202 OR nut IXPIOOPTEKA. 



ll«'li(()iiiitlae. 



Gkmv. DANAIS. 

 Thr Kciirrir rhiirnrlcr> of the IU.hais, sa lirnwn up i>}' Mr. Sai , urr a.« folloiiii 

 ' AnltTior fcft Kpiiriou.t in U>th m'Xc-s : antt'tinn- ttrniiimtcHl by a rluh ; i>al|ii diMant, »iit>- 

 ' rylitulrir, short : liifiTior wings MUtidrd, n<>t furmlug a groove fur tin. ri-crplloti of 

 ' thr alHiuDirti : nails of thr tarsi siniplr.' 



I)ANAi!t ri.>:xirn*. (Plate XXXTiii, fig. 1.) 



Head and iMNly Muck, iiuirkrd with two n>wst>f white d<>tj : siilr^also niarke<i with tnanj 



white dota : five |M>»t( ri<>r rings of the uUlonu-n edged with white, with two rows of 



doiji iK'nenlh. Wings entire, fulvous red varjing iu depth lu diffcreut in<ii\i(iiuils : 



nervurr?) niul eo<itii' Mark ; lateral and }»>^terior maruin'* trimmed with a Idack 



N>nler,iiml two rows of white sj«>ts with a Murk and white tdRe : iipiral area (dark, 



and marked with elongiite and suSiuadrate sjoils of the ground-coh.r of the wings, 



with smaller s[M>ts of white extending along the eosta. Bexf-atii, jMiler : hind- paler 



than the forewings ; in other res|>eets, the markings are not dissimilar to th(«eof th« 



npper surface. Kyes and legs steel-blue : tarsi velvet-Mark. Lxpans^e t>f wing, four 



and a ipiarter inches. 



Common, and widely di.«triliut< d The larvir are harmleM. feeding on useless plants, as 



the a-selfpias, etc. : they are annulated viith wliite ; the pupa is green, and dotted with 



golden s|>ots. 



LiME5iTtH mssirpt's. (Plate xlvii, fig-s. 1, 2.) 



Ground-e*ilor of the wings precisely the same as in the Danauj pltripfus. In the apical 

 area, a somewhat triangular spot of black extends from the a]>ex to the outer angle, 

 within which there are four oblong spotaof the eolor of the wing, and a small one at 

 the junction with tlw marginal K)rder : this Mack spfit is marke<I with three white 

 lpot.s, and sometimes fi>ur in the row ; the lower one is a mcrr dot. Hetwctn these 

 white sjiots and the ajK-x, there is an eloncate white Itinule. or an elongate f<ointed 

 spot. Heneath the co>ta, there is si^nietinies a while sj'Ot toward- the ba.se of the wing. 

 The hindwing is marke<l by a narrow Mack U-lf, extending fn-m near the middle of 

 the costa, acn>ss the wing to the anal angle. BtNK.ATii, paler : tipon the forewing 

 there are two subcostal bluish white .«pot9, and a dash of white on the costa near the 

 black triangular spot. In the apical area, the fulvous spots are five in niinil^er, and 

 more distinct tlian thost'alxjve. Hindwincs. th>- black l>ell is lM>rdere<l on its ba.<«l side 

 with three or m^re h!ni-h white sjx-t- |>l.'ire«l lMtwe«n the mrviircs. The N-rder in 

 both pair of wings is trimmed with black, upon which the Inner n>w of spots forms 



