LYCJENID^. 49 



Genus 4, DANIS, Fah. 

 111. Mag. vi. p. 286 (1807) ; Wesfw., Gen. D. L. p. 497 (1850-2). 



1. D. Sebse, Bois. (Damis, S.), Voy. Astr. Lep. Card well to 



p. 68, u. 3 (1832) ; D. R. and W., Geu. Cape York, 



D. L. t. 77, f. 4 ? (1850-2) ; Blanch., Papua, 



Voy. Pole SuJ. p. 394, t. 3, f. 1, 2 Molucca. 



(1853). 

 Pap. Danis, Cram.. Pap. Ex. i. t. 70, E. E. 



(1779) ; Godt. '{Erycina, D.), Ene. Meth. 



ix. p. 577, n. 6G (1819); Xhi. {Ciipido, 



D.), Cat. D. L. p. 346 (1871); Setnp. 



{Danis, D.), Mus. Godf. Lep. xiv. p. 18 



(1878). 

 Pap. Damis, Herhst., Naturs. Schmett. xi. 



t. 321, f. 10, 11 (1804). 



2. D. Serapis, n. sp. 



i Light silvery blue ; central patch of white; black margins abruptly 

 defined. 



Up^erside. — Primaries : Costa narrowly margined ; outer border 

 wider, regular, its inner edge quite straight ; central white patch 

 nearly triangular, wide on hinder margin reaching to and bordering 

 median vein to just beyond end of cell. Secondaries : Base narrowly 

 blue ; a broad transverse band of pure white from border to boi'der 

 widest at costa ; a wide band of blue ; outer border margined with 

 black, widest towards anal angle, the inside edge being dentated. 



Underside. — Primaries : Costa and outer margin broadly black, within 

 which, from base to apex, continued towards but not quite reaching 

 hinder angle, is a band of metallic green ; rest of wing pure white 

 Secondaries : Base black, within which is a band of metallic green ; 

 a broad transverse band of pure white from border to border, widest 

 at costa ; a narrow band of black, followed by a wide band of 

 metallic green, within which is a row of black oblong spots between 

 the uervules ; a sub-marginal narrow black band. 

 ? Upperside. — Primaries : Costal and outer borders extremely widely 

 margined with black, nearly filling the cell; base suffused with 

 metallic blue ; rest of wing white. Secondaries : Slight suffusion of 

 blue at base ; a transverse moderately wide white band ; the whole of 

 the rest of wing black, the black area being more or less suffused 

 with metallic blue from its inner edge. 



Underside as in <?. Fringe of both wings in both sexes white, inter- 

 sected with black at termination of nervules. 



Thorax and abdomen, above blue, beneath white, 



Ex.: (?, 38 mm.; ?, 40 mm. 



Hab.: Cardwell, Cairns. Coll.: Miskin, 



This specias is very close to D. Sebce, and, indeed, on the underside there 

 is but little difference except in the more brilliant tint and greater 

 development of the metallic green parts, and the greater length of the 

 internervule black spots. On the upper side, however, the distinction is 

 better defined, in the S by the difference of colour and the much 

 larger and more sharply expressed area of white in both wings, and 

 the broad blue baud in secondaries in this s^Decies. 



The ? Serapis is distinguished by the blue area at base of both wings, 

 and absence of black basal band of secondaries. The species is, 

 moreover, consistently a smaller one ; from observations of numerous 

 examples from the localities named, I find no perceptible variation. 

 Specimens from Cape York and New Guinea of D. SehcB I have found 

 to be toltirably stable in their appearance. , 



3. D. Syrius, MisJc., Proe. L. Soc. N.S.W. ser. 2, i Cape York. 



V. p. 34 (1890). I 



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