II. Description of a Neio Species of Hestina, which 

 mimics a Danais. By Arthur G. Butler, F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S. 



[Eead 1st February, 1869.] 



The following species has been lent me for description 

 by G. Waters, Esq.: it is remarkable as being an excel- 

 lent mimic of Danais Juventa, a widely disti'ibuted and 

 tolerably common East Indian and Oceanic species. 



Fam. NYMPHALID^. 



Gen. Hestina, Westwood. 



(Dbl. and Hew. Diurn. Lep. p. 281). 



Hestina Zella, sp. nov. 



(J . Alae supra albee, paululum virescentes ; cella dis- 

 coidali anticarum maculariter cinerascente ; venis 

 omnibus late cinereo-nigrescentibus ; alse anticse 

 fasciolis tribus oblique transversis discoidalibus an- 

 gulatis nigris, unaque nervulos prinium et secundum 

 medianos connectente ; margine apiceque nigres- 

 centibus, maculas tres subapicales et octo submargi- 

 nales viridi-albas includentibus ; punctis septem vel 

 octo marginalibus cinereis sub-obsoletis ; alee posticaa 

 macula costali squamosa nigricante ; margine externo 

 nigrescente, maculas octo submarginales albas punc- 

 taque octo marginalia alba includente ; corpus ni- 

 grum, capite albo-punctato, tliorace cinereo-albo- 

 Btriato, abdomine lateraliter albo, antennis nigris. 

 Alse subtus fusco-albidee, area anali anticarum c£eru- 

 lescente, venis interno-discoideis fasciolisque dis- 

 coideis nigris, characteribus aliis velut supra positis, 



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