NYMPHALIS ELEUS.
Plate [XII]. fig. 1, 2.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Nymphalidæ, Swains.
Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.), Drury.
Nymphalis Eleus. Alis utrinque testaceis, apice suprà æneo, anticarum fasciâ, posticarum punctis in simplici serie, albis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Eleus, Drury, App. vol. 3. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 51. No. 156. Encycl. Méth. ix. 391.
Nymphalis Eleus, Donovan Natur. Repos. 4. 113.
Habitat: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1774" (Drury's MSS.). "America" (Fabricius incorrectly).
Upper Side. Antennæ black, with two small white spots at the base. Thorax and abdomen black, spotted with two rows of white spots, in pairs, from the neck to the anus; those on the abdomen being the least. Half the superior wings next the tips black, with two white streaks thereon placed obliquely; the other half next the body dirty orange, the anterior edges being black. Posterior wings dirty orange, bordered along the external edges with black, whereon is a row of seven oval white spots on each wing, placed at equal distances.