_Under Side._ Palpi white. Breast and legs light clay-coloured. Wings paler than on the upper side, being greyish brown. The light-coloured bar, crossing the wings and meeting below the abdomen, is very conspicuous on this side. The markings are much the same as on the upper. Margins of the wings dentated. VANESSA AMESTRIS. Plate XX. fig. 3, 4. ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, _Swains._ GENUS. VANESSA, _Fabr. Latr. God._ Hamadryades, _Hübn._ Papilio (Nymph. Phal.), _Drury_. VANESSA AMESTRIS. Alis dentatis, anticis falcatis posticis rotundatis; omnibus suprà fuscis ad extimum fasciis tribus macularibus transversis, intermediâ ferrugineâ, (ad apicem maculis duabus albis) cæteris coerulescentibus subtus marmoratis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.) SYN. Papilio (N. P.) Amestris, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. Papilio (N.) Amestris, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 116. 360. Papilio (N.) Zingha, _Fabr. loc. cit. No._ 358. Vanessa Erinna, _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 315. HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.). "In Indiis, Dom Drury" (_Fabr._ sub P. N. Amestris, incorrectly). _Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Thorax and abdomen very dark. Anterior wings dark brown, with a row of red crescents inverted, placed near the external edges; above them are several blueish marks and dashes. Two square reddish spots are placed near the shoulders, having blueish borders. Two small round white spots are situated near the tips of each wing, and along the external edges are several blueish spots. Posterior wings nearly corresponding with the anterior. The row of red crescents is continued along these wings, and meets below the abdomen. The rows of blueish spots are also continued along the borders. {28}_Under Side._ Breast and legs dark brown. Wings very dark brown, variegated with many brown markings, in such manner as not to be described. A single white spot is situate at the tips of the anterior ones, and a series of small round spots run along the borders of all the wings. Margins of the wings deeply dentated. PLATE XXI. [Illustration] NOCTUA TRISTIS. Plate XXI. fig. 1. ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Noctuidæ, _Steph._ GENUS. NOCTUA, _Auct._ SUBGENUS ----? NOCTUA TRISTIS. Alis fuscis nigro-atomosis, dimidio basali saturatiori strigàque ad angulum internum anticarum nigrâ. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 10 lin.) SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Tristis, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. HABITAT: "Cape of Good Hope" (_Drury_, in text). "Jamaica" (_Drury's_ MSS.). _Upper Side._ Antennæ brown and setaceous. Thorax and abdomen grey-brown. Anterior wings grey-brown, having a small streak of a very dark colour placed near the lower corners, and two smaller ones at the tips; a large patch of the same colour occupies the middle of the wings, extending some way towards the shoulders. Posterior wings greyish-coloured, without any marks.