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 {22}only by night,
remaining during the day concealed in a kind of case, which it forms by
rolling up a leaf. The chrysalis is short, and thick, without angular
prominences, of a grey colour, with black dots. It attaches itself by the
tail to the stem of the plant upon which it feeds.
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 [male].
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.
([male].) _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 381. _No._ 102. (Nymphalis O.)
Papilio N. Blandina, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 129. ([female].)
_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 {23}spots, those next the upper
corners reaching to the edge; a black line also crosses these wings,
beginning just below the body, and running almost across to the upper
corner.
_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.
PLATE XVII.
[Illustration]
HESPERIA OPHION.
Plate XVII. fig. 1, 2.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Hesperiidæ, _Steph._
GENUS. HESPERIA, _Fabr. Latr._ Erinnys P. _Schr._ Papilio (Pleb. Urb.),
_Drury_.
HESPERIA OPHION. Alis fuscantibus, anticis utrinque punctis quinque
discoidalibus alterisque tribus subapicalibus albis; posticis subtùs
albis margine antico nigro 3-maculato serieque punctorum submarginalium.
(Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 10 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Pleb. Urb.) Ophion, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Stoll Suppl.
Cram._ _pl._ 26. _f._ 4.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Head with five small white spots. Thorax,
abdomen, and wings dark greyish brown; anterior wings having a cluster of
five small oval transparent white spots placed near the middle of the
wings, and three very small round spots of the same kind nearer the tips.
Several faint dark spots are also dispersed on these and the inferior
wings.
_Under Side._ Palpi above brown, beneath white. Breast, legs, and abdomen
white. Anterior wings coloured as on the upper side. Posterior white, but
along the anterior edges brown, where are three black spots placed on
each wing. A row of brown spots is also placed along the external edges,
and another row of very small ones above them. Margins of the wings
entire.
The African species of Hesperiidæ (according to Mr. Smeathman), including
those represented in these and the two following figures, sport in the sun,
and are remarkable for their very sudden and rapid short flights from bush
to bush.
HESPERIA (EUDAMUS) ORION.
Plate XVII. fig. 3, 4.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Hesperiidæ.
GENUS. HESPERIA, _Latr. Fabr._ Thymele P. _Fabr._ (syst. Gl.)
Heteropterus, _Duméril._ SUBGENUS: Eudamus, _Swains. Boisd._
HESPERIA (EUDAMUS) ORION. Alis nigro fuscis, anticis fasciâ tenui
maculari subbifidâ punctisque subapicalibus; posticarum limbo externo
caudisque albis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc.)
SYN. Papilio Orion, _Fabr. Mant. Ins._ 2. _p._ 85. _No._ 774. _Cramer_,
_pl._ 155. _f._ A. B. _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Papilio (Pleb. Urb.) Proteus, var. [Greek: b]. _Linn. Mus. Lud. Ulr._
_p._ 333. _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 729. _No._ 4. (Hesp. O.)
Eudamus Doryssus, _Swains. Zool. Illustr. N. Ser._ _pl._ 48.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone (_Drury_, correctly?). Brazil, Surinam (_Fabr. Enc.
Méth. &c._).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Thorax, abdomen, and wings dark olive brown.
Anterior wings having a small narrow transparent white line crossing them
from the anterior edges to the lower corners, {24}intersected by the
brown tendons of the wings. Posterior wings terminating in two white,
short, and broad tails.
_Under Side._ Palpi white. Breast, abdomen, and wings coloured as on the
upper side; the posterior differing merely in having their outward edges
bordered with white.
This insect belongs to the subgenus Eudamus proposed by Mr. Swainson, in
the new series of his beautiful Zoological Illustrations, and appears in no
respect to differ from that which he has figured under the name of Eudamus
Doryssus. He observes that the type of this group is the Hesperia Proteus
Fabr.; that all the species, of which there are nearly thirty, are from
America; that their flight is exceedingly rapid in the morning and evening,
and that they rest with their wings perpendicular. Drury, on the other
hand, gives Sierra Leone as the habitat, and adds, moreover, on the
authority of Mr. Smeathman, that this species, like the last, sports in the
sun, and is remarkable for the very rapid short flights it takes from bush
to bush, so as to be caught with great difficulty. In his manuscripts,
however, I find this species marked as being from "Madras, Mr. Skeene,
1772."
NYMPHALIS JANAIS.
Plate XVII. fig. 5, 6.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurua. FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, _Swains._
GENUS. NYMPHALIS, _Latr. God._ Papilio (Nymphalis), _Fabr._
NYMPHALIS JANAIS. Alis subdentatis, nigris; anticis utrinque
albo-punctatis; posticis supra disco rubro, subtus basi flavo et nigro,
punctato. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Janais, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Nymphalis J., _Latr. et God. Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 392. _No._ 146.
HABITAT: "Sierra Leone" (_Drury_, in text). "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas,
1776" (_Drury's MSS._).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ, thorax, abdomen, and anterior wings black, the
latter with a number of small white spots dispersed over different parts
of the wings. Posterior wings black; the middle part fine carmine red,
the scolloping next the abdominal corners being verged with white.
_Under Side._ Palpi black. Legs brown. Breast and abdomen black. Anterior
wings coloured as on the upper side. Posterior wings as on the upper
side, but next the body having a large patch of a yellow colour, on which
are several small black spots. The red part of these wings is surrounded
by a row of small white spots, placed on the black ground.
PLATE XVIII.
[Illustration]
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.
{25}_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.
{26}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 fasciâ flavescenti, transversâ 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.
PLATE XIX.
[Illustration]
SATURNIA ALINDA.
Plate XIX.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Bombycidæ, _Steph._
GENUS. SATURNIA, _Schrank_. Attacus, _Germar_. Bombyx p., _Ochs_. Phalæna
(Attacus), _Drury_.
SATURNIA ALINDA. Alis rufo-brunneis margine saturatioribus signisque
nonnullis undulatis obscuris, anticis maculâ discoidali fenestratatâ;
posticis ocello magno centrali. (Expans. Alar. 7 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna Attacus Alinda, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Oliv. Enc. Méth._
5. _p._ 26. 10. (Bombyx A.)
HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1776" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ pectinated. Neck buff-coloured. Thorax and abdomen
brownish red, the centre of the former being grey. Anterior wings
brown-red, darkest along the external edges, with two faint dark indented
lines crossing them from the anterior to the posterior edges. A
transparent spot is placed near the middle of the wings, about a quarter
of an inch from the anterior edges, without any iris of a different
colour. Posterior wings brown-red, and darkest along the external edges,
having a few faint waved lines. Near the middle is a small transparent
spot, edged with buff at the bottom, surrounded by a dark brown border,
and which is also encircled by another quite black.
_Under Side._ Breast red-brown. Legs, abdomen, and wings entirely of a
dark buff. All the faint waved lines, hardly discernible on the other
side, are here very conspicuous. Close to the transparent spots, on the
anterior wings, are two of a dark brown, and two larger are also placed
close to the transparent ones in the posterior wings, without any of the
circular ones which are on the upper side. Margins of the wings entire.
{27}PLATE XX.
[Illustration]
NYMPHALIS ALTHEA.
Plate XX. fig. 1, 2.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, _Swains._
GENUS. NYMPHALIS, _Latr. God._ Papilio (Nymphalis), _Fabr._
NYMPHALIS ALTHEA. Alis dentatis suprà fuscis, fasciâ strigâque
angulato-dentatis albis; subtùs flavescentibus lituris atris fasciâ
strigisque iisdem. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (N.) Althea, _Fabr. Spec. Ins._ 2. _p._ 88. _No._ 389. _Ent.
Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 113. _No._ 347. _Cramer_, _pl._ 89. _fig._ E. F.
Nymphalis A., _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 383. _No._ 111.
HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ brown. Thorax, abdomen, and wings dark brown; a row
of ash-coloured crescents cross the latter from the middle of the
posterior to the anterior edges, uniting with a bar of the same colour,
which crosses the posterior wings, meeting below the abdomen: another row
of ash-coloured marks, like beards of arrows, are placed between the
above-mentioned row and the external edges, which are bordered with some
faint lightish marks. Posterior wings with an additional row of light
arrow beards running along the external edges, which are also bordered
with faint lightish marks like the anterior.
_Under Side._ Palpi white. Breast and legs light clay-coloured. Wings
paler than on the upper side, being greyish brown. The light-coloured
bar, crossing the wings and meeting below the abdomen, is very
conspicuous on this side. The markings are much the same as on the upper.
Margins of the wings dentated.
VANESSA AMESTRIS.
Plate XX. fig. 3, 4.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, _Swains._
GENUS. VANESSA, _Fabr. Latr. God._ Hamadryades, _Hübn._ Papilio (Nymph.
Phal.), _Drury_.
VANESSA AMESTRIS. Alis dentatis, anticis falcatis posticis rotundatis;
omnibus suprà fuscis ad extimum fasciis tribus macularibus transversis,
intermediâ ferrugineâ, (ad apicem maculis duabus albis) cæteris
coerulescentibus subtus marmoratis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (N. P.) Amestris, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Papilio (N.) Amestris, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 116. 360.
Papilio (N.) Zingha, _Fabr. loc. cit. No._ 358.
Vanessa Erinna, _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 315.
HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.). "In
Indiis, Dom Drury" (_Fabr._ sub P. N. Amestris, incorrectly).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Thorax and abdomen very dark. Anterior wings
dark brown, with a row of red crescents inverted, placed near the
external edges; above them are several blueish marks and dashes. Two
square reddish spots are placed near the shoulders, having blueish
borders. Two small round white spots are situated near the tips of each
wing, and along the external edges are several blueish spots. Posterior
wings nearly corresponding with the anterior. The row of red crescents is
continued along these wings, and meets below the abdomen. The rows of
blueish spots are also continued along the borders.
{28}_Under Side._ Breast and legs dark brown. Wings very dark brown,
variegated with many brown markings, in such manner as not to be
described. A single white spot is situate at the tips of the anterior
ones, and a series of small round spots run along the borders of all the
wings. Margins of the wings deeply dentated.
PLATE XXI.
[Illustration]
NOCTUA TRISTIS.
Plate XXI. fig. 1.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Noctuidæ, _Steph._
GENUS. NOCTUA, _Auct._ SUBGENUS ----?
NOCTUA TRISTIS. Alis fuscis nigro-atomosis, dimidio basali saturatiori
strigàque ad angulum internum anticarum nigrâ. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 10
lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Tristis, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: "Cape of Good Hope" (_Drury_, in text). "Jamaica" (_Drury's_
MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ brown and setaceous. Thorax and abdomen grey-brown.
Anterior wings grey-brown, having a small streak of a very dark colour
placed near the lower corners, and two smaller ones at the tips; a large
patch of the same colour occupies the middle of the wings, extending some
way towards the shoulders. Posterior wings greyish-coloured, without any
marks.
_Under Side._ Tongue not observed. Legs, breast, and abdomen greyish.
Anterior wings darker on this side than on the upper; the anterior edges
being white, and the dark streak at the lower corners very observable.
Posterior wings coloured as on the upper side, and having two
dark-coloured marks placed near the middle of the wings. Margins of the
wings entire.
GNOPHRIA? COLLARIS.
Plate XXI. fig. 2.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Lithosiidæ, _Steph._
GENUS. GNOPHRIA? _Steph._ Lithosia p., _Fabr._ Phalæna (Noctua), _Drury_.
GNOPHRIA? COLLARIS. Alis nigris, anticarum maculâ pone medium albâ,
collari sanguineo. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Collaris, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Brazil. "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black and setaceous. Thorax, abdomen, and wings
blueish black, immaculate, except an oval white spot placed on the
anterior ones, about a quarter of an inch from the tips.
_Under Side._ Palpi black. Tongue and neck yellow. Legs, breast, and
abdomen grey. Anus yellow. Wings black, the anterior having a small white
longitudinal streak near the shoulders, and the oval spot seen on the
upper side. Posterior wings also fringed with white. Margins of the wings
entire.
{29}CALLIMORPHA CÆNEA.
Plate XXI. fig. 3.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Arctiidæ, _Steph._
GENUS. CALLIMORPHA, _Latr._ Phalæna (Noctua), _Drury_.
CALLIMORPHA CÆNEA. Alis nigris, anticis fasciâ latâ transversâ,
margineque antico posticarum flavescentibus. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 9
lin.)
SYN. Phalæna Noctua Cænea, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Drury (incorrectly?) states that he received this insect both
from Madras and Brazil. "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1775" (_Drury's_
MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black and setaceous. Thorax and abdomen nearly
black. Wings deep brown, nearly black; the anterior having a yellow band
crossing them from the anterior edges to the lower corners; and the
posterior having a broad yellow streak on the anterior edges.
_Under Side._ Coloured as on the upper side. Margins of the wings entire.
GEOMETRA (PÆCILOPHASIA) FULVATA.
Plate XXI. fig. 4.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Geometridæ, _Steph._
GENUS. GEOMETRA, _Steph._ (SUBGENUS: Pæcilophasia? _Steph._)
GEOMETRA (PÆCILOPHASIA) FULVATA. Alis fulvescentibus fasciâ latâ communi
dilutiori, anticarum puncto subdiscoidali. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 7 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Geometra) fulvata, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Africa. "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ setaceous and yellow. Thorax and abdomen yellow.
Wings deep straw-coloured, the anterior having a small black spot placed
near the middle of the anterior edges. A small narrow line of a silverish
colour runs along the external edges of these wings, beginning near the
tips, and continuing along the edges of the posterior ones, ends at the
abdominal corners.
_Under Side._ Breast, legs, and abdomen whiteish. Wings coloured as on
the upper side, but dappled with minute reddish streaks. Margins of the
wings entire.
NOCTUA (CALYPTRA) LUGUBRIS.
Plate XXI. fig. 5.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Noctuidæ.
GENUS. NOCTUA, _Auct._ SUBGENUS: Calyptra, _Ochs._ Gonoptera, _Latr._
NOCTUA (CALYPTRA) LUGUBRIS. Alis anticis dentatis subfalcatis,
brunneo-fuscis basi saturatioribus, maculis dentatis submarginalibus.
(Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 7½ lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) lugubris, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Madras.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ brown and setaceous. Thorax ash-coloured. Abdomen
and wings rusty iron, without marks, except the anterior, which have some
faint blueish marks close to the external edges.
_Under Side._ Tongue not noticed. Breast, legs, and abdomen dark red.
Wings redder-coloured than on the other side, without marks: anterior
wings dentated, the posterior entire.
{30}NOCTUA (ACONTIA) MARGARITATA.
Plate XXI. fig. 6.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Noctuidæ.
GENUS. NOCTUA, _Auct._ SUBGENUS: Acontia, _Ochs. Steph. Curtis._ Phalæna
(Noctua), _Drury_.
NOCTUA (ACONTIA) MARGARITATA. Argenteo-alba, alis anticis pone punctum
ordinarium fuscis, maculâ magnâ albâ costali margineque postico albo,
lunulis punctisque nigricantibus, posticarum margine fusco. (Expans.
Alar. 1 unc. 5 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna Noctua Margaritata, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: New York.