and a small white spot like an arrow's point near the tips. Posterior wings pale clay-coloured, clouded along the external edges, where there are three exceeding small white eyes. A small reddish line crosses these wings from the abdominal corners to the middle of the anterior edges. All the wings are dentated; the anterior being a little angulated. This butterfly, according to Mr. Smeathman, delights to sport in the sunshine, and is frequently found in company with Pieris Calypso about cultivated spots, as old rice plantations and cassava grounds. NYMPHALIS OPIS.Plate XVIII. 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.) Opis. Drury, App. vol. 2. Cramer, pl. 138. fig. A. B. Encyl. MÉth. ix. p. 381. No. 104. (Nymphalis O.) Habitat: Sierra Leone. Upper Side. AntennÆ brown. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown. Wings dark brown, or chocolate colour, formed into divisions by lines of a yellowish colour crossing and intersecting them in various directions. A yellow bar rises on the anterior wings, near the middle, and crossing them and the posterior, meets at the extremity of the body. Close to where the bar rises on the anterior wings are six very small white spots, placed between the nerves, reaching to the anterior edges. Under Side. Palpi, breast, and sides greyish brown. Anterior wings greyish, clouded with red brown, particularly at the tips; on the middle of the external edges is a patch of yellow, and on the |