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and numerous fairly large yellowish-white spots. The pupa is also of the 

 Danais type, of a handsome light green with black caudal hook ; a golden 

 band, containing a row of round black spots, occurs on the boundary between 

 thorax and abdomen. A few silvery spots in addition on the thorax some of 

 which contain a black dot. A pupa of 2 March gave the imago on i i March. 



6. SiMiLis Clerck. (PI. XIV, fig. 23^', 23*5, 23^). 



Clerck, Icones, Ins., I, />/. 16, fig. 3 (1759) Papilio Similis. 



Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. U/>'., p. 299 pars (1764). ... „ „ 



Cramer, /, /. 92, />/. 59, F (1779) „ Aventina. 



Butler, Ent. Monthly Mag., X, /. 164 (1874). . . . Danais Vulgaris. 



Disfant, R/iop. Mai., p. 10, tab. \, fig. 8 (1882— 1886). Radena 



AuRiviLLius, Recensio Critica, p. 99, No. Wja (1882). . Papilio Similis. 

 Moore, Proc. Zoo/. Soc. London, 1883, /. 223, //. 31, 



fig. 4 , , . . . Radena PersimiHs. 



Moore, Lcp. hid., I, p. 27, />/. 5, /ig. i, la (1890) . . „ Vulgaris. 



Fruhstorfer, (Seitz, Grosssckvi. d. Erde), p. 211, />/. 



783 (19 10) Danais Similis. 



Snellen noted that Linnaeus and some subsequent authors confused several 

 allied species with Similis, which caused Butler to apply the name Vulgaris 

 to the present species. Aventina Cram, is a poor illustration while Distant's 

 figure of Vulgaris also leaves much to be desired. 



W. J. Batavia (3 — 14); D^pok (95); Tjampea (160), vicinity of the Pela- 

 bouan Ratou or Wijnkoops Bay (+ 1 50). 



C. T. Magelang (500). 



E. J. ? At an altitude of 300 — 500 metres (Fruhstorfer). 



The present species, the Java specimens of which are differentiated by 

 Fruhstorfer as Vulgaroides, is also very common in the low-lying districts. 



The larva, which is found on a climber (Gymnema .?/.), is of the Danais 

 type and on a very intense black ground colour, has numerous small white 

 round or rhomboid dots which in young larvae, however, are yellow and not 

 placed on the dorsal part, or only a small number of them, being, conse- 

 quently, distributed in two groups. Head black. Two pairs of black processes, 

 dark orange at the base. The larva can move the anterior processes volun- 

 tarily and independently of each other. The pupa resembles that of the preceding 

 species to such an extent that I was unable to discriminate between them. The 

 spots which in some specimens have a golden lustre are silvery in others. 



