NYMPHALIS DECIUS.Plate VI. fig. 1, 2. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidÆ, Swains. Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.), Drury. Nymphalis Decius. Alis supra fuscis, fasci communi albÂ; posticis caudatis, ad angulum ani rufis ocellis duobus. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 3 lin.) Syn. Papilio Decius, Cram. pl. 114. A. B. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 67. No. 210. Herbst. tab. 56. f. 112. Nymphalis D., Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 363. Donovan Nat. Repos. 4. 109. Habitat: Sierra Leone (Drury). Interior, near the Gold Coast (Donovan). Upper Side. AntennÆ black. Eyes, head, thorax, and abdomen brown. One-third of the superior wings next the body brown; apical half brownish black. These two colours divided by a white band or bar, which, beginning at the anterior edges, crosses these wings, and runs half way down the posterior ones, being edged with blue. Posterior wings furnished with two tails, the lower part of them being of a dark orange; next the body brown, and next the upper corners almost black. There are also two small eyes on these wings; one near the abdominal corners, the other at the middle of the external edges. Under Side. Palpi and tongue yellow brown. Breast and abdomen brown. Legs next the body brown, the extreme joints almost white. Wings next the body brown for about half an inch, when they suddenly become white, and gradually alter in colour to a blueish, and then to a dark brown all along their external edges, where the inferior wings have several small spots and eyes. Wings dappled with an innumerable quantity of small streaks. Wings angulated. Mr. Smeathman states that this species was taken at a considerable distance from the coast, and that it is exceedingly scarce. NYMPHALIS EUPALE.Plate VI. fig. 3. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidÆ, Swains. Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.), Drury. Nymphalis Eupale. Alis supra argenteo-virescentibus, apice saturatiore, subtÙs gramineis, punctis marginalibus nigris ocellatis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.) Syn. Papilio (Pleb. Urbic.) Eupale, Drury, App. vol. 3. (1783.) Papilio (Nymph.) Amasia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 136. No. 419. (1793). Encyclop. MÉth. ix. p. 389. (Nymphalis A.) Habitat: Sierra Leone. Upper Side. AntennÆ black. Head and thorax dark greenish brown. Abdomen light green. Half the anterior wings next the body pea-green, the other half much darker green. The posterior wings also pea-green, but next the body paler, with a row of small different shaped brown spots placed along the external edges. Under Side. Palpi white. Tips black. Tongue green. Legs, breast, and abdomen white. Wings beautiful pea-green, with some different shaped silver spots, very small and dispersed over Mr. Smeathman states, that this species was obtained at a considerable distance from the coast, and that it is frequently seen in company with the groups of Nymph. Erithonius described in vol. ii. pl. 15. fig. 1. NYMPHALIS CAMILLUS.Plate VI. fig. 4. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidÆ, Swains. Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.), Drury. Nymphalis Camillus. Alis albis, fasciis fulvis nigro-marginatis, posticis bicaudatis angulo ani fulvo, punctis nigris albo marginatis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 9 lin.) Syn. Papilio N. Camillus, Fabr. Spec. Ins. tom. 2. p. 11. No. 42. (1781). Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 361. No. 39. (Nymphalis C.) Papilio (Eq. Ach.) Pantheus, Drury, App. vol. 2. (1783.) Habitat: Sierra Leone. Upper Side. AntennÆ black. Thorax and abdomen brown, streaked with white. Wings white, edged with black. Anterior ones having a yellow streak next the shoulders, edged with black. Two others a little broader also rise at the anterior edges, and crossing these wings, are continued down the posterior ones almost to the abdominal corners, where they end in points; tips of these wings brown, edged with black, forming six square white spots. Posterior wings having two tails, abdominal corners yellow, with two round extensions of the wings like tails, with a singular group of small, black, white, and blue spots prettily contrasted. Under Side. Palpi yellow above, and white beneath, tipped with black. Breast, abdomen, and legs white. Wings nearly coloured as on the upper side; posterior having two remarkable oval black velvety spots at the abdominal corners. Wings dentated. |