  NYMPHALIS ARETHUSA.Plate VIII. fig. 1, 4. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidÆ, Swains. Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.), Drury. Nymphalis Arethusa. Alis integris suprÀ nitidÈ atris, virescenti-coeruleo multimaculatis; posticis subtÙs punctis baseos angulique ani rubris ?. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 3 lin.) Syn. Papilio Arethusa, Cramer, pl. 77. E. F. (?.) pl. 130. fig. A. (? Pap. Laodamia.) Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 43. No. 130. Nymphalis Arethusus. Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 427. Donovan Nat. Repos. 2. pl. 48. fig. super. Habitat: Brazil. Upper Side. AntennÆ black. Thorax and abdomen black, spotted with light blue. Wings black, having a great number of small light blue spots sprinkled over every part, and variously shaped. Under Side. Palpi black, with a white streak on each. Tongue, legs, and breast black, the latter with bloody streaks on the side. Abdomen dark brown. Wings reddish dark brown; the anterior ones having two faint blue spots near the lower corners; and the posterior having a little group of bloody spots at the shoulders, with a row of the same coloured spots (five in all) placed along the external edges near the abdominal corners. Margins of the wings entire. ERYCINA JARBAS.Plate VIII. fig. 2. Order. Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: LycÆnidÆ? Steph. Genus. Erycina, Fabr. Latr. God. Papilio (Dan. Fest.), Drury. Erycina Jarbas. Alis integerrimis atris, coeruleo micantibus singulis utrinque fasci fulvÂ, transversali, mediÂ. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.) Syn. Papilio (Dan. Fest.) Jarbas, Drury, App. vol. 3. (1783.) Hesperia (rur.) Perditus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 323. No. 222. Erycina Perditus, Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 590. No. 127. Habitat: Brazil. "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1775" (Drury's MSS.). Upper Side. AntennÆ black. Thorax and abdomen nearly black. Wings brownish black. An orange-coloured bar, about a quarter of an inch broad, crosses the anterior wings from the middle of the anterior edges to the lower corners, from whence another of half that breadth crosses the posterior wings, meeting just below the anus. Under Side. Tongue, legs, breast, and abdomen dark brown, the latter having a small orange streak on each side. Wings coloured as on the upper side. Margins of the wings entire. ERYCINA MENETAS.Plate VIII. fig. 3. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: LycÆnidÆ? Steph. Genus. Erycina, Fabr. Latr. God. Papilio (Dan. Fest.), Drury. Erycina Menetas. Alis chermesinis, limbo tenuissimo nigro, margine antico et externo anticarum latiori, flavoque maculato, posticis triangularibus. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 3 lin.) Syn. Papilio (Pleb. urb.) Menetas, Drury, App. vol. 3. (1783.) Hesperia R. Tacitus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 308. 168. (1793.) Erycina Tacitus, Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 588. Donovan Nat. Reposit. 4. 134. Habitat: "Brazil, Mr. Bonifas, 1776" (Drury's MSS.). Surinam (Fabricius). Upper Side. AntennÆ black. Front of the head yellow. Thorax black, with two yellow streaks at the base of the wings. Abdomen dark brown. Half of the superior wings black, beginning at the shoulders, and running to the external edges, on which are seven cream-coloured spots variously shaped. The other half of these wings is scarlet, without any marks. Posterior wings entirely scarlet, edged with black. Under Side. Palpi cream-coloured. Breast and abdomen light yellow. Legs black, but underneath pale yellow. Wings coloured as on the upper side. Margins of the wings entire. Mr. Donovan has lately published figures of the upper and under side of this butterfly (which closely resemble each other) in his Naturalist's Repository. These figures do not however represent the peculiar character of the posterior pair of wings, neither is the author correct in his chronological account of this species, as Drury's account and figure were published ten years previous to the Entomologia Systematica, in which work alone of Fabricius is the species mentioned. I have consequently retained the specific designation imposed by Drury, and adopted by the authors of the EncyclopÉdie MÉthodique. |
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