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ACRÆA PASIPHÆ.


PLATE XII. Fig. 4.


Godart.—Helic. Pasiphæ, Fabr.—Pap. Media, Cramer, Pl. 81, fig. C, D.


Surface of the wings white, with a slight tinge of blue, a large space at the base, and the nervures brown; the whole of the middle portion clouded with black spots of various dimensions, and the extremity bordered with a rather wide black band, sinuated on the inner side. The under side is paler and has the marginal band interrupted by a row of small greyish-blue quadrangular spots preceded by a reddish macular line. Body black above, variegated with white marks on the back, and yellowish beneath.

Found in Guinea, and other countries on the west coast of Africa.