NYIIPHALID.E. DANAIN\E. ASTHIPA. 



the basal two-thirds of the si^ace beneath the cell intersected by the brown 

 nervules, pale transparent yellow. 



" Underside. Same as above, but paler." (H. G. S., he. cit.) 



Hab. Timor (H. 0. Forbes). 



In tlie Collection of Henley Grose Smith. 



Resembles Danais Tijtia, Gray, in shape, but the wings are narrower, and it is much smaller 

 than the other species of this group. 



IV.— ASTHIPA GAEAMANTIS. 9 . Figs. 5, 6. 



Danais Garamantis, Godman and Salvin, " Annals and Magazine of Natural 

 History," ser. 6, vol. 1, p. 210 (March, 1888). 



Exp. 3| inches. 



Male. Anterior wings rather long, the hind margin slightly concave ; 

 posterior wings with the hind margin almost angulated, with the part nearest 

 the anal angle nearly straight. 



Upperside smoky-black, anterior wings with a large subhyaline discoidal 

 space, divided by the veins into five (one portion lying within the cell) ; a sub- 

 apical blotch divided into three ; and three costal and six submarginal spots, all 

 subhyaline. 



Underside nearly as above, but a white spot at the base of the posterior 

 wings, another on the middle of the costa, and a double row of submarginal 

 white spots. 



Female similar, but the anterior wings shorter, and the hind margin of the 

 posterior wings scarcely angulated. 



Hab. Aola, Guadalcanar Island (C. M. Woodford). 



In the CoUections of Messrs. Godman and Salvin and of Henley Grose Smith. 



"A distinct species, apparently allied to J). Schenhi, Koch, a common insect throughout the 

 Solomon Islands. Like D. Schenki, the secondaries are without a sexual brand, but in D. Gara- 

 mantis the hyaline spots are of less extent, and have no yellow tint whatever. 



"Mr. Woodford's Collection contains a few specimens of both sexes, all taken on Guadal- 

 canar." (G. and S., luc. cii.) 



