Mr. A. (ji. Butler on Buttt-rjlu's from the South Seas. 357 



Fi(/.G. DnhjmograpsHs Jlaccidux, Hall, natural sizo. From the Upper 

 Ivlaiideilo rocks of Dobbs's liinn, iifar >r<ifrut. 



Grt. Biuse of another spw-inien of tlie sani*', enlarged, showing the 

 three snuUl spines opposite to the radicle. 



b. PVagmeut of the same, enlarfred, to show the cellules. 



Gc. Germs of 2>.^art7V/(/.N-. nat. size. 

 Fig. 7. Small specimen of Didijmixjrapsus Murchisoni, Beck, nat. size. 

 From the Tapper Llandeilo rocks of Aboreiddy Bay, in Pem- 

 brokeshire. 



7 a. Large specimen of D. Murchisoni, from the same locality, nat. 

 size. 



7 b. Base of another small specimen of D. Murchisoni, enlarged. 

 The base is considerably more obtuse and rounded in this spe- 

 cimen than in fig, 7. 



XXXVII. — List of Species in a small Collection of Butterflies 

 from the South Seas. By ARTHUR Gardiner Butler, 

 F.L.S. &c. 

 A COLLECTION of Diiu-nal Lepidoptera ha.s recently been sent 

 to the British Museum by Julius BrenchleVj Esq., which, 

 though small, contains several interesting novelties. The 

 species are all referable to two of the five Rhopalocerous fami- 

 lies, and the majority of them to the subfamily Danaina^. 



Family Nymphalidae, (Westwood) Bates. 



Subfamily Danainm, Bates. 



Genus Euplcea, Fabricius. 



1. Euploea anthracina. 

 Eupl(pa anthracimi, Butler, P. Z. S. p. 280. n. 39, p. 281. fig. 1 (18nr>). 

 One example. South-Sea Islands. 



2. Euploea Brenchleyi, sp. nov. 



cJ . Alse supra saturate fuscae, area apicali alba ; margiue late fusco ; 

 stria infra raraum prim am medianum sericca : posticae fuse®, area 

 externo-anali pallidiore ; costa sericea dilutiorc. 



Alae subtus pallidiorcs, area externa alba : anticae punctis tribns 

 modiis violaceis quorum maximo discoidali ct puncto discali albo : 

 posticae oosta pallide fusca ; macula discoidali serieque punctorum 

 quinque discalium in serie angulata violasceutium ; punctis con - 

 suetis basalibus albis : corpus nigrum, albo punctatum. 



$ difFert supra area anticarum alba duplo latiore et area externa 

 posticarum late alba ; subtus stria anticis interna alba. 



Exp. alar. unc. 3, lin. 2. 



Five specimens (4(^, 1 $ ). South-Sea Islands. 

 Resembles another .species in the same collection, which has 

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