PLATE XXXIII.

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NYMPHALIS (CHARAXES) EUDOXUS.

Plate XXXIII. fig. 1, 4.

Order: Lepidoptera, Linn. Section: Diurna, Latr. Family: NymphalidÆ, Swains.

Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.), Drury. (Subgenus: Charaxes, Boisduval.)

Nymphalis (Charaxes) Eudoxus. Alis supra fasci medi maculisque marginalibus fulvis, subtÙs ad basin ferrugineis annulis argenteis; posticis tantÙm fasci albÂ. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 3 lin.)

Syn. Papilio (Equ. Ach.) Eudoxus, Drury, App. vol. 3.

Papilio (N.) Eudoxus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 65. No. 203. Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 352. No. 6.

Habitat: Sierra Leone.

Upper Side. AntennÆ black. Eyes, head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown. Anterior wings dark chocolate, red-brown at the base; a row of brown orange-coloured spots is placed on the external edges of these wings, those next the tips being smallest; a brown-orange bar also rises on the anterior edges near the tips, and crossing these and the posterior wings meets at the extremity of the abdomen, increasing in width as it approaches the abdominal corners. Posterior wings likewise dark chocolate, but next the body red-brown. Each of them is furnished with two tails, and has an indented line of brown-orange running along the external edges, from the upper to the abdominal corners.

Under Side. Palpi and breast orange. Feet ash colour. Sides and abdomen red-brown. One half of the superior wings next the body is chocolate, but next the external edges brown-orange, with a large black streak at the lower corners, and three others of different shapes in the middle of the wings; the chocolate division is adorned with a number of black streaks and marks, margined with fine silver white. Posterior wings chocolate, with an indented line of brown-orange placed along the external edges, verged at top with black; these wings are marked with a number of silvery white lines and streaks, placed against each other in different directions. Two small white spots, joined together, are placed on a black-ground at the abdominal corners.

HESPERIA HELOPS.

Plate XXXIII. fig. 2, 3.

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: HesperiidÆ, Steph.

Genus. Hesperia, Fabr. Latr. God. Papilio (Pleb. Urb.), Linn. Drury, &c.

Hesperia Helops. Alis anticis fuscis maculis hyalinis (tribus minutis) subapicalibus; posticis suprÀ flavis, fasci submarginali atr arcuatÂ, subtÙs fuscis disco albo. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 2 lin.)

Syn. Papilio (Pleb. Urb.) Helops, Drury, App. vol. 3.

Hesperia (U.) Ennius, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 337. No. 283. Enc. MÉth. ix. 749. No. 54. Donovan Ins. Ind. II. pl. 3. fig. 1.

Habitat: Brazil, "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1775" (Drury's MSS.). "In Indiis" (Fabr.). India (Donovan).

Upper Side. AntennÆ black. Head, thorax, and abdomen greenish brown. Anterior wings very dark brown, but next the body lighter, and having four diaphanous spots of different shapes on each wing; and also two yellow triangular ones, situated at the middle of the posterior edges. Posterior wings nearly black, with a large yellow patch on the middle of the wings, and two other yellow spots at the abdominal corners.

Under Side. Palpi ash-coloured. Legs yellow-brown. Breast and abdomen brown. Anterior wings dark brown, the lower parts along the posterior edges being lighter coloured; the diaphanous spots conspicuous, and the tips prettily tinged with red-brown. Posterior wings dark brown, the middle being occupied by a large silver white patch; the edges next the abdominal corners yellow, the other parts of the wings marked by paler and different coloured tints. Margins of the wings entire.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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