VANESSA PELARGA.Plate XXVII. fig. 1, 2. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidÆ, Swains. Genus. Vanessa, Fabr. Latr. God. Hamadryades, HÜbn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Drury. Vanessa Pelarga. Alis anticis falcatis, posticis intÙs subcaudatis, omnibus suprÀ fuscis, fasci coerulescenti-albÂ, nigro-punctatÂ, extrorsumque fulvo inductÂ; subtÙs xerampelinis line fusc communi mediÂ. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.) Syn. Papilio (N.) Pelarga, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 513. No. 296. Drury, App. vol. 3. Stoll Suppl. Cram. pl. 27. f. 2. Vanessa P., Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 313. No. 37. Habitat: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1776" (Drury's MSS.). Upper Side. AntennÆ brown. Thorax and abdomen dark brown. Wings at the base dark olive brown; the anterior having two red and one blue crooked lines, a quarter of an inch long, placed near the anterior edges, which are also red. A white bar encircles all the brown part, beginning at the anterior edges, meeting just below the anus; the lower part of it being tinged with red or orange, on which are eight small round black spots, three on the anterior and five on the posterior wings. The external edges of all the wings are deeply bordered with olive brown, and near the tips are placed three small white spots, one larger than the rest. Abdominal groove orange. A few blue streaks are placed at the abdominal corners. Under Side. Palpi long and white, but reddish above. Legs white. Breast and abdomen orange. Wings dark reddish brown, with very little variegations. The three white spots near the tips of the anterior wings are observable, and the five black spots on the posterior ones are faintly seen. Wings deeply angulated. The under side varies considerably in different specimens. NYMPHALIS MELEAGRIS.Plate XXVII. fig. 3, 4. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidÆ, Swains. Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Pleb. rur.), Drury. Nymphalis Meleagris. Alis suprÀ olivaceo-fuscis, subtÙs lutescentibus; utrinque albo, in triplici serie, multipunctatis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 4½ lin.) Syn. Papilio Meleagris, Cramer, pl. 66. f. A. B. Herbst. t. 145. f. 1. 2. Drury, App. vol. 3. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 128. Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 387. (Nymphalis M.) Habitat: "Sierra Leone" (Drury, in text). "Brazil, Mr. Skeene, 1772" (Drury's MSS.). Upper Side. AntennÆ brown. Thorax, abdomen, and wings olive-brown, spotted with a number of round white spots edged with black; the anterior wings having twenty-five, the posterior eighteen, besides those placed on the external edges. Under Side. Palpi white. Legs white. Breast yellowish. Abdomen olive-brown. Wings dusky orange; the white spots described on the upper side being here very discernible with the addition of a few others next the body. Margins of the wings entire. NYMPHALIS (CHARAXES) ANTICLEA.Plate XXVII. fig. 5, 6. Order: Lepidoptera, Linn. Section: Diurna, Latr. Family: NymphalidÆ, Swains. Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Eq. achiv.), Linn. Drury. Papilio Nymphalis, Fabr. (Subgenus: Charaxes, Boisduval.) Nymphalis (Charaxes) Anticlea. Alis suprÀ fuscis fasci terminali fulvÂ, in anticis maculari et abbreviatÂ, in posticis ocellis 4, anali sesquialtero. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 9 lin.) Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Anticlea, Drury, App. vol. 3. Nymphalis Ant., Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 353. No. 9. Habitat: Sierra Leone (Drury, in text). "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1766" (Drury's MSS.). Upper Side. AntennÆ black. Thorax and abdomen dark brown. Anterior wings chocolate-coloured; the lower corners being tipped with orange, to the upper part of which joins a spot of the same colour, and another small one is placed nearer the tips. The basal parts of the posterior wings chocolate, the apical parts orange; they are doubly angulated, and at the abdominal corners have a black ocellus with two white pupils, and a small orange spot below them; three other small eyes are also placed along the external edges. Under Side. Palpi and legs buff-coloured. Breast russet. Abdomen dark orange. Wings russet-coloured, with bands of lighter and darker shades running from the anterior edges of the anterior wings, and ending below the body on the abdominal edges, some of the bands being verged with black. Anterior wings having three small black spots placed near the shoulders, and the posterior with two small white spots at the abdominal corners, and four others placed along the external edges, growing fainter as they approach the upper corners, till at length they are quite lost. |