PLATE XXVII.
( O R D E R — L B P I D O P T E R A. SEOTIOii DIURNA. FAMILY—NYIIPIIALIEJB, SWAINSON.)
F I G U R E 1.
NYMPIIALIS EUPHRONE. WESTW.
Nymphalis alis fusco-nigris maculis sti-igistiue numerosis albis, snbtus Myo-fuscis, anticis obscui'ioribus, maculis
strigisque ut in pagina superiori; abdomine albo vitta fusca doi-sali.
Nymphalis with the wings on the upper side of a bro™ish-blacI;, marked mth numerous wliito spots and stripes ;
beneath of a fulvous-brown, the fore ones darker bro™, except at the tips, all marked as abore, with white spots ;
abdomen wliite, with a dorsal stripe of blackish-brown.
Expansion of the fore mugs nearly inches.
Inhabits Assam. In the Collections of British Museum, Westwood, &c.
DESCRIPTION.—This species is nearest allied to a tropical African species, figm-ed by Donovan in liis
Insects of India, pi. 84, fig. 3 and others, under the name of Papilio Eurinome, and which forms a
distinct siib-genus next to Diadema. In the species before us there is scarcely any distinction
between the appearance of the two sexes. The wings are large and broad, with the apical margins
slightly sinuose; the fore margin of the fore wings is rounded. The wings on the upper side are of a
brownish-black colour, the discoidal cell with thi-ee large oval white spots, one near the base and the
two others placed obliquely. These are followed by a verj^ much curved series of about ten white
stripes, varying in size and length, the innermost one occupying neai-ly the whole of the inner margin
of the wing; beyond these are two rows of white spots, seven in each row, the innermost one in the
anterior row being confluent Avith the preceding white dash. The discoidal cell in the hind wings is white,
separated by brown veins from a series of wliite streaks, the innermost of which occupies nearly the
whole of the anal area; beyond these are two rows of wlnte spots, some of those in the anterior row
being more or less confluent with the preceding white dashes. The wings are marked beneath as on
the upper side, the ground colour of the hiud pair being of a fulvous-brown, whUst that of the fore
wings is brown, gradually becoming paler to the tips. The head, palpi, and thorax, are black, spotted
with white; and the abdomen white, ^nth a dorsal band of blackish-lirown, the sides also with a row
of small black dots.
I am indebted to Major F. Jenkins for my specimens of this fine butterfly.
F I G U R E 2.
CHARAXES DOLON. WESTW.
Charaxes alis supra str.aminco-albis, anticis costa cum macula ad apicem ai-eis discoidaUs fimbriaque lata marr^inis
cxtcrni (in qua series uuica macularnm albarum) nigricantibus; posticis bicaudatis i-itta submarginali nin-ieanti
luualas albKlas duphci serie .amplectcnte ; alis subtns margaritaceo-albis, costa strigisqne duabus communibns fniirro
plus mnmsYC marginatis) margineqne apicali subfuMs, posticis etiam serie submarginali pnnctorum ni-^roi-nm
abdomme fusco.
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