38 NVMPHALID^. DANAIN^E. DANAIS. 



black, the base streaked and the apex spotted with hyaline. Hindwing, yellow at the base, 

 with the veins black, the margin black, with hyaline spots." 



The above is the original description by Fabricius ; there does not appear to be any 

 recent record of the occurrence of this species, but the description is sufficient to admit of 

 identification if the Butterfly should again be found. 



15- Danaismelanoleuca, Moore. 



D. melanoleuca, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877, p. 581, pi. Iviii, fig. 3. 



Habitat : South Andamans (Port Blair). 



Expanse : ^ , 2*3 to 2-8 ; $ , 2*6 to 3-3 inches. 



Description : " Male and Female : Black. Forewing, with white space within the cell, 

 two-thirds of space between first median nervule and submedian nervure ; four discal spots, an 

 indistinct costal basal streak, three costal spots before the apex, two lower elongated streaks, 

 followed by a dentate spot, and three smaller rounded submarginal spots ; some marginal white 

 dots near the posterior angle, and a small spot below the apex, the space within the cell 

 with short, narrow, dusky streaks from its end, and a median dusky line within the space 

 below the median nervure. [In the numerous specimens in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, the 

 submarginal spots are five to seven in number]. Hitidwing, with white space within the cell and 

 between the nervures to one-third from the outer margin, the upper spaces concave, and the 

 lower conical externally ; an indistinct dusky lunule crossing the end of the two lower median 

 spaces, a prominent black bifid streak within the cell, and a line between first median nervule 

 and submedian nervure ; a submarginal series of small white spots, two between each pair 

 of nervules (two being obsolete in the male on the sexual mark), and a marginal series of 

 seven smaller spots from anal angle. Head and thorax with white spots and streaks. Abdomen^ 

 cinereous brown above, white beneath. Femora and tibia, white streaked," (Moore, 1. c.) 

 On the UNDERSIDE the markings are similar, but the marginal and submarginal series of 

 spots are larger and complete on both wings. In the /orewing the white space in the cell is 

 sulhed ; and the two streaks beyond the cell and the spots below them are extended 

 towards the submarginal spots, and very concave externally. In the hindwing the 

 lower median white spaces, and the subcostal space are shortened, while the discal white 

 spaces are lengthened, making the black border much more irregular in width than on the 

 upperside. 



D. melanoleuca is only as yet known from the Andamans, and is probably a local, insular, 

 though very well marked, species, nearly allied to D. vitrina, Felder. It appears to be 

 common at Port Blair, where it is on the wing throughout the year. 



16. Daaais airlSftf Cramer. (Plate VI, Fig. 7^$). 



Papilio aglea, Cramer, Pap. Ex., vol. iv, pi. ccclxxvii, fig. E (1781), w<r/# } Herbst, Fap., pi. cxxv, 

 fiB- 5 (1793) ; Danais similis, Godart, Enc. M^th., vol. ix, p. 190, n, 46 (1819) ; Danais aglea, Moore, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. Lon4., 1878, p. 822. 



Habitat : Sub-Himalayas, Assam, Burma, Tenasserim. 



Expanse : 3-0 to 3*8 inches. 



Description : Male. Forewing, swarthy black ; the discoidal cell, a narrow sub- 

 costal streak from the base nearly to the first subcostal branch, beyond this three decreasing 

 spots between the subcostal branches, behind these spots a streak in front of the first discoidal 

 nervule, and a longer one between the discoidal nervules ; one spot above the third median 

 nervule outwardly concave ; two between the third and second, and two between the second and 

 first, the inner of each of these pairs filling the base of the interspace ; the entire space between 

 the median and submedian nervures to within one-fourth of the length of the wing from the outer 

 margin ; a submarginal row of seven increasing spots, one between each pair of nervules ; 

 and a marginal row of two smaller spots between each pair of nervules disappearing towards 



