HABITAT: Brazil, "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1776" (_Drury's_ MSS.). {48}_Upper Side._ Antennæ, thorax, and abdomen black. Wings raven-black, having a pale yellow bar rising at the anterior edges near the tips of the superior wings, and crossing these and the inferior ones, meeting even with the abdomen, becoming wider gradually. Posterior wings furnished with two tails, and along the external edges having four small yellow crescents, and another at the abdominal corners; above which are two long square red spots, and another yellow crescent on the abdominal edges. _Under Side._ Palpi, legs, and breast black. Abdomen black, with a white longitudinal stripe on each side. Wings marked nearly as on the upper side; the posterior having several red spots and streaks more than on the upper side, and placed next the body from the shoulders to the abdominal corners. PLATE XXXVI. [Illustration] NYMPHALIS AFER. Plate XXXVI. fig. 1, 2. _Order_: Lepidoptera. _Section_: Diurna. _Family_: Nymphalidæ, _Swains._ GENUS. NYMPHALIS, _Latr._ Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.), _Drury_. NYMPHALIS AFER. Alis supra violaceo-coeruleis margine externo nigro, anticis utrinque strigâ apicali punctorum alborum, posticis fusco nebulosis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 1½ lin.) SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Afer, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Stoll Suppl. Cramer_, _pl._ 27. _fig._ 3. Papilio (N.) Æthiopa, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 136. _No._ 420. _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 385. _No._ 119. (Nymph. Æth.) HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1776" (_Drury's_ MSS.). _Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Thorax and abdomen blueish black. Wings, when viewed in a particular direction, fine shining light blue; but in any other are blueish brown. The anterior ones with six small white spots placed near the tips, the four uppermost being the smallest, and placed in a zigzag direction, parallel with the external edges, and with a few faint shadows. Posterior wings having, like the superior, only some faint shadows. _Under Side._ Palpi, legs, and breast clay-coloured. Abdomen brown. Wings having a variety of soft brown tints, of a light grey and dark brown colour, gradually softening into each other in a most agreeable manner. The six white spots in the superior wings are observable on this side; but there are no other marks either in the anterior or posterior wings sufficient to be regarded as characters. Margins of all the wings slightly dentated; the inferior ones being angulated. We learn from Mr. Smeathman that this butterfly is found in the gloomy paths of the forests on the continent of Africa. NYMPHALIS ALPHÆA. Plate XXXVI. fig. 3, 4. ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, _Swains._ GENUS. NYMPHALIS, _Latr._ Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.) _Drury_.