GENUS. PAMPHILA, _Fabr._ Hesperia p. _Latr. & God._ Papilio (Pleb. rur.),
_Linn._
PAMPHILA METIS. Alis anticis utrinquè posticisque suprà nigro-fuscis,
maculis fulvis, plurisque punctiformibus; alis posticis subtùs
brunneo-fuscis immaculatis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 1 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Pleb. rur.) Metis, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 2. 792. 245. _Fabr.
Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 329. _No._ 249. (Hesperia Th.)
Pap. Metis, _Cramer, pl._ 162. _f._ G.
HABITAT: Cape of Good Hope.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ brown, yellow beneath. Head hairy. Thorax and
abdomen brown; the extremity of the latter yellow. Wings dark brown.
Anterior having four orange spots, two of which next the body are double.
Posterior with a row of six orange marginal, and two discoidal spots.
_Under Side._ Tongue black. Palpi orange. Legs, breast, and abdomen
brown. Wings coloured as on the upper side. The anterior having five
orange spots, that next the body being long and double. The posterior
immaculate. Margins of the wings entire.
NYMPHALIS OPIS, VAR. [Greek: g].
Plate XVI. fig. 5, 6.