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SOME NEW BUTTERPLIES AND MOTHS. 



]!y the HON. WALTER EOTJISCHILD, Ph.D. 



NYMPHALIDAE. 



1. Danaus weiskei sp. nov. 



S. Wings, npperside, black, markings groeuisli white. Forewing : a po.st- 



costal line from near base to S(!', a transverse patch near end of cell, a postcostal 

 spot before npper angle of cell, followed b}' a series of three spots, a rounded patch 

 M' — M- aliont U mm. from M, a ver}- large patch M- — SM- extended to near base, 

 not touching the veins, a postdiscal spot 11-— R^ another M'—M', about U mm. from 

 the discal sj)ot M' — M-, a series of minute dots about 2| mm. from margin ; fringe 



feebly dotted with white between the veins. Hindwing : the greater part of the 



cell greenish white, this jiatch sejiarated from the patches round the ci'U by the 

 black veins, costal patch extended to base, as are also the patches behind cell, 

 patch R' — M' the smaller, shorter than broad, a complete series C — SM- of small 

 postdiscal sjiots, parallel to margin, the last sjiots minute ; fringe spotted white. 



Uypersidc. Forewing black, apex raw umber colour ; besides the spots of 



ujiperside, there is a series of submarginal dots, the middle ones double. 



Hindwing raw umber colour, the long costal patch divided into three patches, 

 by (J and a black transverse bar, which forms a kind of ellipse with the brown 

 lines C and M ; discal patches as above ; the jiostdiscal dots larger than above, the 

 posterior ones especially; a complete series of submarginal dots, two in each cellule. 



" Brand " round, reaching from tiW beyond SM-. Subcostals of forewing free, 

 8(J' before, SO- at end of cell. 



Length of forewing : 'i'Z mm. 



Hab. Aroa River, British New Guinea, 1 d (Weiske). 



This j]eculiar insect forms a group of its own in the genus Danaus. 



ERYfilNIDAE. 

 2. Abisara weiskei sp. nov. 



(J. Head lilackish brown, white at eyes. Palpus, legs and underside of 

 abdomen yellow, tibiae and tarsi olive brown on npperside. Thorax above paler 

 than head, with grey hairs beneath, abdomen above tawny olive. 



Wings, nppermle. Forewing : purplish black, dark -tawny olive towards 



base ; a narrow band lioyond apex of cell between snlicostals and R', followed by the 

 trace of spot and a distinct spot, two postdiscal dots S( '^ — R-, followed by the trace 



of a third dot, white. Hindwing : base tawny olive, costal area black distally, 



rest of wing cadmium orange, this area includes three black spots between R' and 

 SM- ; black spots also at the end of veins R' to M-, first and last sjiot the smallest, 

 fringe white between veins. 



Underside blackish olive, basal areas paler. Forewing: a bar across cell 



between M' and M^, bordering a dark cell patch, a straight discal band and a 

 narrower postdiscal one, somewhat curved cost ad behind R', meeting at SC-, the 



