Pap. Metis, Cramer, pl. 162. f. G.
Habitat: Cape of Good Hope.
Upper Side. Antennæ brown, yellow beneath. Head hairy. Thorax and abdomen brown; the extremity of the latter yellow. Wings dark brown. Anterior having four orange spots, two of which next the body are double. Posterior with a row of six orange marginal, and two discoidal spots.
Under Side. Tongue black. Palpi orange. Legs, breast, and abdomen brown. Wings coloured as on the upper side. The anterior having five orange spots, that next the body being long and double. The posterior immaculate. Margins of the wings entire.
NYMPHALIS OPIS, VAR. γ.
Plate [XVI]. fig. 5, 6.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nymphalidæ, Sw.
Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. God. Papilio (Nymphalis), Linn.
Nymphalis Opis. Alis supra fuscis, fasciâ communi caracteribusque ochraceis; anticis strigâ punctorum alborum. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Crithea, Drury, App. vol. 2. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 132. No. 406. Cramer, pl. 16. f. 5. 6.