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DESCRIPTIONS OF SIX NEW SPECIES OF DIUENAL LEPIDOPTERA 

 IN THE COLLECTION OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



BT A. G. BUTLEE, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



Geuus DANAIS. 

 The following species, althougli perfectly constaut, and as well 

 marked as any of the insects in the green-spotted group, have been 

 hitherto overlooked by Lepidopterists. 



Danais septenteio>'I9, n. sp. 

 Danais limniacce, Butler (nee Cramer), P.Z.S., p. 51, n. 34 (ISGG). 

 Danais hamata, Butler (jiec McLeay), P.Z.S., p. 725, n. 3 (1870). 



Allied to D. hamata, of McLeay, but constantly much larger, the primaries 

 above with the spots on the disc smaller; secondaries ohve-brown (instead of 

 chocolate-brown) ; the streaks beyond the cell, between the sub-costal and radial 

 nervurcs, narrower, longer, and not notched externally ; the brown patch in the cell 

 broader (frequently reaching to the radial ncrvuro without a notch), sub-marginal 

 spots more elongated : primaries below paler than in D. hamata, secondaries more 

 cupreous in tint ; expanse of wings, 4 inches 5 lines. 



India, Nepal, Penang. B. M. 



There can be no doubt that this is the Indian representative of 

 the Australian species, D. hamata, McLeay (D. australis, Bdv.) ; it is, 

 however, remarkably constant in its characters, although I believe its 

 range is almost the same as that of D. Umniaccd. I have, from time to 

 time, seen a great many examples, but have never seen any variation. 



Danais miceosticta, n. sp. 



^ . Danais llmniacee, var., Butler, P.Z.S., p. 51, n. 34 (186G). 



AUied to the preceding species, but the primaries narrower ; all the spots on the 

 wings very much smaller, all the streaks much narrower ; anal exsertile tuft ochreous ; 

 expanse of wings, 4 inches 4 lines. 



Borneo (Stevens). B. M. 



I have seen several examples of this species, although we have 

 only one specimen in the British Museum. 



Daxais leucopteea, n. sp. 



Allied to D. hamata, slightly larger; the discal areas from just beyond the dis- 

 coidal cells decidedly paler (luteous in the secondaries of the fcuiale) ; all the spots 

 and streaks narrower, and consequently more widely separated, and paler in tint ; 

 wings below (particularly in the female) altogether redder in tint ; expanse of wings, 

 3 inches 11 lines. 



cJ ?. Dorey {Wallaoe). B. M. 



In some respects this species is more like D. ohscurata than 

 Z). hamata. 



