Wings russet-brown and cream-colour, disposed in a great variety of
different shaped marks. Anterior wings next the body with a number of
angulated lines following each other in a regular succession; the middle
being composed of another succession of undulated lines crossing the
wings from the anterior to the posterior edges: a black oval spot is
placed at the tips, and a row of different sized oval marks runs along
the external {46}edges. Posterior wings next the body dark brown, the
middle and bottom having a series of undulated lines crossing them in
regular succession from the anterior to the abdominal edges, while a row
of light and dark oval marks is placed along the external edges.
_Under Side._ Palpi brown. Legs cream-coloured. Breast, sides, and
abdomen brown. Tongue not observed. Wings differing but slightly from the
upper side; the general manner of marking being still preserved here. On
the upper part of the posterior wings, next the body, is a triangular
cream spot, the inner space being brown. Margins of the wings entire.
THECLA ORCAS.
Plate XXXIV. fig. 2, 3.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Lycænidæ, _Steph._
GENUS. THECLA, _Fabr._ (Syst. Gloss.) Polyommatus, _Latr. God._ Hesperia
p. _Fabr._ (olim.) Papilio (Pleb. rur.), _Drury_.
THECLA ORCAS. Alis suprà virescenti-coeruleis, limbo maculisque nonnullis
subcostalibus anticarum nigris; subtùs ferrugineo-fuscis maculis
numerosis argenteis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 6 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Pleb. Rur.) Orcas, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Enc. Méth._ ix.
645. 102. (Polyomm. O.)
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ brown and thickest at their extremities, where they
are white. Head black, but between the eyes white. Thorax and abdomen
dark blue, almost black. Wings golden blue, bordered and fringed with
black; the anterior having along the anterior edges three small black
marks, besides the border. Posterior wings furnished with four tails, and
having two singular red spots placed at the abdominal corners.
_Under Side._ Palpi and legs white. Sides, breast, and abdomen red and
white. Wings fine red-brown, almost as deep as chocolate, adorned with a
variety of different shaped silver spots; the anterior having eight,
placed all over the wings, and the posterior eleven; the latter having an
orange mark at the abdominal corners. Margins of the anterior wings
entire, but of the posterior slightly dentated.
PLATE XXXV.
[Illustration]
PAPILIO THYASTES.
Plate XXXV. fig. 1.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Papilionidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. PAPILIO, _Auct._ Papilio (Eq. Ach.), _Drury, Fabr._
PAPILIO THYASTES. Alis caudatis nigris, fasciâ maculisque flavis, angulo
ani sanguineo, posticis subtus lineâ sanguineâ. (Expans. Alar. 4 unc.)
_Syn._ Papilio (Eq. Ach.) Thyastes, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Fabr. Ent.
Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 26. _No._ 77. _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 54. _Boisduv.
Hist. Nat. Lepid._ 1. _p._ 349. 191.
HABITAT: Brazil, "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1776" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Head, thorax, abdomen, and wings
black-brown; the anterior wings having the middle occupied by a
triangular yellow space, continued to the middle of the posterior ones;
four yellow spots are placed at the tips, and several others along the
anterior edges. Posterior wings furnished with two black tails, edged and
tipped with yellow, and having four yellow marks {47}situated along the
external edges; they have also three blue crescents at the roots of the
tails, and above them a square yellow spot on the abdominal edges, and
three small red ones placed above it.
_Under Side._ Palpi not observed. Legs black. Breast and abdomen yellow.
Wings paler brown than on the upper side, marked in the same manner as
above, the yellow colour being here of a paler and greener hue. The
posterior wings having the same marks here as above, with the addition of
a row of short straight red lines placed along the external edges, but at
a little distance from them.
HIPPARCHIA NEREIS [male].
Plate XXXV. fig. 2, 3.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, _Swains._
GENUS. HIPPARCHIA, _Fabr._ Satyrus, _Latr. God._ Papilio (Helic. Parn.),
_Drury_.
HIPPARCHIA NEREIS. Alis fuscis subhyalinis, vittâ communi albâ; posticis
ad apicem fulvis, ocellis duobus atris. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc.)
SYN. Papilio (Hel. Parn.) Nereis, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Herbst. Pap._
_tab._ 84. _f._ 1. 2. _Stoll Suppl. Cramer_, _pl._ 26. _f._ 3. _Fabr.
Ent. Syst._ III. 1. 184. _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 483. (Satyrus N.)
HABITAT: Brazil, "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1776" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown.
Anterior wings grey-brown, thin, and slightly diaphanous, with a small
light-coloured bar running from the anterior edge near the tips to the
posterior. Posterior wings having one-third next the body grey-brown,
divided by a line drawn across the wings from the anterior to the
abdominal edges; next to this is an angulated white patch, the rest of
these wings being orange-coloured, with two black eyes, having white
centres, placed one at the upper, the other at the abdominal corners, the
former having a small white spot joining to its upper part. The edges of
these wings are bordered with dark brown.
_Under Side._ Palpi, legs, breast, and abdomen cream-coloured. Anterior
wings next the tips tinged with red-brown; the remainder of the wings
being of the same colour as on the upper side. Posterior wings next the
body pale clay, which occupies half the wings; below which is a white
bar, the remainder of the wings being dark orange: the two black eyes are
very small on this side, and the white spot above them not so distinct.
These wings are larger than is generally observed among insects of this
tribe, and are dentated, the anterior ones being entire.
PAPILIO ASIUS.
Plate XXXV. fig. 4.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Papilionidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. PAPILIO, _Auct._ Papilio (Eq. Achiv.), _Drury, Fabr._
PAPILIO ASIUS. Alis nigris fasciâ communi flavescenti-albâ; posticis
caudatis, his subtus basi anguloque ani chermesino maculatis. (Expans.
Alar. 3 unc.)
SYN. Papilio (Eq. Troj.) Asius. _Fabr. Spec. Ins._ 2. _p._ 5. _No._ 17.
_Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 8. _No._ 21. _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 55. _No._
84. _Boisduv. Hist. Nat. Lepid._ 1. _p._ 309. 146.
Papilio (Eq. Tr.) Astyagas, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Papilio Manlius, _Perty Del. An. Art. Braz. Ins._ _pl._ 29. _f._ 1.
HABITAT: Brazil, "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1776" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
{48}_Upper Side._ Antennæ, thorax, and abdomen black. Wings raven-black,
having a pale yellow bar rising at the anterior edges near the tips of
the superior wings, and crossing these and the inferior ones, meeting
even with the abdomen, becoming wider gradually. Posterior wings
furnished with two tails, and along the external edges having four small
yellow crescents, and another at the abdominal corners; above which are
two long square red spots, and another yellow crescent on the abdominal
edges.
_Under Side._ Palpi, legs, and breast black. Abdomen black, with a white
longitudinal stripe on each side. Wings marked nearly as on the upper
side; the posterior having several red spots and streaks more than on the
upper side, and placed next the body from the shoulders to the abdominal
corners.
PLATE XXXVI.
[Illustration]
NYMPHALIS AFER.
Plate XXXVI. fig. 1, 2.
_Order_: Lepidoptera. _Section_: Diurna. _Family_: Nymphalidæ, _Swains._
GENUS. NYMPHALIS, _Latr._ Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.), _Drury_.
NYMPHALIS AFER. Alis supra violaceo-coeruleis margine externo nigro,
anticis utrinque strigâ apicali punctorum alborum, posticis fusco
nebulosis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 1½ lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Afer, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Stoll Suppl.
Cramer_, _pl._ 27. _fig._ 3.
Papilio (N.) Æthiopa, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 136. _No._ 420.
_Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 385. _No._ 119. (Nymph. Æth.)
HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1776" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Thorax and abdomen blueish black. Wings,
when viewed in a particular direction, fine shining light blue; but in
any other are blueish brown. The anterior ones with six small white spots
placed near the tips, the four uppermost being the smallest, and placed
in a zigzag direction, parallel with the external edges, and with a few
faint shadows. Posterior wings having, like the superior, only some faint
shadows.
_Under Side._ Palpi, legs, and breast clay-coloured. Abdomen brown. Wings
having a variety of soft brown tints, of a light grey and dark brown
colour, gradually softening into each other in a most agreeable manner.
The six white spots in the superior wings are observable on this side;
but there are no other marks either in the anterior or posterior wings
sufficient to be regarded as characters. Margins of all the wings
slightly dentated; the inferior ones being angulated.
We learn from Mr. Smeathman that this butterfly is found in the gloomy
paths of the forests on the continent of Africa.
NYMPHALIS ALPHÆA.
Plate XXXVI. fig. 3, 4.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, _Swains._
GENUS. NYMPHALIS, _Latr._ Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.) _Drury_.
NYMPHALIS ALPHÆA. Alis lutescentibus strigis undulatis communibus fuscis,
puncto dilutiori anticarum subapicali, subtùs brunneis fasciis
nigricantibus. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Nymph.) Alphæa, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1776" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
{49}_Upper Side._ Antennæ, head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown. Wings
clay-coloured, with only a light spot on the anterior ones near the tips,
and a number of small faint waved lines crossing the wings from the
anterior to the posterior and abdominal edges.
_Under Side._ Palpi long, grey brown. Breast and abdomen the same. Wings
rather darker than on the upper side, being of a reddish brown. The two
spots on the anterior wings are more conspicuous on this side than the
other; and the waved lines here become bars in the posterior wings of a
darker colour than the general ground, having two conspicuous ones, the
lowest being the broadest. Margins of the wings slightly dentated.
NYMPHALIS DORICLÆA.
Plate XXXVI. fig. 5, 6.
_Order_: Lepidoptera. _Section_: Diurna. _Family_: Nymphalidæ, _Swains._
GENUS. NYMPHALIS, _Latr._ Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.), _Drury_.
NYMPHALIS DORICLÆA. Alis lutescenti-fuscis suprà strigis duabus punctorum
nigrorum, posticis subtus puncto baseos atro. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3
lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Doriclæa, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Fabr. Ent.
Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 248. _No._ 772. _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 386. 124.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ brown. Thorax and abdomen dark brown. Wings dark
clay-coloured. The anterior ones having three black marks placed at the
middle of the anterior edges, being about a quarter of an inch long, and
a few very faint dark marks at the external edges. Posterior wings with
only two rows of small faint dark crescents placed along the external
edges.
_Under Side._ Palpi, legs, breast, abdomen, and anterior wings light
clay-coloured; the latter having two black streaks placed close to the
anterior edges, near the middle, and a shade of dark brown along the
external edges. Posterior wings along the upper part light clay; but
towards the abdominal corners are darker. A dark-coloured narrow band
rises at the middle of the anterior edges, which runs circularly towards
the abdominal groove, but is lost in the general colour of the wing
before it reaches that part. About the middle of this inner compartment
is a small round black spot, being the only one either on the upper or
under side. Margins of the wings entire, the posterior being slightly
angulated.
PLATE XXXVII.
[Illustration]
PIERIS (LEPTALIS) CRISIA.
Plate XXXVII. fig. 1, 2.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna, _Latr._ FAMILY: Papilionidæ,
_Leach_.
GENUS. PIERIS, _Schrank. Latr. God._ Papilio (Dan. Cand.) _Linn. &c._
(SUBGENUS: Leptalis, _Boisduval_.)
PIERIS (LEPTALIS) CRISIA. Alis oblongis, anticis falcato-acuminatis
fuscis, fasciâ ante apicem flavescente, posticis integerrimis
flavescentibus, limbo fusco. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Dan. Cand.) Crisia, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Fabr. Ent.
Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 166. _No._ 515. _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 197. (Pieris
Cr.) _Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lep._ 1. _p._ 422. (Leptalis Cr.)
HABITAT: Brazil. "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
{50}_Upper Side._ Antennæ spotted white beneath. Thorax and abdomen
grey-brown. Anterior wings dark brown, almost like chocolate, the tips
forming an obtuse angle; a white streak crossing them obliquely towards
the lower corners, having a very small black spot thereon near the upper
part. The posterior edges are white, extending from the body almost to
the lower corners. Three small faint white spots are situated near the
tips. Posterior wings white, deeply edged with brown from the upper to
the abdominal corners.
_Under Side._ Palpi, breast, and abdomen grey. Anterior wings not so dark
as on the upper side; but having the same marks, with the addition of a
white streak at the tips. Posterior wings white, with a few patches of a
very light brown, the lower edges being dappled with that colour. Near
the shoulders are two small yellow spots. Margins of the wings entire.
ACRÆA ETHOSEA.
Plate XXXVII. fig. 3, 4.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Heliconiidæ, _Swains._
GENUS. ACRÆA, _Fabr. Latr. God._ Papilio (Heliconii), _Fabr._ olim.
ACRÆA ETHOSEA. Alis oblongis, suprà fuscis disco albo, anticis
integerrimis, posticis subdenticulatis, his infrà basi punctis nigris,
margine exteriori maculis albis trigonis serie digestis. (Expans. Alar. 2
unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Ethosea, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Enc. Méth._
ix. _p._ 235. _No._ 17.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Thorax, abdomen, and wings deep brown,
almost black; the disk of the anterior being white, and extending to the
shoulders, all the middle part of the posterior being white likewise.
_Under Side._ Palpi grey. Breast and abdomen brown. Anterior wings next
the body yellowish brown, but towards the tips inclining to grey; nerves
black; the disk white, with a round black spot near the body, and another
of a smaller size below it. The middle of the posterior wings is white,
surrounded with brown, that part along the lower edges being darkest;
next the body are five distinct black round spots, and an irregular
shaped one at the middle of the upper edge; along the lower edges are a
number of small triangular white spots. Margins of the posterior wings
slightly dentated.
Although Sierra Leone is given by Drury in his published account of this
insect as the locality for this species, I find it mentioned in his
manuscript Catalogue as being received from "New Zealand, Mr. Banks, 1775."
The authors of the Encyclopédie Méthodique evidently knew the species only
from Drury's figures and descriptions, and therefore have given the former
locality. It is difficult to account for this contradictory statement, or
to assert which of these localities is the correct one.
{51}ACRÆA CYNTHIA.
Plate XXXVII. fig. 5, 6.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Heliconiidæ, _Swains._
GENUS. ACRÆA, _Fabr. Latr. God._ Papilio (Heliconii), _Fabr._ Olim.
ACRÆA CYNTHIA. Alis oblongis integerrimis fuscis, fasciâ communi
anticarumque macula apicali, albidis; posticis suprâ punctorum fulvorum
serie posticâ. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Hel.) Cynthius, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Herbst. Pap._
_tab._ 80. _f._ 1. 2.
Acræa Cynthia, _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 234.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ brown. Eyes, thorax, and abdomen black. Anterior
wings dark brown; a dark cream-coloured band rises at the middle of these
wings, and crossing the posterior meets at the abdominal edges a little
above the anus; a dark cream-coloured patch is also situated near the
tips, and a narrow reddish line runs from the body to the disk. Posterior
wings dark brown, having a row of five oblong lightish spots placed along
the lower edges.
_Under Side._ Palpi grey. Breast and abdomen streaked and spotted with
dark cream and black. Wings paler than on the upper side; the band and
patch not so conspicuous as on the anterior ones; a row of marks, like
acute angles, are placed along the edges of all the wings, the posterior
ones having a cluster of ten small black spots placed near the body.
Margins of the wings entire.
In Drury's manuscripts, which have come into my hands, it is stated that
this insect was brought from Sierra Leone by Mr. Smeathman, and that "the
original insect from which this figure was taken is destroyed, and was of a
much livelier colour than those which I judge to be varieties of Cynthius."
PLATE XXXVIII.
[Illustration]
HELICONIA IRENE.
Plate XXXVIII. fig. 1.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Heliconiidæ, _Swains._
GENUS. HELICONIA, _Latr. God._ Papilio (Helicon.), _Fabr._
HELICONIA IRENE. Alis oblongis, anticis nigris basi ferrugineo radiatis,
à medio ad extimum flavo-maculatis, posticis fulvis limbo exteriori
maculisque ante apicem nigris, singulis infrâ punctis marginalibus albis.
(Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Irene, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Fabr. Ent.
Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 165. _No._ 510. _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 223. _No._ 60.
HABITAT: "Jamaica, Mr. Shakespear, 1779" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black at the base, but yellow at the tips. Thorax
black. Abdomen dark brown. Anterior wings black, with twelve different
shaped spots, occupying half the wings next the tips; these spots are
principally yellow, (one next the body being orange), and differ very
much in form and size; next the body are two narrow faint reddish
longitudinal streaks. Posterior wings dusky orange, the edges being
bordered with black from the middle of the anterior edges to the
abdominal corners; a square black spot is placed near the upper corners,
and two very small ones by the side of it.
_Under Side._ Palpi black. Breast streaked with white. Abdomen yellow.
Wings less brilliant; {52}but having much the same markings as on the
upper side; the black border on the posterior ones having a row of white
spots thereon, and another row is observable on the edges of the
anterior. Posterior wings dentated.
NYMPHALIS IOLE.
Plate XXXVIII. fig. 2.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, _Swains._
GENUS. NYMPHALIS, _Latr._ Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.), _Drury_.
NYMPHALIS IOLE. Alis suprà basi fulvis, tunc nigris coeruleo-micantibus,
subtus nitenti-ferrugineis, strigis duabus nigris undulatis, posticis
caudatis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Iole, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Stoll Suppl.
Cram._ _pl._ 29. _fig._ 4. 4. D.
Papilio (N) Furcula, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 79. _No._ 246. _Enc.
Méth._ ix. _p._ 360. 36. (Nymphalis F.) _Donovan Nat. Repos._ 5. 151.
HABITAT: "Jamaica" (_Drury_, in text). "Madras, Mr. Skeene, 1772"
(_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Eyes, thorax, and abdomen brown. Wings
brown-black, a considerable part of them encircling the body being dark
orange. Posterior wings furnished with two tails, rather lighter than the
other part.
_Under Side._ Palpi, legs, breast, and abdomen cream-coloured. Wings
brown, having a blueish as well as a reddish hue, several waved lines
crossing them from the anterior to the abdominal edges; five small white
spots are placed next the tips, and several small black ones are situated
along the external edges of both wings.
HIPPARCHIA ANDROMEDA.
Plate XXXVIII. fig. 3.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, _Swains._
GENUS. HIPPARCHIA, _Fabr._ Satyrus, _Latr. God._ Papilio (Helic. Parn.),
_Drury_.
HIPPARCHIA ANDROMEDA. Alis hyalinis, anticis strigis duabus fuscantibus,
posticis apice chermesinis ocello utrinque unico. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3
lin.)
SYN. Papilio (P.) Andromeda, _Fabr. Syst. Ent._ 467. _No._ 107. _Ent.
Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 184. _No._ 569.
Papilio (Hel. Parn.) Menander, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Herbst. Pap._
_t._ 84. _fig._ 6.
Papilio Philis, _Cramer_, 387. _fig._ E.
Papilio Pireta, _Cramer_, _pl._ 315. _fig._ A.
HABITAT: Jamaica (_Drury_). Surinam (_Enc. Méth._).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Two small white spots on the neck. Eyes,
thorax, and abdomen black. Wings perfectly transparent, the lower part of
the posterior beautiful carmine-red; close to the upper corner of these
wings is a round black spot encircled with yellow, and a small white one
on its edge; another white one, very minute, is also situated just below
it, which is barely discernible.
_Under Side._ Palpi white. Breast and abdomen grey. Wings are exactly the
same as on the upper side. Margins of the wings entire.
{53}HELICONIA SAPPHO.
Plate XXXVIII. fig. 4.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Heliconiidæ, _Swainson_.
GENUS. HELICONIA, _Latr. God._ Papilio (Helicon.), _Fabr._
HELICONIA SAPPHO. Alis oblongis, supra atro coeruleis infrà nigris;
anticis utrinque fasciâ transversâ bifidâ; posticis margine exteriori
albis, his subtùs basi sanguineo radiatis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Hel. Parn.) Sapho, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Fabr. Ent.
Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 165. _No._ 511. _Stoll Suppl. Cramer_, _pl._ 30. 2.
_&_ 2. B. _Herbst. Pap._ _tab._ 75. _f._ 7.
HABITAT: "Jamaica, Mr. Shakespear, 1779" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Eyes brown. Thorax and abdomen black. Wings
mazarine blue; the anterior ones having a white band crossing them from
the middle of the anterior edges to the lower corners; the posterior
edged with a white border, intersected by the blue tendons of the wings.
_Under Side._ Palpi grey. Breast and abdomen black, streaked with white.
Wings black where they are blue on the upper side, with the same white
markings; but next the body are adorned with beautiful red streaks,
ending in points resembling rays issuing from it. Margins of the wings
entire.
PLATE XXXIX.
[Illustration]
EREBUS ZENOBIA.
Plate XXXIX.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Noctuidæ, _Stephens_.
GENUS. EREBUS, _Latr._ Thysania, _Dalm._ Noctua p., _Fabr._
EREBUS ZENOBIA. Alis cinereis strigis dentatis et undulatis fuscis et
brunneis variegatis, subtùs ferrugineis nigro-undatis. (Expans. Alar. 5
unc. 6 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Bombyx) Zenobia, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Cramer?_ _tab._
115. A. B.
Noctua Zenobia, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 2. _p._ 8. _No._ 1. _Gmel. Linn.
S. N._ 2529. 969. _Oliv. Enc. Méth._ 8. _p._ 251. 1.
HABITAT: "Jamaica, Mr. Kenchan, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ setaceous and dark brown. Head the same. Thorax and
abdomen grey: having a tuft of black hairs standing between them. General
colour grey, faintly tinged with red. Anterior wings with a remarkable
irregular black bar running from the tips to the shoulders, crossing the
thorax horizontally, and parallel with the anterior edges; on the middle
of this edge is a triangular dark brown spot edged with black, and nearer
the body is a smaller one of the same shape and colour: a second narrower
black line is situate about half an inch below, and parallel with the
first, rising on the posterior edges, and extending across the wings
almost to the external ones. Posterior wings with a black irregular bar
arising near the external corners, and crossing them in a straight
direction, meeting at the extremity of the abdomen; just above this, and
almost close to it, is a very small and narrow waved black line running
parallel with it, but towards the end suddenly turns off, and reaches the
anterior edges. Besides the above markings there are a number of lighter
and darker shades interspersed on the different parts of the wings.