_m m_ The suture. _n n_ The lateral margin of the wing cases. _o_ The anus. _p_ The fore thigh. _q_ The middle thigh. _r_ The hinder thigh. _s s_ The fore tibiæ. _t t_ The middle tibiæ. _u u_ The hinder tibiæ. _w w w w w w_ The tarsi. _x x x x x x_ The articulation of the tarsi with the tibiæ. _y y y_ The articulation of the tibiæ with the femora. _z z z_ The hooks or claws, (ungues.) Explanation of Fig. III. _a_ The head. _b b_ The palpi. _c c_ The antennæ. _d d_ The eyes. _e_ The prosternum; whereof the upper part is the prothorax. _f_ The mesosternum. _g g_ The dilated posterior coxæ. _h h h h_ The abdomen, with its annuli or rings. _o_ The anus. _p_ The fore thighs. _q q_ The middle thighs. _r r_ The hinder thighs. _s s_ The fore tibiæ. _t t_ The middle tibiæ. _u u_ The hinder tibiæ. _w w w w w w_ The tarsi. _x x x x x x_ The articulation of the tarsi with the tibiæ. _y y y y y y_ The articulation of the tibiæ with the femora, or thighs. _z z_ The hooks or claws, (ungues.) Fig. IV. is inserted only to shew the three little eyes, which are placed in a triangular manner, and mentioned in some of the descriptions, viz. Plate 43. Fig. 4, 5, 6, &c. {1}ILLUSTRATIONS OF EXOTIC ENTOMOLOGY. ---- PLATE I. [Illustration] NYMPHALIS (CHARAXES) JASON. Plate I. fig. 1. ORDER: Lepidoptera, _Linn._ SECTION: Diurna, _Latr._ FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, _Swainson_. GENUS. NYMPHALIS, _Latr._ Papilio Eq. Achiv. _Linn. Drury_. Papilio Nymphalis, _Fabr._ SUBGENUS. Jasia, _Swainson_. Charaxes, _Boisduval_. NYMPHALIS (CHARAXES) JASON. Alis fuscis, anticis utrinque strigâ maculari limboque apicali fulvis, posticis bicaudatis, ordine postico macularum sublunarium fulvescentium, omnibus subtus ad basin ferrugineis caracteribus fasciâque albis. (Expans. Alar. 3-4. unc.) SYN. Papilio Jason, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 2. 749. _No._ 26. _Herbst. tab._ 64. _f._ 3. 4. 5. _Cram. pl._ 339. _f._ A. B. _Drury, vol._ 1. _p._ 2. Pap. (Nymphalis) Jasius, _Fab. Ent. Syst. t._ III. _part_ 1. _p._ 61. 191. _Drury, vol._ 2. _App._ Nymphalis Jasius, _Latr. et Godart. Enc. Meth. v._ 9. _p._ 350. 1. Charaxes Jasius, _Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lepidopt. pl._ 7. _f._ 12. (_imago_) _pl._ 3. _A. f._ 9. (_larva and pupa._) HABITAT: Barbary, Asia Minor, and the Northern Coast of the Mediterranean Sea. _Upper Side._ The anterior wings are of a fine chocolate, with an orange-coloured margin running along the exterior edge, within which are some faint round orange spots; those next the anterior edge, where they begin, being strongest. The posterior wings are furnished with four tails (the outer ones being the shortest) and are of a blue black. A yellow scolloped margin runs round their external edges, verged with black; above which are some lunate spots of a sky blue.