  NYMPHALIS HIPPONA.Plate XVI. fig. 1, 2. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidÆ, Swains. Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. God. Papilio (Nymphalis), Fabr. Nymphalis Hippona. Alis suprÀ nigris, anticis fulvo flavoque variis: posticis caudatis basi fulvo apice nigro strig marginali punctorum alborum. (Expans. Alar. 4 unc.) Syn. Papilio (Nymph.) Hippona, Fabr. Sp. Ins. 2. p. 54. No. 258. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 180. No. 559. Donovan Ins. India, pl. 35. fig. * Encycl. MÉth. ix. p. 362. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.), Cramer, pl. 90. fig. C. D. Stoll Suppl. Cramer, pl. 2. fig. 1. & 1. A. B. C. Drury, App. vol. 3. Habitat: Brazil (Drury). Guiana, Antilles (Enc. MÉth.). Upper Side. AntennÆ black at the base, but yellow at the extremities. Thorax and abdomen greenish brown. Anterior wings angulated, and black, but orange-brown at the base; posterior edges verged with black. An irregular indented yellow bar crosses them from the middle of the anterior edges to the middle of the external ones; and near the tips are placed two white spots, one large, of an oval shape, and a small round one. Posterior wings with two tails, chiefly of a yellow-brown colour, but having a black circular patch placed along the external edges, and reaching nearly from the abdominal to the upper corners, whereon are placed three white crescents and a small round spot. Under Side. Palpi yellowish. Tongue dark brown. Legs yellowish. Breast dark brown. Abdomen yellowish. Wings ornamented with such a variety of soft colours, as renders it impossible to describe them minutely. The transformations of this curious species have been figured by Stoll in his supplementary volume to Cramer. The caterpillar is of a dark green, with a black dorsal line and lateral spots of the same colour. The head is black, with two yellow spots, and furnished with two short obtuse spines. It lives upon a plant called "poirvier," feeding Fabricius erroneously gives India as the habitat of this species, whence Donovan has introduced it into his work upon the insects of that country. NYMPHALIS ORSIS ?.Plate XVI. fig. 3. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidÆ, Swains. Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. God. Papilio (Nymphalis), Fabr. Nymphalis Orsis. Alis nigris, (in mare coeruleo-micantibus) strigis tribus macularibus albis, prima et secunda corpus secantibus. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.) Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Orsis, Drury, App. vol. 3. Papilio (N.) Oisis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 124. No. 378. (?.) Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 381. No. 102. (Nymphalis O.) Papilio N. Blandina, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 129. (?.) Donovan Ins. India, No. 2. pl. 1. f. 3. Habitat: Brazil (Drury, &c.). In Indiis (Fabr.). East India (Donovan, erroneously). Upper Side. AntennÆ, thorax, and abdomen brown, the latter having six spots on it. Wings very dark changeable blue; anterior having a pale streak crossing them a little way on each side the thorax, with several other small ones on other parts. Under Side. Palpi very small, hairy, and white. Thorax, legs and abdomen white. Wings pale red-brown, having a shade of darker colour running along their external edges, and on the anterior ones are placed two faint-coloured streaks, running from the external edges towards the middle of the wings. Margins of the wings angulated and dentated. CASTNIA THAIS.Plate XVI. fig. 4. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: ——? (hesperi-sphinges, Latr.) Family: CastniidÆ. Genus. Castnia, Fabr. Latr. God. Dalm. Papilio (Dan. Festiv.), Drury. Castnia Thais. Alis anticis supra fusco-viridibus, nitidis, basi fasciisque duabus carneo-griseis; posticis rubris fasciis duabus margineque nigris. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.) Syn. Papilio (Dan. Festiv.) Thais, Drury, App. vol. 3. Castnia Thalaira, Latr. God. Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 800. No. 14. Habitat: Brazil. Upper Side. AntennÆ brown. Thorax, abdomen, and anterior wings red-brown; the latter having two streaks or bars of a lighter colour crossing them from the anterior edges to the posterior and external ones; one crossing the middle of the wing, the other nearer the tips. Posterior wings orange; the lower part black along the external edge, whereon are placed a row of square orange-coloured Under Side. Palpi and thorax red-brown. Abdomen yellowish. Anterior wings yellowish clay-coloured, with three black lines crossing them transversely, the middle one being the broadest. Posterior wings orange-brown, with a small white spot placed near the centre. Margins of the wings plain. |
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