Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 3Drury, Dru
Science
Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 3
Drury, Dru
Insects -- Pictorial works
PIERIS (LEPTALIS) CRISIA. Alis oblongis, anticis falcato-acuminatis
fuscis, fasciâ ante apicem flavescente, posticis integerrimis
flavescentibus, limbo fusco. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Dan. Cand.) Crisia, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Fabr. Ent.
Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 166. _No._ 515. _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 197. (Pieris
Cr.) _Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lep._ 1. _p._ 422. (Leptalis Cr.)
HABITAT: Brazil. "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
{50}_Upper Side._ Antennæ spotted white beneath. Thorax and abdomen
grey-brown. Anterior wings dark brown, almost like chocolate, the tips
forming an obtuse angle; a white streak crossing them obliquely towards
the lower corners, having a very small black spot thereon near the upper
part. The posterior edges are white, extending from the body almost to
the lower corners. Three small faint white spots are situated near the
tips. Posterior wings white, deeply edged with brown from the upper to
the abdominal corners.
_Under Side._ Palpi, breast, and abdomen grey. Anterior wings not so dark
as on the upper side; but having the same marks, with the addition of a
white streak at the tips. Posterior wings white, with a few patches of a
very light brown, the lower edges being dappled with that colour. Near
the shoulders are two small yellow spots. Margins of the wings entire.
ACRÆA ETHOSEA.
Plate XXXVII. fig. 3, 4.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Heliconiidæ, _Swains._
GENUS. ACRÆA, _Fabr. Latr. God._ Papilio (Heliconii), _Fabr._ olim.
ACRÆA ETHOSEA. Alis oblongis, suprà fuscis disco albo, anticis
integerrimis, posticis subdenticulatis, his infrà basi punctis nigris,
margine exteriori maculis albis trigonis serie digestis. (Expans. Alar. 2
unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Ethosea, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Enc. Méth._
ix. _p._ 235. _No._ 17.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Thorax, abdomen, and wings deep brown,
almost black; the disk of the anterior being white, and extending to the
shoulders, all the middle part of the posterior being white likewise.
_Under Side._ Palpi grey. Breast and abdomen brown. Anterior wings next
the body yellowish brown, but towards the tips inclining to grey; nerves
black; the disk white, with a round black spot near the body, and another
of a smaller size below it. The middle of the posterior wings is white,
surrounded with brown, that part along the lower edges being darkest;
next the body are five distinct black round spots, and an irregular
shaped one at the middle of the upper edge; along the lower edges are a
number of small triangular white spots. Margins of the posterior wings
slightly dentated.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account