DIDONIS. 



405 



5. Mel. Dusara. 



Melanitis Dusara HorsfieU, Descr. Cat. Lep. E. Iiid. Co. 

 pi. 5. f. 7. 

 Java. B. M. 



6. Mel. Patna. 



Melanitis Patna Westw. MS.* ; Douhl. JVestw. ^- ffewits. 

 Gen^ D. Lep. pi. fiS. f. 2. 

 East India. B. M. 



7. Mel. Cekvx. 



Melanitis Ceryx Boisdmml, Sp. gen. Lqi. i. pi. 5 B. f. 8. ; 

 E.rpl. d. PL p. 3. 

 Mexico (an rectc ? Java ?). 



8. Mel. Vitellia. 



Papilio Vitellia Hiihner, Pap. pi. ."19. f. E. F. ; Fahricius, 

 Mant. Ins. ii. p. 48. n. 474., Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 

 115. n. 353.; Cramer, Pap. pi. 349. f- E. F. ; Godart, 

 Enc. M. IX. p. 397. n. l6l. (Nymphalis V.) 

 Dotlonis Vitellia Hiihner, Verz. hek. Schm. n. 93. 

 Amboyna. 



9. Mel. Penanoa. 



Melanitis Penanga Westw. nov. sp.-j- 

 Penang. 



10. Mel. Esaca. 



Melanitis Esaca Westw. nov. sp.| 



East Inilies. 



B. M. 



B.M. 



11. Mel. Phegea. 



Papilio Phegea FafcW(-!«.5, Ent. Sysl. in. pt. 1. p. 132.; 

 Donovan, Ins. of Ind. pi. 31. f. 1. (edit. Westw.) ; 

 Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 406'. (Nymphalis.' Ph.) 

 Melanitis Astyra Boisduval MS. 

 Ashanti. B. M. 



12. Mel. Bammakoo. 



Melanitis Bammakoo Westw. MS. § ; Douhl. Westw. 6; 

 Hewits. Gen. D. Lep. pi. 68. f. 3. 

 Ashanti. B. M. 



Genus II. DIDONIS. 



DiDONis Habner, E. Donhleday. 

 BiBLis p. Fahricius, God'., Boisduval. 



Body moderate-sized ; wings large, scalloped, alike in both sexes, black ; hind ones with a submarginal red fascia. 



Head moderate-sized, moderately hairy. 



AntenncB not half the length of the fore wings, slender ; articulations not distinct ; terminated by a short and very 



gradually formed club, finely carinated beneath. 

 Labial Palpi large, porrected obliquely, the tip not elevated to the level of the top of the eyes, but slightly 

 compressed, thickly clothed with sliort hairs ; the middle joint on the outside with a long patch of white scales, 

 and with a slight crest of hairs on the edge towards the face ; the terminal joint differing in shape in the two 

 sexes, being very small and knob-like in the male, but long and slender in the female, and nearly half the 

 length of the middle joint. 

 Fore Wings large. Costal margin moderately arched ; apical angle rounded. Apical margin convex, slightly 

 scalloped, two thirds of the length of the costa. Inner margin subemarginate, about tiie length of the apical. 

 Costal vein reaching to the middle of the costa, greatly swollen at the base. Postcostal with the first and 

 second branches arising before the anterior extremity of the discoidal cell; third and fourth beyond it, at 

 considerable distances apart. Upper disco-cellular vein arising at two fifths of the length of the wing, oblique, 

 very short : middle disco-cellular scarcely longer, transverse, a little curved : lower disco-cellular nearly four 

 times as long as the middle one, almost straight, transverse, closing the discoidal cell at a considerable distance 

 before the middle of the wing, uniting with the median vein at a short distance before the origin of the third 

 branch. 

 Hind Wings nearly circular. Outer margin deeply scalloped. Precostal vein slightly curved outwards. Costal 

 vein extending to the outer angle of the wing. Postcostal vein arising much nearer the body than the 



* M. Patna, alls supra fuscis ; anticis anguloque externo posticarum violaceo-subnitidis, plagisque oblongo-triangularibus pone medium alteraque media 

 anticarum purpureis ; posticis punctis quatuor albis submarginalibus : alls infra pallide fuscis ; anticis punctis tribus, posticis septem albis, harum niargine 

 externo albo irrorato. Expans. alar, antic, unc. 3|. 



t M. Penanga, alls supra nigricantibus plumbeo parum nitidis ; anticis integris angulo apicali acuto, faseiaque lata obliqua pone medium alba e costa ultra 

 medium marginis apicalis extensa ; posticis vix repandis disco viridi parum nitido : alls infra fusco griseoque irroratis, basi obscurioribus ; anticis macula 

 magna triangulari pallidiori e medio costae ad angulum apicalem extensa ; posticis macula parva flava prope medium marginis costalis. Expans. alar, anticar. 

 unc. 3^. 



X M. Esaca, alis integris supra nigricantibus olivaceo parum nitidis ; anticis latissimis, fere recte truncatis. fascia angustiori pallide lilacina obliqua 

 suhapicali cum maculis tribus posticis marginis apicalis ejusdem coloris continua ; posticis purpureo parum nitidis margine externo griseo : alis infra fuscis 

 griseo valde irroratis ; anticis ad apicem pallidioribus punctis duobus nigris, posticis serie punctorum minimorum nigrorum. Expans. alar, unc, 2^. 



§ M. Bammakoo, alis supra fuscis ; anticis plaga magna irregulari obliqua pone medium maculaque obscuriori marginis interni albis ; posticis pallidioribus 

 nigro strigosis fascia lata transversa ante medium alba : alis infra fusco et lutesceuti transverse strigosis, maculis albis ut in pagina superior! ; anticis macula 

 fulva in medio marginis apicalis ; posticis basi fulvo nigro strigosis. Expans. alar, antic, unc. 3. 



