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Genus XIII. DANIS. 



Danis Fabricius {Syst. Gloss.). 

 Damis Boisduml, Guerin. 

 Thysonotus and Pepliphorus Iliibner. 



General characters of Lyca3na ; but with the wings generally broadly fasciated with white, not occllated beneath, but 

 the hind ones marked beneath with a submarginal row of black spots. 

 Eyes hirsute. 



Antennce terminated by a long gradually formed club. 

 Labial Palpi long, first two joints clothed with scaly hairs. 

 Fore Wings with the postcostal vein three-branched ; the third branch arising at a considerable distance beyond 



the discoidal cell : middle and lower disco-cellular veins very slender ; upper one short, distinct. 

 Hind Wings entire, or scalloped, and with a short tail at the extremity of the first branch of the median vein. 

 Fore Legs of the female short. Basal joint of the tarsi much thicker than the rest and elongate, spined at the 

 tips of the joints. 



I am unfortunately unable to give a satisfactory detailed character of this genus, having only been able to examine a very imperfect 

 female in the collection of the Linnaian Society, from which the accompanying figure was taken. It appears very (perhaps too) close 

 to Lyc»na, D. Hylas resembling the tailed Indian species of that genus. The blue colour of the upper side of the wings is particu- 

 larly brilliant, and the species inhabit the Moluccas, New Guinea, and the adjacent islands. 



DANIS. 



1. D. Seb/E Boisduval, Voy. de (Astrolabe, Entomol. pt. 1. p. 68. ; 



Guerin, Voy. Coqiiille, Zool. p. 275. ; Hotnbron et 



Jacquinot, Voy. Pule Siirl, Lepid. pi. 3. f. 1,2.; Doubl. 



Westw. cV Heu'its. Gen. D. Lep. pi. 77. f. 4. 

 Papilio Danis Cram. Pop. pi. "0. f. E. F. (male). 

 Pai)ilio Damis Herhst. ; Seba, Thes. t. iv. t. 25. f. 5, 6. 12, 



13. and t. 37. f. 5, 6. 

 Krycina Damis Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 577. 6G. 

 Polyommatus Damis Guer. Voy. Coquille, Atlas, Ins. n. 18. 



f. 1, 2. 

 Amboyna, Rawak, OfFak, Dory, New Guinea. 



2. D. EpiconiTus Boisduval, Voy. dc V Astrolabe, Entomol. pt. 1. p. 67- 



New Guinea. 



3. D. Hylas Cramer, pi. 363. f. E. F. (Papilio H.); Guerin, Voy. 



Coquille, Zool. p. 275. (Danis H.). 

 Polyommatus Ilylais Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 654. ; 



Hombron et Jacq. Voy. Pole Sud, Lep. pi. 3. f. 5, 6. 



n. 126. 

 Damis C'oritus Boisd. Voy. de P Astrolabe, Entom. Ire partie, 



p. 68. ; Hombron et Jacq. pi. 3. f. 3, 4. ; Guerin, Voy. 



Coquille, Atlas, Ins. n. 18. f. 3. (Polyomm. C). 

 Dory, New Guinea, Amboyna. 



Genus XIV. CHRYSOPHANUS. 



Chrysopiianus nubner, Westwood {Brit. Butt.), Stephens {Cat. Brit. Lep.). 

 Polyommatus Boisduval, 11. Schiiffer. 

 Lyc^ena Stephens {111), Curtis {Guide). 



General characters of Lyca3na, but with the eyes naked, and the upper side of the wings generally copper-coloured. 

 Head small, hairy. 



Labial Palpi obliquely porrected, of moderate length ; the basal and middle joints thickly clothed with bristly 



hairs ; terminal joint slender, elongate, neai'ly naked, of nearly equal length in both sexes. 

 Antenna; of moderate length, .slender ; middle joints long, ringed with Avhite ; terminated by a distinct elongate- 

 ovate club, not or scarcely spoon-shaped. 

 Fore Wings somewhat elongated, and more acute at the tip than in Lyctena, with the veins and their branches 

 arranged as in that genus ; the position of the slender disco-cellular veins, closing the discoidal cell, indicated 

 by a transverse black spot on the under side, which is also generally much ocellated. 



