_Upper Side._ Antennæ brown and setaceous. Head cream-coloured. Neck black. Thorax and abdomen cream-coloured, the former having some black spots on it. Anterior wings cream-coloured, with a large triangular black spot placed at the tips, another on the middle of the wings, extending across from the anterior edges almost to the lower corners. There are also two small ones next the shoulders. The external edges have a row of small black spots placed thereon. Posterior wings cream-coloured, tinctured with red, with a faint black border, rising at the upper corners where it is broadest, and running half-way to the abdominal ones, gradually narrowing. _Under Side._ Palpi, breast, legs, sides and abdomen cream-coloured. Wings reddish cream, without any marks; the black marks, &c. on the upper side being faintly perceived. Margins of the wings entire. {41}CALLIMORPHA? HELCITA. Plate XXIX. fig. 4. ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Arctiidæ, _Steph._ GENUS. CALLIMORPHA? _Latr._ Phalæna (Noctua), _Drury_. CALLIMORPHA? HELCITA. Alis testaecis apice nigris, fasciâ maculari albâ. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 5 lin.) SYN. Papilio (Dan. Cand.) Helcita, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 2. 763. 94. Phalæna fascelis, _Linn. Mus. Ulr._ 390. _No._ 25. Phalæna (Noctua) H., _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. Phalæna macularia, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 2. _p._ 140. _No._ 40. HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.). "In Indiis" (_Linn._). India (_Fabr._ incorrectly). _Upper Side._ Antennæ black and setaceous. Head, thorax, and abdomen black, the two last having a row of white spots running along the middle, and another on each side down to the anus. Wings fine dark red. Almost half the anterior next the tips being black, with five oval white spots thereon; three of which being the largest are joined together, the other two, being small and behind, are at a little distance apart. Posterior wings with a broad black border running from the upper to the abdominal corners, whereon are placed eight oval white spots at equal distances, two, being the outermost, very small and close together. _Under Side._ Palpi yellow. Tongue spiral. Legs, breast, and sides black, spotted and streaked with white. Abdomen yellow. Wings coloured and marked as on the upper side. Margins of the wings entire. Mr. Smeathman states that this insect is found in the savannahs. It is a sluggish creature, and easily taken. A specimen of this very rare insect was sold in the collection of the late Mr. Stothard, on the 18th May, 1835; and was purchased by Thomas Norris, Esq. M.E.S. at the price of fourteen shillings. PLATE XXX. [Illustration] NYMPHALIS (CHARAXES) POLLUX. Plate XXX. fig. 1, 2. ORDER: Lepidoptera, _Linn._ SECTION: Diurna, _Latr._ FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, _Swains._ GENUS. NYMPHALIS, _Latr._ Papilio (Nymph. Phal.), _Drury_. (SUBGENUS: Charaxes, _Boisduval_.)