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DAPHNIS. 



D. pallescens Hutl. is foimdeil on a dwarfed and imperfect specimen of 

 l>. maqnifiru Bntl. 



D. hypothous (Cram.) lias been stated to have been taken in Scotland, and 

 is recorded as a brown variety of D. nerii (Linn.). I have seen the specimen ; 

 but I fully believe it is either an escaped artificially reared one, or got changed 

 by accident. I have two new species to describe, and a new subspecies. 



Daphnis gloriosa sp. nov. 



This species is nearest to D. mayiiijica Bntl., but is much larger, and Ihe 

 pattern is very different and more blurred. 



Forewings in T>. mayninca pale olive, with a Ijrowuisii fringe : in D. ylorinsa 

 they are deep blackish green. In D. gloriosa the dark oval patch at the base 

 of the forewings is not abruptly separated from the thorax by a buff blotch, as in 

 D. magnifica, but only shows a paler mark for half its diameter. In D. magnifica 

 there is a distinct pinkish buff transverse band in front of the oval patch which 

 merges into the paler coloured costa ; while in D. glnriom there is a pale brown 

 band, tinged dull rose, and which has very indefinite headlines. Z>. magnificn,, 

 the central area of the forewings, is occupied by a huge olive green patch, merging 

 into a lavender coloured blotch which extends to the outer margin ; iu D. gloi-iosa, 

 on the other hand, the central j)atch is greenish black, and the blotch which reaches 

 to the outer margin is indistinct in outline and of a dull brown colour. In the 

 apical third of the forewings the pale central oblique line which extends from the 

 costa to the outer margin is quite straight in D. magnifica, while in B. gloriosa 

 it is boldly curved outwards. 



Hindwings: in D. gloriosa the pale hairlike line, which extends from the ana] 

 angle to the apex in D. magnifica, is entirely wanting, and the central black patch 

 is much larger in the new species. 



Head and prothoi-ix in D. magnifica are grey, and the thorax is grey in 

 the centre and olive at the sides, while in D. gloriosa the head and thorax are 

 uniform dark olive. 



Abdomen in D. magnifica olive buff, wliile in D. gloriosa it is blackish olive. 



Expanse, 5"5 inches = 14U'25 miJlim. 



Hah. N. Borneo. 



Daphnis torenia Druce snljsp. rosacea snbsp. nov. 



This new form was considered by Mr. Druce the same as his D. torenia from 

 Fiji. I believe, however, that it stands intermediate between D. ton-enia and D. 

 anijustans Feld., but only separate it subspecificaUy from the former, and 1 think 

 when we come to breed them we shall find some of the species only aberrations, 

 and, moreover, I have typical JJ. torenia from Lifu. 



Forewings differ from D. angustans and 1>. torenia in their bright, rosy pink 

 ground colour. On the forewings the central ilark olive transverse line which 

 is in front of the olive basal blotch in D. angustans is absent in this form, and 

 iu the place of the large olive green central patch F). subsp. rosacea a narrow 

 olive wedge-shaped bar, widest at tlie costa, and the dark area beyond fades 

 off into the rosy ground colour. 



Hindwings in D. angustans dark olive brown, crossed iu the centre by a 



