The under side of the male is of a very dark brown, almost black, with some faint wavings, which are not so strong and beautiful as in the female. ARGYNNIS ERYMANTHIS. Plate XV. fig. 3. 4. ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Nymphalidæ. GENUS. ARGYNNIS, _Fab. Latr. God._ Argyreus, _Scop._ Papilio (Danai Festiv.), _Drury._ ARGYNNIS ERYMANTHIS. Alis subrotundatis, subdentatis, fulvis, anticis fasciâ flavescenti transversâ mediâ nigro maculatâ, apice nigris; posticis serie punctorum, duabusque lunularum nigrorum. (Expans. Alar, fere 3 unc. [_Drury_], 2 unc. [_Enc. Méth._]). SYN. Papilio (Dan. Fest.) Erymanthis, _Drury_, _App. v._ 2. _Cramer_, _pl._ 238. _fig._ 9. _Fab. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 139. 427. _Enc. Méth._ ix. 257. Papilio Lampetia, _Cram. Pap. pl._ 148 _fig._ E. HABITAT: China (_Drury_). Coromandel, Java (_Enc. Méth._). _Upper Side._ Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown. Anterior wings, next the body, of a dark tawny orange, which colour occupies about half the wings, and is bounded by a very irregular line. A broad black patch occupies the tips of the wings, beginning about the middle of the anterior edge, and extends along the external one to the interior angle; on which, near the tips, are two clay-coloured round spots; and below them, in some specimens, are two more spots near the external edge. The space between the black patch and the tawny orange is of a clay colour, with three round black spots on it, the lower one the largest. Posterior wings tawny orange, the posterior edges being of a dirty brown; and above them are seen two rows of black crescents irregularly placed, over these are five round black spots. The wings are slightly dentated, the inferior ones most. _Under Side._ All the wings clay colour. A dark, faint, engrailed line, composed of a number of crescents, joined together, runs transversely across the superior and inferior wings, extending to the anal angle. HIPPARCHIA LEDA. Plate XV. fig. 5. 6. ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, _Swains._ GENUS. HIPPARCHIA, _Fabr. Stephens_. Satyrus, _Latr. et God._ Argus p. _Scop._ Orcades, _Hubn._ Papilio (Nymphales Gemmati), _Drury_. HIPPARCHIA LEDA. Alis angulatis supra corticino-fuscis; anticis ocello apicis sesquialtero in plagâ magnâ luteâ, posticis ocellis duobus; omnibus subtus griseo-reticulatis strigâ ocellorum. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc.) SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Gemm.) Leda, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 2. 773. _No._ 151. _Drury_, _App. v._ 2. _Fabricius, Ent. Syst._ 3. 1. _p._ 108. 333. _Cramer, Pap. pl._ 196. C. D. _and pl._ 292. _fig._ A. _Encycl. Méth._ ix. 478. _No._ 4. (Satyrus L.) Papilio Solandra (var.?) _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III.1. 106. 328. _Donovan Ins. New Holl. pl._ 23. _f._ 1.