NYMPHALIS OPIS. Alis supra fuscis, fasciâ communi caracteribusque
ochraceis; anticis strigâ punctorum alborum. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6
lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Opis. _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. _Cramer_, _pl._
138. _fig._ A. B. _Encyl. Méth._ ix. _p._ 381. _No._ 104. (Nymphalis O.)
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ brown. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown. Wings dark
brown, or chocolate colour, formed into divisions by lines of a yellowish
colour crossing and intersecting them in various directions. A yellow bar
rises on the anterior wings, near the middle, and crossing them and the
posterior, meets at the extremity of the body. Close to where the bar
rises on the anterior wings are six very small white spots, placed
between the nerves, reaching to the anterior edges.
_Under Side._ Palpi, breast, and sides greyish brown. Anterior wings
greyish, clouded with red brown, particularly at the tips; on the middle
of the external edges is a patch of yellow, and on the {36}middle of the
posterior edges is a patch of a pale clay colour, with six small white
spots. Posterior wings having a third part, next the shoulders, greyish
and dark brown; the remainder pale clay, with a reddish brown patch next
the upper corners; from whence runs an undulated brown line to the
abdominal edges at the extremity of the body, and another fainter along
the external edges. The wings are dentated.