ACRÆA PASIPHÆ.

PLATE XII. Fig. 4.

_Godart._--Helic. Pasiphæ, _Fabr._--Pap. Media, _Cramer_, Pl. 81, fig.

C, D.

Surface of the wings white, with a slight tinge of blue, a large space

at the base, and the nervures brown; the whole of the middle portion

clouded with black spots of various dimensions, and the extremity

bordered with a rather wide black band, sinuated on the inner side.

The under side is paler and has the marginal band interrupted by a row

of small greyish-blue quadrangular spots preceded by a reddish macular

line. Body black above, variegated with white marks on the back, and

yellowish beneath.

Found in Guinea, and other countries on the west coast of Africa.

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