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FURTHER NOTES ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF INDIAN 



BUTTERFLIES. 



By L. C. H. Young. 



(1) With reference to the note on page 299 of this volume, Col. 

 Bingham has called mv attention to the foot that zayla Dbld. and daraxa 

 Dbld. have both hairy eyes, and are therefore true Limenitis. This is 

 the case, and I do not know how I came to make the mistake. 



(2) AtElla. The position given to this genus is also a mistake, the 

 antennre being wrongly described. I am inclined to merge the genus 

 in Cupha. 



(3) There are a number of Lycamids not. provided for in the table 

 published, although well distributed, if not common, in the Indian region. 

 These the late Mr. de Niceville classified under the genera Arrhevop- 

 teryx, Maneca, Mota, Drina, Zinaspa and Camena. I think they should 

 all be included in one — Camena — a genus closely allied to Deudorix, but 

 separable from it by all the species having simple eyes. In Deitdorix 

 they are hairy. 



(4) In the former paper the various species grouped by Mr. Moore 

 In his sub-family Danainaj were separated into two genera — Hestia and 

 Danais — by the presence or absence of anastomosis of veins 11 and 12 in 

 the F. W. The distinction, however, is not satisfactory, as the structure of 

 these two veins is different in practically every species concerned ; and if 

 their close alliance in other respects be admitted, the character is evidently 

 not sufficiently constant to justify its being used for generic purposes. 



A more natural classification will be as follows ; — 

 * J . Apex of prsecostal nervure of H. W. curved backwards 

 or bifurcating, so as to form a more or less complete 



praecostal cell Euplcf.a, 



Apex of prsecostal nervnre bent forwards, simple 2 



2. £ Anterior tibise and tarsi clothed with long hairlike scales. Limnas. 

 g Anterior tibiae and tarsi clothed with short apprcssed scales 



and generally fringed with thinly scattered long hairs ... Danais. 

 * Mr. Moore apparently by a clerical error states the exact 

 reverse to be the case. 



