Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 2Drury, Dru
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Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 2
Drury, Dru
Insects -- Pictorial works
The Melicerta of Fabricius and the Encyclopédie Méthodique appears to be a
distinct species, having the base of the anterior wings spotted with white.
I have restored Drury's name to the present insect, as it has the priority.
ANTHOCARIS ARETHUSA.
Plate XIX. fig. 5, 6.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Papilionidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. ANTHOCARIS, _Boisduval_. Pieris, _Latr. &. God._ Papilio (Dan.
Cand.) _Drury_.
ANTHOCARIS ARETHUSA. Alis rotundatis integerrimis albidis; supra anticis
apice maculâque, posticis strigâ incurvâ punctisque marginalibus fuscis;
anticarum subtus apice fulvo. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 10 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Dan. Cand.) Arethusa, _Drury_, _Append. vol._ 2. _Boisduval
Hist. Nat. Lepidopt._ 1. _p._ 582. (Anthocaris A.)
Pieris Amytis, _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 123. (Exclus. Syn. _Crameri_.)
Pieris Evippe, [female]. _Enc. Méth. Sup. p._ 805.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ brown. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown.
Anterior wings white, brown at the base; having a small black round spot
near the centre of each; the tips are dark brown, occupying a third of
the wings; near the middle of the posterior edges is a brown patch, and a
small round spot at the lower corners. Posterior wings white, but clouded
a little near the body. Along the external edges are placed five brown
spots, that next the upper corners being double: also a brown line, like
an obtuse angle, begins on the anterior edges, and ends just below the
body.
_Under Side._ Palpi, breast, and legs ash-coloured. Anterior wings white,
whereof the tips are orange-coloured, verged with yellow; on each wing
are two black spots, one being very small and answering to that on the
upper side; the other larger, and placed near the posterior edges.
Posterior wings pale yellow, with an exceeding small spot, surrounded
with orange colour, placed near the middle of each; the brown obtuse
angle appears faintly on this side, but of an orange colour. All the
wings are entire.
PLATE XX.
[Illustration]
CALLIMORPHA? SANGUIFLUA.
Plate XX. fig. 1, 2.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Arctiidæ, _Stephens_.
GENUS. CALLIMORPHA? _Latr._ SUBGENUS: ----? Phalæna (----?), _Drury_.
CALLIMORPHA? SANGUIFLUA. Alis nigris, anticis albo et flavo punctatis
nervisque posticis sanguineis; posticis nigris margine coeruleo 4
albo-punctatis. (Expans. Alar. 4 unc. 1½ lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (----) Sanguiflua, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Surinam.
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