GENUS. BIBLIS, _Fabr. Latr. God._ Papilio (Nymphalis), _Fab. olim._
Papilio (Nymph. Phal.), _Drury_.
BIBLIS UNDULARIS. Alis dentatis nigris aut fuscis; anticis suprà fasciâ
apicali cyaneâ, posticis externe ferrugineis, omnibus subtus ferrugineo
undulatis, punctoque costali posticarum albo. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 7
lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Undularis, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. _Cramer,
pl._ 256. _fig._ A. B. _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 127. _No._ 389.
_Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 326. (Biblis Und.)
HABITAT: East Indies (_Drury_). Coromandel, Java (_Enc. Méth._).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ brown. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown. Superior
wings dark brown, somewhat lighter along the external edges, with an
oblong subapical blue streak, beneath which are four oval blue spots
placed along the external edges, discernible only when the light falls in
a particular direction. Posterior wings reddish clay-coloured,
surrounding a dark brown patch placed on the upper part.
_Under Side._ Breast, abdomen, and legs brown. Wings dark reddish clay,
with short red streaks all over the wings, and a white spot placed at the
middle of the anterior edges of the posterior wings. Margins of the wings
dentated.
{19}NYMPHALIS (LIMENITIS) ARTHEMIS.
Plate X. fig. 3, 4.