Rhopalocera exotica ; being illustraions of new, rare, and unfigured species of butterflies . Exp. nearly 1-| inches. Male. Upperside very similar to the last species, but of a darker fulvous,and the dark borders are very much broader, and the black spots larger andmore numerous, especially towards the base. On the anterior wings the fourlarge black spots which nearly fill up the cell are confluent with the dark costaabove; and on the posterior wings the submarginal row of spots is furtherfrom the hind margin, and the second spot from the costa is detached from theborder. Underside also very s
Rhopalocera exotica ; being illustraions of new, rare, and unfigured species of butterflies . Exp. nearly 1-| inches. Male. Upperside very similar to the last species, but of a darker fulvous,and the dark borders are very much broader, and the black spots larger andmore numerous, especially towards the base. On the anterior wings the fourlarge black spots which nearly fill up the cell are confluent with the dark costaabove; and on the posterior wings the submarginal row of spots is furtherfrom the hind margin, and the second spot from the costa is detached from theborder. Underside also very similar to T. Nero, but the spots on the basal halfof the wings, especially in and below the cell of the anterior wings, are muchlarger. The wings are rather shorter and more rounded than in T. Nero, theantennae are black, ringed with white, with the whole club rufous beneath, andthe legs are uniform rufo-testaceous, and absolutely devoid of black markings. Hab. Kuilu. In the Collection of Dr. Staudinger. Allied to Pentila Botha (Hewitson), from the Gaboon. ^wmjKSAm hifCDMrnimiEo ^^wji ^,^. Horace Kmght deletlitK. West,Newman imp. 1. 2. ALOEIDES t. „ SIMPLEX 5- e. „ MARS. 10. 11. AXIOCERSES BAMBANA. (?. 12 13. „ MENDECHE ^ 14. 7-8. „ TAIKOSAMA. <^. 15. „ PUNICEA rf ®- ? IS- 17. „. „ J ^ (AFRICAN). PLATE XXVI. GENUS ALOEIDES. I.—ALOEIDES ZILKA. Figs. 1, 2. Aloiidis Zilka. Exp. 1 inch. 3Iak. Upperside. Both wings fulvous, anterior wings with the apicalhalf of the costal margin, the apex and outer margin dull hrown. but muchmore narrowly than in A. Thijrn, Linn. Posterior wings with dull brown does not differ from A. Thjra, except that the costal, apical, andouter margins of the anterior and the whole of the posterior wings are lessbrightly tinged with pink, the metallic spots on the posterior wings are moreprominent and the tail at the anal angle is more slender. Hab. S. Africa. lu the Colloction of Mr. Grose-Smith. I regret tha
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