  NYMPHALIS (CHARAXES) TIRIDATES.Plate XXIII. fig. 1, 2. Order: Lepidoptera, Linn. Section: Diurna, Latr. Family: NymphalidÆ, Swainson. Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Eq. achiv.) Linn. Drury. Papilio Nymphalis, Fabr. (Subgenus: Charaxes, Boisduval.) Nymphalis (Charaxes) Tiridates. Alis supra atro-coeruleis, margine postico lunulis ochraceis, omnium dimidio apicali punctis coerulescentibus. (Expans. Alar. 4 unc. 3 lin.) Syn. Papilio (N.) Tiridates, Fabr. Spec. Ins. 2. p. 11. No. 43. Cramer, pl. 162. f. A. B. Herbst. Pap. tab. 62. f. 3. 4. Donovan Ins. India, 3. pl. 2. f. 3. Nymphalis T., Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 354. 14. Habitat: Amboyna, Java (Fabr. & Enc. MÉth.). Brazil (Drury, in text). "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1766" (Drury's MSS.). Upper Side. AntennÆ black. Head dark brown, with four white spots on the crown. Thorax and abdomen dark brown. Wings fine dark blue, with a number of small light blue spots sprinkled on each wing. The anterior being edged with a row of yellow spots. Posterior wings furnished with four short tails and deeply scolloped, each scollop being edged with yellow. Under Side. Palpi and abdomen clay-coloured. Breast and legs light hair-coloured. Anterior wings hair-coloured, with several small waved and irregular black lines half crossing them, from the anterior edges to the middle of the wing, each line being edged with blue. A black kidney-shaped spot is also situate next the lower corners, being also edged with blue. Posterior wings coloured as the anterior, and furnished with four short tails, having several irregular black lines on them near the body, which are edged with blue as on the anterior ones. NYMPHALIS PYRAMUS ?.Plate XXIII. fig. 3, 4. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidÆ, Swains. Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Pleb. rur.), Drury. Nymphalis Pyramus. Alis nigris (in mare supra violaceo-micantibus) anticis utrinque fasci lat miniatÂ: posticis subtus irroratis strigÂque marginali coerulescenti. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 7½ lin.) Syn. Papilio Pyramus, Fabr. Sp. Ins. 2. 130. 590. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 323. 223. Papilio (Pleb. rur.) Pyramus, Drury, App. vol. 3. Stoll Suppl. Cramer, pl. 32. f. 3. 3e. Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 422. (Nymphalis P.) Donovan Nat. Repos. 1. t. 3. f. 2. 2. Habitat: Brazil, "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1774" (Drury's MSS.). Upper Side. AntennÆ brown. Thorax and abdomen dark brown. Anterior wings at the extremities black, but next the body red-brown, the middle being occupied by a band which crosses them of a beautiful red, extending to the middle of the posterior ones, the remaining parts of which are of a fine blueish purple. Under Side. Palpi, legs, breast, and abdomen white. Anterior wings next the body yellowish brown, the tips the same. The red band is not so strong on this side as on the upper, neither does it extend to the inferior wings, but is bordered with black on that side near the tips. Posterior wings yellowish brown, prettily variegated with very small lighter marks and spots, with a small faint blueish indented line running along the external borders. The original Fabrician description of this insect is stated to have been derived from an insect from Cayenne in the collection of Mr. Yeats; and in the Fabrician detailed description, we find the wings characterized thus—"macula magna, in medio, fulva, anticÆ subtus concolores." It appears, however, from the observations of Donovan that the celebrated iconographer Jones had made a drawing of Yeats's specimen, from which drawing Donovan published his illustration of the species in the Naturalist's Repository, with the following observations:—"There was a variety of this insect pretty nearly, but not exactly, according with this in the collection of an old and well-known entomologist, a figure of which appeared shortly after the publication of the Fabrician writings as the true Papilio |
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