PLATE XVIII.

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ACRÆA UMBRA.

Plate XVIII. fig. 1, 2.

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: HeliconiidÆ.

Genus. AcrÆa, Fabr. Latr. God. Papilio (Heliconii), Fabr. olim.

AcrÆa Umbra. Alis oblongis integerrimis brunneis, extimo suprÀ latÈ fusco, posticis subtÙs ad basin nigro punctatis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 9 lin.)

Syn. Papilio (Dan. Fest.) Umbra, Drury, App. vol. 3.

Papilio (Hel. U.), Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 172. No. 535. Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 236. (AcrÆa U.)

Habitat: Sierra Leone.

Upper Side. AntennÆ black. Thorax black, with several white spots. Abdomen black, with five dark yellow spots on each side, and five rings of the same colour placed between them. Apical half the anterior wings a very dark brown, almost black; basal half, dark yellow-brown. One-third of the posterior wings, next the outer edges, almost black; the remainder of a dark yellow-brown. The black spots described on the under side are discernible on this side.

Under Side. Palpi black above, but whiteish underneath. Legs the same. Breast nearly black, with white spots. Abdomen yellowish. Anterior wings a very dark brown of a yellowish tinge; the posterior having a number of small black spots (about 18) situate near the body. Margins of the wings nearly entire.

The minute black spots at the base of the posterior wings, described by Drury and Fabricius, are not represented in the figure.

ACRÆA DICE.

Plate XVIII. fig. 3, 4.

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: HeliconiidÆ.

Genus. AcrÆa, Fabr. Latr. God. Papilio (Helicon.), Fabr. olim.

AcrÆa Dice. Alis oblongis integerrimis concoloribus, anticis hyalino-cinerascentibus; posticis fulvis nigro-punctatis, margine exteriori latÈ hyalino. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 1½ lin.)

Syn. Papilio (Helicon.) Dice, Drury, App. vol. 3. (1783.)

Papilio (H.) Quirina, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 159. No. 492. (1793.) Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 231. No. 2. (AcrÆa Q.)

Habitat: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1776" (Drury's MSS.). Madras (Fabricius).

Upper Side. AntennÆ, eyes, thorax, and abdomen black; the latter having a row of white spots on each side, extending to the anus. Anterior wings thin and diaphanous; with a red streak along their posterior edges, reaching to the body from the lower corners, whereon is a small black line close to the body, with a small black round spot just below it. Posterior wings red, having a diaphanous border running along the external edges from the upper to the abdominal corners. These wings next the body are dark brown, and on the red are dispersed several small black spots, varying in number.

Under Side. Palpi brown. Fore legs yellow; the others yellow and brown. Breast spotted black and white. Abdomen ringed with yellow. Wings coloured as on the upper side, but the red is fainter; the dark brown part on this side is grey, and the black spots larger and more distinct. Margins of the wings entire.

ACRÆA CIRCEIS.

Plate XVIII. fig. 5, 6.

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: HeliconiidÆ.

Genus. AcrÆa, Fabr. Latr. God. Papilio (Heliconii), Fabr. olim.

AcrÆa Circeis. Alis oblongis integerrimis; anticis hyalinis, nervis margineque fuscis, posticis fuscis fasci flavescenti, transvers mediÂ, his subtus basi cinereis nigroque punctatis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc.)

Syn. Papilio Circeis, Drury, App. vol. 3. Herbst. Pap. tab. 81. fig. 6. 7.

Papilio (Parnass.) Mandane, Fabr. Syst. Ent. III. 1. p. 183. No. 565. Encycl. MÉth. ix. p. 239. 29. (AcrÆa M.)

Habitat: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (Drury's MSS.).

Upper Side. AntennÆ black. Thorax and abdomen black, the latter spotted with white. Anterior wings diaphanous, the edges bordered with brown. Posterior wings russet brown, having a broad yellow bar crossing them about the middle of the abdomen, and reaching almost from one upper corner to the other; above the bar, next the body, are a number of black spots.

Under Side. Palpi, legs, and abdomen yellowish. Breast brown. Anterior wings coloured as on the upper side. Posterior wings grey in those parts where they are brown on the upper side; the yellow bar being fainter, but the black spots stronger, and amounting to ten in number. Margins of the wings entire.

Here, as in many places elsewhere, I have reverted to Drury's name, which Fabricius unwarrantably changed in the subsequently published Entomologia Systematica, and which in most cases the authors of the EncyclopÉdie MÉthodique have adopted.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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