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SPECIES 3 -CHARAX E S DRUCEANUS. (Mas.) PLATE XXXIV, FIG. 6.
' Affinis C. Mdoxo vix differt supra a C. Cpithia.
' Ali» subtus rufescentes, antieos costa argentea ; area basali maeulas quatuor diseoideas et quatuor diseales
nigresceutes argenteo einctas ineludente, a fascia lata argentea continua limitata ; hae apud eostam biforcata ;
area anaU fnlvo-varia, a serie maeularnm subocto nigraruni submargiualiuni (a linea plumbea extroreum cinetarum)
limitata ; al» postiee area basali rufeseente, argenteo strigosa (strigis lineas nigras iucludentibus) et a
fiiscia lata argentea limitata ; margine externo fulvo, linea tenuissima marginali argentea ; inaeulis septem
ferruginosis, argenteo cinetis, extrorsum nigro faseiatis, in serie irregulari discali positis ; macula anali occllari
plumbea nig-ro-cineta ; corpus ferrugineo fuscum, palpis lateraliter albis ; antennis nigris.' (Butler, 1. c.)
Expans. alar, antic, une. 3, lin. 3.
Habitat; Old Calabar (Coll. Druce), Port Natal (Coll. Ward), Zambesi (Eev. D. Eowley). In Mus.
Hopeiano Oxouia', etc.
SYS. : Mas. Char. Druceanus. Butler, Cistula Entomologica, i. p. 4 (October, 1S69); Lepid. Exot. April, 1870,
pi. X, fig. 4 (nitore argenteo omnìno omisso).
Ohar. Cinodon. Hewitson, Ent. Monthly Mag. vi. p. 177, (January, 1870).
G E N U S — J U N O N I A .
SPECIES 1—JUNONIA WESTERMANNI. (Mas.)
(Boisd. MS., Westwood in Entomologists' MontHy Magazine, vol. vi. p. 278, May, 1870.) PLATE XXXIV, Fie. 7.
Mas. Alis supra nigris, apicem versns magis fuseis ; omnibus plaga magna subovali fulva pone medium ;
postici« macula oblonga subcostali liete cierulea ; alis anticis infra pallide fulvis, margine postico fiisco (ad angulum
apicalem et postieum dilatato) lituris 5 undatis nigris intra cellulam discoidalem maeulisque duabus submediis
puuctoque subapiicali nigris ; alis posticis albido-griseis, margine postico obscuriori ; puncto ad basin
cellula; serieque punetorum 5 sub-marginalium nigris, strigisque nonnullis fuscis undatis per medium ala:
irregulariter extensis.
Expans. alar, antic, une. 2.
Habitat ; Guinea (D. Westermann). In Mus. Hopeiano OsoniiE, Dublinense, Hewitson, &c.
Specimens of this lovely insect were taken in Guinea by the late celebrated entomologist, Herr Westermann
of Copenhagen, by whom the species was communicated to the Rev. P. W. Hope, Dr. Boisduval, and
other entomologists ; and its specific name, adopted above, was proposed for it by the last-named author in his
manuscripts. Mr. Hewitson has received (June, 1873) a number of specimens, all being males, from his collector,
Mr. Kogers, taken in Angola, south- of Congo.
J U N O N I A WESTEEMANNI. (From. ?) PLATE XXXIV, Fia. 8.
The insect here represented was kindly sent to me from the Royal Dublin Society of Natural History for
illustration in this work by Mr. W. F. Kirby (the indefatigable author of a most useful ' Synonymic Catalogue
of Diurnal Lepidoptera '), by whom it was considered to be the female of •/. Wesiermami, of which specimens had
been received with it from Cape Coast, Africa. It wiU be observed, however, that, in addition to other characters,
the middle of the hind wings wants the undulated markings of the male.
' I t differs strikingly from the male in the upper side. It is brown above, the base darker, the whole of
the centre of the hind wings filled with a broad orange band (much duller than in the male) which extends to
the adjacent portion of the fore wings, curving inwards across the cell, where it becomes much more obscure.
The orange band of the hind wings seems to have been edged with lilac-blue, and there arc traces of detached
bright blue scales in the cell of the fore wings. There is a row of five black spots towards the edge of the
orange on the hind wings (visible on the under side in the male also), and continued, in the female, on the fore
wings, although the only conspicuous spot is one near the hinder angle of the fore wings. Beneath, the female
chiefly differs in wanting nearly all the dark markings, and in the orange markings being more suifused and
not sharply defined as in the male.'
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FAMILY—IIESPERIID/E.
GENU,S—HESPERIA. SUB-GENTJS-OXYNETRA Felder.
SPECIES 1—HESPERI A (OZYKETEA Feld.) ZAMBE8IACA. PLATE XXXIV, Fic. P.
Alis ehalybeo-nigris albo-maculatis; corpore nigro, eapite et thorace albo maculatis, hujus patagiis, fascia
cuvvata post scutellari et ano sanguineis ; abdomine fascia lata media lutea (in medio interrupta).
Expans. alar, antic, nnc. If.
Habitat; Zambesi (Eev. D. Rowley). In Mus. Hopeiano Oxonias.
The fore wings are chalybeous black, with seven spots of white; one close to the base on the hind margin;
three between the base and middle, of unequal size; two large ones near the middle, one of which is at the
extremity of the diseoidal cell, and one in the space between the first and second branches of the median vein.
These are followed by a smaller one in the space between the second and third branches of the median vein ; and
there is an oval 4-partite spot between the cell and the apex of the wing.
The hind wings have a very narrow white transverse streak close to the base, the middle of the wing being
occupied by a large white bar divided by the median and postcostal veins, and their branches (which are broadly
black) into five portions, the broader outer margin of these wings being more strongly chalybeate than the base.
The head and body are black, the head with a large white frontal spot, and two small ones between the eyes.
The tippets of the collar or prothorax are clothed with scarlet hairs, the tegulse or wing scales, together with
a pair of dots in front of them, and a second pair behind them, at the sides of the disc, as well as the narrow
hind margin of the scutellum, white : the latter is followed by a curved band of scarlet, the extremity of the
abdomen being of the same colour: the four middle segments of the abdomen are luteous, with a narrow
dark longitudinal line down the centre.
The palpi are broadly truncate, being porreeted but slightly in front of the head; the terminal joint is very
minute; the antennae have a tuft of curved hairs at the base, and their tips form a long reflexed club.
SPECLES 2—HESPEEI A (OXYNETEA Feld.) NIUIAQUANA. PLATE XXXIV, FIG. 10.
Alis nigris albo vel albido maculatis ; corpore nigro ; capite et thorace nigris albo et aurantio maculatis;
abdomine fulvo, segmentis in medio maculis triangularibns nigris notatis.
Expans. alar, antic, nnc. l-J.
Habitat; Africa austrahor. In Mus. D. Hewitson.
I am indebted to W. C. Hewitson, Esq., for allowing me the opportunity of figuring his unique specimen
of this pretty undeseribed species in illustration of the closely allied one from Zambesi in the Oxford Museum.
I t is somewhat larger than the latter, and wants the chalybeous gloss of the wings, which are black, the fore
ones marked with nine spots of white of various sizes, namely, one at the base, on the inner margin, three of
unequal size forming a triangle between the base and the middle of the wing, of which the outer one is the
largest. Those are followed by three near the centre of the wing, placed transversely, the one at the extremity
of the diseoidal cell and that between the first and second branches of the median vein being the largest, and
the third, nearest the hinder angle of the wing, being small. Between the middle spots and the apex of the wing
are two other wdiite spots, of which the anterior is narrow, transverse, and tripartite.
The hind wings have a small transverse line at the base, the centre of the wing being occupied by a broad
pale buff bar, which is divided by the median and postcostal veins and their branches, which are broadly black,
into five portions.
The head is black, with two small white dots at the base of the antennas, the upper orbits of the eyes, and
a small spot on the crown of the head of the same colour. The thorax is black, the patagia of the collar, the
wing scales, and a dot on each side behind the wing scales of orange red; there is a slender white line across
the front of the mesonotiim (interrupted in the middle), and the hind margin of the sides of the scutellum is
white. The abdomen is orange-red, the basal segment and a triangular spot in the middle of cach of the four
intermediate segments being black.
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