NYMPHALIS ALPHÆA. Alis lutescentibus strigis undulatis communibus fuscis, puncto dilutiori anticarum subapicali, subtùs brunneis fasciis nigricantibus. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.) SYN. Papilio (Nymph.) Alphæa, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1776" (_Drury's_ MSS.). {49}_Upper Side._ Antennæ, head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown. Wings clay-coloured, with only a light spot on the anterior ones near the tips, and a number of small faint waved lines crossing the wings from the anterior to the posterior and abdominal edges. _Under Side._ Palpi long, grey brown. Breast and abdomen the same. Wings rather darker than on the upper side, being of a reddish brown. The two spots on the anterior wings are more conspicuous on this side than the other; and the waved lines here become bars in the posterior wings of a darker colour than the general ground, having two conspicuous ones, the lowest being the broadest. Margins of the wings slightly dentated. NYMPHALIS DORICLÆA. Plate XXXVI. fig. 5, 6. _Order_: Lepidoptera. _Section_: Diurna. _Family_: Nymphalidæ, _Swains._ GENUS. NYMPHALIS, _Latr._ Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.), _Drury_. NYMPHALIS DORICLÆA. Alis lutescenti-fuscis suprà strigis duabus punctorum nigrorum, posticis subtus puncto baseos atro. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.) SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Doriclæa, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 248. _No._ 772. _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 386. 124. HABITAT: Sierra Leone. _Upper Side._ Antennæ brown. Thorax and abdomen dark brown. Wings dark clay-coloured. The anterior ones having three black marks placed at the middle of the anterior edges, being about a quarter of an inch long, and a few very faint dark marks at the external edges. Posterior wings with only two rows of small faint dark crescents placed along the external edges. _Under Side._ Palpi, legs, breast, abdomen, and anterior wings light clay-coloured; the latter having two black streaks placed close to the anterior edges, near the middle, and a shade of dark brown along the external edges. Posterior wings along the upper part light clay; but towards the abdominal corners are darker. A dark-coloured narrow band rises at the middle of the anterior edges, which runs circularly towards the abdominal groove, but is lost in the general colour of the wing before it reaches that part. About the middle of this inner compartment is a small round black spot, being the only one either on the upper or under side. Margins of the wings entire, the posterior being slightly angulated. PLATE XXXVII. [Illustration] PIERIS (LEPTALIS) CRISIA. Plate XXXVII. fig. 1, 2. ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna, _Latr._ FAMILY: Papilionidæ, _Leach_. GENUS. PIERIS, _Schrank. Latr. God._ Papilio (Dan. Cand.) _Linn. &c._ (SUBGENUS: Leptalis, _Boisduval_.)