NYMPHALIS JACINTHA.Plate XXI. fig. 1, 2. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidÆ, Swains. Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. God. Papilio (Nymphalis Phal.), Drury. Nymphalis Jacintha. Alis dentatis fuscis, anticis maculis albo-coeruleis omnibusque strig punctorum, fasci intÙs crenatÂ, lunulisque apicalibus albidis. (Expans. Alar. 4 unc. 6 lin.) Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Jacintha, Drury, App. vol. 2. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 111. No. 342. ?? Papilio N. Liria, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 126. 385. ?? Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 395. (Nymphalis Liria). Papilio Perimale, Cramer, pl. 65. fig. C. D. pl. 67. fig. B. Habitat: Bombay (Drury). Upper Side. AntennÆ black; having two small white spots placed at the base, and three others behind them. Thorax and abdomen blackish brown. Anterior wings, at the base, very dark brown, tinctured with liver colour, but at the external edges lighter, and of an orange tinge; having six small white spots placed parallel with the edge, but at a small distance from it. Near the middle of these wings are four small blue spots, when the insect is held in a particular direction. Posterior wings darkest at the base, but the other parts are of an olive brown; the external edges are fringed with white, having a row of cream-coloured crescents above, and another row of cream spots above that, placed two and two, with seven small white spots placed above the whole. All the wings are dentated. Under Side. Legs brown. Thighs white. Breast and abdomen whitish. Wings brown olive, darkest next the body, with the same cream-coloured spots as on the upper side, but a little fainter. NYMPHALIS PERSEIS.Plate XXI. fig. 3, 4. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidÆ, Swains. Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. God. Papilio (Nymphalis Phal.), Drury. Nymphalis Perseis. Alis dentatis, utrinque nigris disco communi testaceo; anticis maculis duabus fasciÂque, posticis punctis marginalibus ochraceis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 3 lin.) Syn. Papilio (Nymphalis Phal.) Perseis, Drury, App. vol. 2. Herbst. tab. 137. fig. 5. 6. Papilio (Nymph.) Persea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 137. No. 423. Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 391. Habitat: Sierra Leone. Upper Side. AntennÆ black. Thorax and abdomen black, spotted with white. Anterior wings black, the tips edged with white; two pale lemon-coloured spots are situated in the centre of the wings, one being long, the other round; between which and the tips is a long lemon streak, extending from the anterior almost to the external edges; a large patch of a dull red is also placed on the hinder part of the wings, extending along the posterior edges from the shoulders almost to the lower corners. Posterior Under Side. Palpi yellow. Breast white. Legs brown. Thighs white. Anterior wings marked as on the upper side, but the colours are much duller. Posterior wings dirty red, bordered with black, whereon are eight white spots, larger than those on the upper side; the colours of the whole being much duller and fainter than on that side. |